Better Air-quality, Free Energy, Environmental Sustainability and Higher Animal Productivity; Four Birds with One Stone

在英国，空气污染是人类健康面临的最大环境风险，也是仅次于癌症、心脏病和肥胖的第四大公共健康威胁。与其他空气污染物不同，自2013年以来，英国的氨排放量一直在上升，对生物多样性、人类和牲畜健康以及环境产生了重大影响。一旦氨与大气中的其他气体混合，它就会形成颗粒物（PM），对肺部和心脏的健康产生重大影响。2017年，农业排放了约24.49万吨氨。政府的目标是到2030年将氨的排放量在2005年的基础上减少16%，到2030年将PM的排放量减少46%。这个多学科的双大学项目提案旨在为氨电氧化（AEO）开发一种创新和通用的电化学燃料电池，有利于消除氨和发电。将对所制备的燃料电池进行电化学、微观和光谱测试，并利用模拟模型提高其效率。该电池将在一个真正的农场进行氨减排测试。这种新型设备采用了该项目开发的最先进的合成催化剂材料来生产燃料电池，可以帮助畜牧业实现净零农业。

Air pollution is the top environmental risk to human health in the UK, and the fourth greatest threat to public health after cancer, heart disease and obesity. Unlike other air pollutants, ammonia emissions in the UK have been rising since 2013, with significant implications for biodiversity, human and livestock health, and environment. Once ammonia mixes with other gases in the atmosphere, it can form particulate matter (PM) with major health concerns to the lungs and heart.Agriculture emitted around 244900 tonnes ammonia in 2017. The government`s aim is to reduce emissions of ammonia against the 2005 baseline by 16% by 2030 and to reduce PM emissions by 46% by 2030.This multidisciplinary bi-university project proposal aims to develop an innovative and versatile electrochemical fuel cell for ammonia electro-oxidation (AEO) that benefits eliminating ammonia as well as generating electricity. The fabricated fuel cell will be tested electrochemically, microscopically and spectroscopically and its efficiency will be improved using simulating models. The cell will be tested in a real farm for ammonia mitigation. This novel device employs state-of-the-art synthesized catalyst earth-abundant material developed in this project to produce a fuel cell that can aid in the delivery of Net Zero Agriculture in the livestock sector.