Low cost electrocatalysts for hydrogen production

该项目考虑生产低成本的电催化剂，当使用可再生电力时，水分解反应需要产生“绿色氢”。目前最先进的技术使用昂贵的稀有金属，这将限制生产，并可能成为低成本绿色氢广泛生产的障碍。我们的方法是创新的，因为它是基于曼彻斯特大学授权的技术，这与我们目前的生产技术非常适合。因此，结合First Graphene Ltd的专业知识和我们的授权技术，我们处于扩大生产规模的有利地位。另一个创新方面是，该技术结合了低成本过渡金属的“最佳”特性（例如多种氧化态）和石墨烯薄片的高导电性，使其成为一个真正的协同方法，适用于一个快速增长的行业，需要满足英国和全球净零目标。对于这个项目，我们将专门研究电催化剂涂层的配方，以便将其应用于电极进行测试。我们已经确定了我们需要达到的性能目标，我们将努力对我们的产品进行基准测试，然后评估我们离目标还有多远。一个成功的结果将激励First石墨烯有限公司在蒂斯谷零净集群中安装加工设施。可用的或正在开发的基础设施非常适合我们的流程。因此，在各个方面，这都是一个强大的项目，与英国政策保持良好的一致性，具有扩大规模的潜力，并且公司有能力利用独家技术和基于非常可靠的科学原则寻求进入高价值市场的切入点

This project considers the production of low-cost electrocatalysts that are required for the water-splitting reaction to produce "green hydrogen" when a renewable source of electricity is used. Current state-of-the-art uses expensive rare-metals, which will limit production and could be a hurdle to the widespread production of low cost green hydrogen. Our approach is innovative because it is based on technology licenced from the University of Manchester, which advantageously has an excellent fit with our current production technology. Therefore, we are well placed to scale up the production, using a combination of First Graphene Ltd's know-how and our licenced technology.Another innovative aspect is that the technology combines the "best" properties of low-cost transition metals (eg multiple oxidation states) with the high conductivity of our graphene platelets, making this a truly synergistic approach for a rapidly growing industry that is required to meet both UK and Global Net Zero Targets.For this project, we will specifically look at the formulation of electrocatalyst coatings, so that they can be applied to electrodes for testing. We have defined performance targets that we need to hit and we will work towards benchmarking our products and then assessing how close we are to the targets.A successful outcome will incentivise First Graphene Ltd to install processing facilities in the Tees Valley Net Zero Cluster. The infrastructure that is available or being developed strongly lends itself to our process.Therefore, in all aspects, this is a strong project, with good alignment with UK policy, a potential for scale up and the capability for the company to seek an entry point into a high value market using exclusive technology and based on very sound scientific principles