Fluorine-free catalyst layers for low temperature hydrogen fuel cells

该项目旨在开展研究，推动氢/空气燃料电池无氟质子交换膜电极组件的开发，并提高加拿大在未来全球燃料电池和氢技术市场的竞争力。在SFU发明的无氟质子传导塑料的基础上，最近由总部位于温哥华的Ionomr Innovations Inc.以超薄膜的形式商业化，现在注意力集中在用于多孔电极层的无氟质子传导聚合物粘合剂上，以促进膜两侧上氢氧化和氧还原所需的电化学反应。这一主题很重要，因为氢燃料电池的规模扩大和部署是加拿大加强气候行动计划的一个组成部分，该计划旨在到2050年将二氧化碳净排放量减少到零，加拿大新制定的氢战略加强了这一点。H2战略建议到2050年在加拿大推出500万辆燃料电池汽车，并支持广泛采用氢经济，这将使加拿大的二氧化碳排放量减少1.9亿吨-二氧化碳当量。需要制造的燃料电池发动机数量庞大，以及支持这些活动所需的材料数量，需要创新的材料设计解决方案。Ionomr Innovations Inc. SFU将提供加拿大制造的重大技术进步，可以融入快速发展的氢燃料电池经济，以促进加拿大雄心勃勃的氢战略的实现。

This project is designed to undertake research that propels development of fluorine-free, proton exchangemembrane electrode assemblies for hydrogen/air fuel cells and to foster increased competitiveness for Canadain future global fuel cell and hydrogen technology markets. Building on advancements in fluorine-free protonconducting plastics invented at SFU that have been recently commercialized in the form of ultra-thinmembranes by Vancouver-based Ionomr Innovations Inc., attention is now focused on fluorine-free protonconducting polymeric binders for porous electrode layers in order to facilitate the electrochemical reactionsrequired for hydrogen oxidation and oxygen reduction on either side of the membrane. This topic is importantbecause scale up and deployment of hydrogen fuel cells is an integral component of Canada's StrengthenedClimate Action Plan designed to reduce net CO2 emissions to zero by 2050, as reinforced by Canada's newlyminted Hydrogen Strategy. The H2 strategy proposes the roll out 5 million fuel cell vehicles in Canada by 2050and support widespread adoption of the hydrogen economy, that will abate CO2 emissions by 190 Mt-CO2e inCanada alone. The vast number of fuel cell engines that need to be manufactured, and the quantity of materialsneeded to support these activities requires innovative solutions for materials design. The potential outcome ofthis partnership between Ionomr Innovations Inc. and SFU is to provide a significant Canada-madetechnological advance that can be integrated into the fast-expanding hydrogen fuel cell economy to facilitaterealization of Canada's ambitious hydrogen strategy.