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

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物的日益认识，使人们迫切需要更丰富、污染更少的能源。可再生能源技术为传统技术提供了替代方案；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由于其独特的物理、化学和催化性能而引起了工业界和科学界的关注，其在能量转换和存储领域的影响最为明显。兰姆顿学院工业研究主席学院（IRCC）项目“用于可再生能源转换、存储和集成的先进纳米工程材料开发”计划的延续将继续并扩大能源部门先进、负担得起的材料开发的应用研究项目，以及在能源系统设计、优化和集成方面开展面向商业的研究。目前，已有6家已确认的本地和区域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，并有望在IRCC项目的过程中通过发起新的合作伙伴关系和扩大与现有合作伙伴的合作来发展该项目。该计划将创造一个有利的教学环境，以培养高素质的人才，至少50名有薪和无薪的学生，以及5名最近的毕业生在未来五年内。IRCC项目及其项目成果可以通过创造熟练的就业机会、开发新产品和新工艺形式的高价值商品、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的积极影响。

Soaring energy costs, emergence of new technologies, and an ever-increasing awareness of harmful emissionsfrom burning of fossil fuels for electricity generation have necessitated an urgent need for more abundant andless polluting sources of energy. Renewable energy technologies offer alternatives to conventionaltechnologies; however, their intermittent nature has limited their widespread penetration into the electricitymarket. Electrochemical energy storage devices such as rechargeable batteries and ultra-capacitors have beenidentified 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 communitiesbecause of their unique physical, chemical and catalytic properties and their impact has nowhere been morepronounced than in the field of energy conversion and storage. The proposed continuation of the IndustrialResearch Chair for Colleges (IRCC) program at Lambton College in 'Advanced Nano-Engineered MaterialDevelopment for Conversion, Storage and Integration of Renewable Energy' will continue and expand theapplied research program on development of advanced, affordable materials for the energy sector as well asconducting 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 multipleindustry-driven research projects and is anticipated to grow the program by initiating new partnerships and byexpanding the collaborative work with the current partners in the course of the IRCC program. The proposedprogram will create a conducive teaching environment to train highly qualified personnel, at least paid andunpaid 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 theenvironment through skilled job creation, development of high-value commodities in the form of new productsand processes, and substantial reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and other harmful pollutants.