Meet the Scientist - Energy Materials

该项目涉及在曼彻斯特科学与工业博物馆举办的“与科学家见面”活动。该活动的重点将是能源材料，即新材料的发展在实现可持续能源未来方面的关键作用。更具体地说，氢在未来能源情景中可能发挥的作用将通过讨论未来的氢生产（使用可再生能源，核能），氢储存（在移动的应用和固定应用中）以及使用燃料电池转换为电力来介绍。该活动将围绕开发一系列互动示范设施，以展示氢经济的所有三个方面（发电、储存和转化）。一个电解设施将被开发，以证明该过程的效率作为一个功能，例如。温度和电极材料。将开发通过在氢的吸收和解吸过程中观察到的材料的视觉变化来实现氢的固态储存的演示设施。最后，标准的燃料电池组件将用于演示转换回电力。该活动的主题是科学家需要开发新的和改进的材料，以促进这三个领域的技术突破。活动将围绕这些示范设施展开，并与博物馆合作，以供一般家庭观众使用。示范设施的设计也将使其能够用于科学街头表演和博物馆教育人员的学校参观。将研究最终将示范设施纳入博物馆永久展览的可能性。

The project is concerned with the development and delivery of a Meet the Scientist event at the Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester. The focus of the event will be Energy Materials, i.e. the critical role developments in mew materials have in delivering a sustainable energy future. More specifically the role hydrogen could play in a future energy scenario will be presented with discussion of future hydrogen generation (using renewable energy, nuclear), hydrogen storage (both in mobile applications and stationary applications) and conversion to electricity using fuel cells. The event will be centred around the development of a number of interactive demonstration facilities to demonstrate all three facets of a hydrogen economy (generation, storage and conversion). An electrolysis facility will be developed to demonstrate efficiency of the process as a function of eg. temperature and electrode materials. Demonstration facilities associated with the solid state storage of hydrogen through visual changes to materials observed in the absorption and desorption of hydrogen will be developed. Finally, standard, fuel cell components will be used to demonstrate conversion back to electricity. A theme to the event will be that scientists need to develop new and improved materials in order facilitate technological breakthroughs in all three areas. The event will be developed around these demonstration facilities , in collaboration with the museum, to be accessible to a general family audience.The demonstration facilities will also be designed in such a way that they can be used in science busking and school visits by museum education staff. The possibility of finally incorporating the demonstration facilities into a permanent display at the museum will be investigated.