NSERC Industrial Research Chair for Colleges in Advanced Material Development for Generation, Storage and Integration of Renewable Energy

不断飙升的能源成本、新技术的出现以及人们对燃烧化石燃料发电产生的有害排放**的日益认识，使得人们迫切需要更丰富、污染更少的能源。可再生能源技术提供了传统**技术的替代方案；然而，它们的间歇性限制了它们在电力**市场的广泛渗透。可充电电池和超级电容器等电化学储能设备已被确定为先进、可靠和具有成本效益的储能的关键使能技术。**纳米工程材料和涂层因其独特的物理、化学和催化性能而吸引了工业界和科学界的注意，它们在能量转换和储存领域的影响最为**明显。兰布顿学院工业**学院研究教席(IRCC)项目“先进纳米工程材料**可再生能源转换、储存和集成的开发”计划将继续并扩大**为能源部门开发先进的、负担得起的材料的应用研究计划，以及**在能源系统设计、优化和集成方面进行面向商业的研究。**目前，目前有六(6)家当地和地区的中小企业合作伙伴致力于在多个**行业驱动的研究项目上进行合作，预计将通过启动新的合作伙伴关系和**在IRCC计划过程中扩大与现有合作伙伴的合作工作来扩大该计划。拟议的**计划将创造一个有利的教学环境，在未来五年内培养高素质的人才，至少有50名有薪和**无薪的学生，以及5名应届毕业生。**IRCC计划及其项目成果可以通过技能创造就业机会、以新产品和工艺形式开发高价值商品**以及大幅减少温室气体(GHG)排放和其他有害污染物，对当地经济和**环境产生重大积极影响。

Soaring energy costs, emergence of new technologies, and an ever-increasing awareness of harmful emissions**from burning of fossil fuels for electricity generation have necessitated an urgent need for more abundant and**less polluting sources of energy. Renewable energy technologies offer alternatives to conventional**technologies; however, their intermittent nature has limited their widespread penetration into the electricity**market. Electrochemical energy storage devices such as rechargeable batteries and ultra-capacitors have been**identified as critical enabling technologies for advanced, reliable and cost-effective energy storage.**Nano-engineered materials and coatings have attracted the attention of industrial and scientific communities**because of their unique physical, chemical and catalytic properties and their impact has nowhere been more**pronounced than in the field of energy conversion and storage. The proposed continuation of the Industrial**Research Chair for Colleges (IRCC) program at Lambton College in 'Advanced Nano-Engineered Material**Development for Conversion, Storage and Integration of Renewable Energy' will continue and expand the**applied research program on development of advanced, affordable materials for the energy sector as well as**conducting business-oriented research in energy system design, optimization and integration.**Currently, there are six (6) confirmed local and regional SME partners committed to collaborate on multiple**industry-driven research projects and is anticipated to grow the program by initiating new partnerships and by**expanding the collaborative work with the current partners in the course of the IRCC program. The proposed**program will create a conducive teaching environment to train highly qualified personnel, at least paid and**unpaid fifty students, and five recent graduates in the next five years.**The IRCC program and its project outcomes can have significant positive impacts on local economy and the**environment through skilled job creation, development of high-value commodities in the form of new products**and processes, and substantial reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and other harmful pollutants.