BELCAT SORP II: A Nanopore and Catalyst Analyzer for Hydrogen Storage Material and Catalyst Development Research

我们正在申请一款具有多组分气体和VOC吸附能力的纳米孔和催化剂分析仪BEL CAT SORP II，以将我们正在进行的生物碳研究提升到一个新的水平。所要求的设备将支持由多元化研究人员团队领导的多个研究项目，这些研究项目建立在个人成员研究奖学金的质量基础上，同时确保工程和科学领域的性别、职业阶段、种族、文化和学科多样性。 我们成功开发了热化学转化技术，并已成为全球公认的将生物资源转化为生物碳材料的领导者之一。内部生物质衍生碳最有前途的未来最终用途是“活性炭”和“先进碳材料”，以及阳极、电池、储氢、催化剂载体和增材制造等相关应用。然而，我们的碳生产能力与表面表征能力不匹配。每种目标最终用途的成功开发取决于建立常规和新型碳材料的微观结构参数与电化学性能之间的相关性。对分子表面相互作用的准确和精确的描述是对表面反应的基本理解的第一步。由于物理吸附和化学吸附，寻找不同的吸附边界仍然是一个挑战，近年来引起了人们的兴趣，特别是对于储氢应用。所要求的系统将使一个“化学吸附为重点的完整的吸附设施”能够处理腐蚀性气体，并使容易定量多种气体分析的专用台式四极质谱仪（MS）。这种能力是非常有利和成本效益，因为它将使我们能够定量评估腐蚀性和混合气体的吸附。此外，近年来，由于人工智能在开发先进多孔材料中的潜在应用，人们对理解和最大限度地减少吸附研究中潜在错误来源的兴趣也有所发展。 所要求的系统是至关重要的PI，共同PI的研究进展和培训的HQP在这些创新的研究。该仪器不会取代任何现有的仪器，也不会在附近的任何机构提供。它将设在圭尔夫大学工程学院内。预计使用程度将非常高（每年约250天），在今后五年内，将有大量的人力资源主管（约30人）接受使用该工具的培训。所要求的系统将大大推动和加快研究能力，并使不同科学领域的新的和重要的问题的检查。延迟获得这一仪器将严重中断尖端研究的进展和成功，并损害加拿大在全球的地位。

We are requesting a nanopore and catalyst analyzer BEL CAT SORP II with multicomponent gas and VOC sorption capabilities for taking our ongoing biocarbon research to the next level. The requested equipment will support multiple research programs led by a diverse team of researchers built on the quality of individual members' research scholarship while ensuring gender, career stage, race, cultural, and disciplinary diversity in engineering and science. We have successfully developed our thermochemical conversion technologies and have established ourselves as one of the globally recognized leaders in converting bioresources to biocarbon material for various applications. The most promising future end uses for in-house biomass-derived carbon are "activated carbons" and "advanced carbon materials," with related applications in anodes, batteries, hydrogen storage, catalyst support, and additive manufacturing. However, our carbon production capabilities are not matched with surface characterizing capabilities. The successful development of each targeted end use depends on establishing correlations between the microstructural parameters and the electrochemical properties of the conventional and novel types of carbon materials. An accurate and precise description of molecule surface- interactions is the first step toward a fundamental understanding of reactions on surfaces. Finding distinct boundaries of sorption due to physisorption and chemisorption is still a challenge, and has gained interest in recent years especially for hydrogen storage application. The requested system will enable a "chemisorption-focused complete sorption facility" capable of handling corrosive gas, and enabling easy quantitative multiple gas analysis by a dedicated benchtop-type quadrupole mass spectrometer (MS). This capability is highly advantageous and cost-effective, as it will enable us to quantitatively evaluate corrosive and mixed gas sorption. Moreover, in recent years interest in understanding and minimizing potential sources of errors in sorption studies has evolved due to potential application of artificial intelligence in developing advanced porous materials. The requested system is critical to the progress of the research of PI, Co-PI and the training of the HQP in these innovative studies. The instrument is not replacing any existing one or available at any institution nearby. It will be housed within the School of Engineering at the University of Guelph. The degree of utilization is expected to be very high (~250 days/year) and a large no of HQPs (~30) will be trained using the instrument over the next five years. The requested system will significantly propel and accelerate the research capability as well as enable the examination of new and important questions in different domains of sciences. Delay in acquiring this instrument will significantly interrupt the progress and success of the cutting-edge research and compromise Canadian standing globally.