报告题目：Advanced Electrochemical Manufacturing

报告学者：Adrian Fisher 教授

报告者单位：剑桥大学

报告时间：2024年12月17日（周二） 上午8:30-9:30

报告地点：DQ104

报告摘要：

To mitigate the worst impacts of climate change, a rapid and deep reduction in greenhouse gas emissions is required, yet progress remains slow. Electrochemical technologies, combined with low-cost renewable electricity, offer a promising solution for segments of the chemical industry; however, the deployment of electrochemical technologies remains elusive. This thesis aims to understand how actors can accelerate transitions to more sustainable, low-carbon-emitting electrochemical technologies for a segment of the chemical industry.

Electrification has evolved rapidly into a global priority, directly shaping not only the energy system but also society, global development and energy politics internationally. A high degree of electrification across society is technically feasible and an increasingly political priority, with areas such as renewable electricity well advanced. Electrification in areas such as industrial manufacturing, using electrolysis is, however, proceeding less rapidly.

Around 96% of all manufactured goods contain some of the > 70,000 chemicals produced internationally, so it is critical we rapidly decarbonise this “hard to abate” industry and in the process, take a major step forward in global warming mitigation. A significant opportunity for electrification in industrial manufacturing lies in electro(photo)chemical synthesis, development of hybrid cogeneration fuel cells, and production of novel high selectively electrocatalytic energy materials. While decarbonizing thousands of chemical processes is a longterm goal, we should appreciate transforming a small subset of the top 18 commodity chemicals would transform >80% of the energy utilization in the sectors.

In this presentation we will focus on the groups approaches to data acquisition and analysis highlighting opportunities for automation, advanced control and optimized design of electrochemical reactors.

个人简介：

Adrian Fisher, 剑桥大学教授

Fisher教授在2003年在化学工程与生物技术系（CEB）创立了电化学科学与技术研究中心（CREST）。自创立以来，该中心不断发展，不仅在新加坡卓越科研与技术企业园区（CREATE）设立了实验室，还担任了剑桥高级研究与教育中心（CARES）和剑桥大学虚拟实验室的项目研究员。同时，Fisher教授也在北京的国际软物质中心设立了实验室，并负责电化学数值模拟领域的研究工作。

 作为电化学领域的积极教育者，Fisher教授近期发起了一系列国际电化学技术培训项目，吸引了来自欧洲、美国、中东、南美洲、亚洲和澳大利亚的行业专家、学者及研究生参与。

Fisher教授的研究重心在于能源转型，特别是通过电解技术推动未来低碳化学制造方法的发展。这一研究方向促使我在《自然·能源》、《美国化学会志》、《先进材料》等知名学术期刊上发表了超200篇学术论文，并在伦敦设计节、米兰设计周卫星展等国际活动中进行展示。Fisher教授还多次在国际会议上发言，为新科学家等科普出版物撰稿，并接受了英国广播公司（BBC）和独立电视台（ITV）的采访。

CREST的研究与剑桥大学在能源领域的专长紧密相连，Fisher教授的研究团队深度参与了energy@cambridge网络，Fisher教授也担任了该网络的指导委员会委员。Fisher教授的工作主要围绕替代性低碳化学生产技术，特别是针对未来低碳经济的电化学生产方法展开。