Anode electrocatalyst development for the Zn-Air regenerative fuel cell

ZincNyx能源解决方案（ZES）是一家位于不列颠哥伦比亚省温哥华的研发公司，专注于 开发用于固定应用的具有成本效益的锌-空气碱性再生燃料电池。ZES拥有 成功地证明了他们的技术在实验室规模的概念验证，现在正在寻找 积极推进商业化。目前的Engage Plus项目的目标源于 公司与UBC的Gyenge教授团队之间非常成功的Engage项目推动了这一进程。的 这里的目的是评价二氧化锰-过氧化氢（例如MnO 2-LaCoO 3）催化剂组合用于制备纳米材料的性能。 在锌-空气碱性再生碱性燃料电池的锌再生单元中的析氧反应。 工作将涉及两个目标：制备和电化学测试的半电池实验的新的 析氧催化剂，并使用性能最好的，向下选择，催化剂配方中确定的， 之前的目标，在ZincNyx再生单元中进行测试和耐久性评估。这项工作是 在努力支持加拿大清洁能源技术公司的发展，同时提供 也是优秀的培训机会，为高素质的个人加上工业合作，在 电催化剂制备、筛选和电化学和表面科学方法评价领域。

ZincNyx Energy Solution (ZES) is a research and development company located in Vancouver, BC, focused on developing cost effective Zn-air alkaline regenerative fuel cells for stationary applications. ZES has successfully demonstrated the proof-of-concept for their technology at laboratory scale and is now looking actively pursuing commercialization. The goal of the present Engage Plus project stems from the collaboration fostered by the very successful Engage project between the company and Prof. Gyenge's group at UBC. The goal here is to evaluate manganese dioxide-pervoskite (e.g. MnO2-LaCoO3) catalyst combination for the oxygen evolution reaction in the Zn regeneration unit of the Zn-air alkaline regenerative alkaline fuel cell.This work will entail two objectives: preparation and electrochemical testing in half-cell experiments of the novel oxygen evolution catalysts and using the best performing, down selected, catalyst formulations identified in the previous objective, carry out testing and durability evaluations in the ZincNyx regeneration cell. This work is important in the effort support the growth of Canadian clean energy technology companies while providing also excellent training opportunity for highly qualified personal coupled with industrial collaboration, in the field of electrocatalyst preparation, screening and evaluation by electrochemical and surface science methods.