FlexCoat - flexible coating with inline QC for customized production of hydrocarbon membranes for next-generation electrochemical devices

该项目旨在开发具有高精度和在线质量控制的功能聚合物在不同基材上的柔性涂层生产线。该涂层生产线可以生产出新型碳氢化合物膜，在性能和耐用性方面都优于目前最先进的膜，适用于许多电化学设备。涂层的基材灵活性和基于拉曼激光的在线质量控制使其能够根据应用需求定制生产，从电解，下一代锂离子电池和燃料电池到海水淡化。五个项目合作伙伴涵盖了开发这样一条涂料生产线所需的整个工艺链的所有专业知识——从聚合物合成和分散配方到涂料工艺、过程自动化和在线测量。增材制造、定制生产和在线质量控制使该项目成为未来工业4.0/先进制造的一部分。****该提案将西蒙弗雷泽大学的材料科学和燃料电池专业知识与Hahn-Schickard-Gesellschaft fuer angewandte Forschung e.V的国际领先材料科学家以及Ionomr Innovations Inc.和Jakob Weiß & Söhne Maschinenfabrik GmbH的制造和涂层专业知识结合起来。加拿大的工作重点是设计和实施新型离子导电聚合物和涂层分散体，用于高精度集成到柔性涂层生产线

This project aims at developing a flexible coating line for functional polymers onto varying substrates with high precision and inline quality control. This coating line allows producing novel hydrocarbon membranes that outperform state-of-the-art membranes in both, performance and durability, for numerous electrochemical devices. The substrate-flexibility of the coating and the envisioned inline quality control based on Raman-laser enable an on-demand production customized to the application - from electrolysis, next-generation Li-Ion batteries and fuel cells to water desalination. The five project partners cover all expertise along the process chain necessary to develop such a coating line - from polymer synthesis and dispersion formulation to the coating process, process automation and inline measurement. Additive manufacturing, customized production and inline quality control are what make this project part of a future industry 4.0/advanced manufacturing..****The proposal partners the materials science and fuel cell expertise at Simon Fraser University, with internationally-leading, materials scientists at the Hahn-Schickard-Gesellschaft fuer angewandte Forschung e.V., and the manufacturing and coating expertise at Ionomr Innovations Inc. and Jakob Weiß & Söhne Maschinenfabrik GmbH. The Canadian efforts focus on the design and implementation of novel ion-conducting polymers and coating dispersions for high precision integration into flexible coating lines.**