The NRC-University of Toronto Collaboration Centre for Green Energy Materials combines the strengths of the University of Toronto and the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) in conducting research to reduce the environmental impacts of the transformation, transmission and storage of energy. This collaboration centre advances critical platform technologies for accelerating the development of clean materials and production processes.
Collaborators
- University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering
- University of Toronto Faculty of Arts and Science
- National Research Council of Canada – Clean Energy Innovation Research Centre
- National Research Council of Canada – Construction Research Centre
- National Research Council of Canada – Quantum and Nanotechnologies Research Centre
Areas of focus and research expertise
- Renewable carbon-based feedstocks
- Next-generation and consumer-scale energy
- Critical minerals for energy storage
- Artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics-enabled materials discovery
Current and past collaborative projects
- Membrane Material Design for Efficient CO2 to ethylene conversion
- Organic Cathodes for Printed Solid-State Batteries
- MAPLE: Materials Acceleration Property Linking Engine
- Development and Validation of CO2 Conversion Technologies Ranking Methodology
- Nanostructured high entropy alloys as next generation catalysts for energy applications
- Enhancing Catalyst Layer – Porous Transport Layer Interface for PEM Water Electrolysis
- AI Driven Design & Development of all solid-state electrolytes for common electronics
- Development of solution precursor plasma spray for ceramic solid-state electrolyte manufacturing
- Development of durable and weather resistant organic photovoltaics
- Elucidating catalyst layer degradation in polymer electrolyte membrane electrolysers
- Integration of AI and robotics for the accelerated discovery and mass production of high-entropy alloy catalysts for energy applications
- Design, synthesis and characterization of redox molecules for carbon capture
- Upgrading CO2 To 1,3-Butanediol and Medium Chain Oleochemicals via Catalysis-Enhanced Microbial Electrosynthesis
- AI-guided High-Throughput Experimental Discovery of HEO/HEN Catalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction
- Computational Design of MOFs for Carbon Capture
- Degradation of Ru- and Ir-based catalyst layers for water electrolysers
- Large Language Models for the Discovery of Electrocatalysts for CO2 Reduction
Advanced bioelectrochemical platform for H2 production
Please check back as we update with more information on these projects.
Contact us
National Research Council of Canada
Diana Facchini
Team Leader, Materials Design, Scale-up and Optimization, NRC Mississauga, Clean Energy Innovation Research Centre
Email: diana.facchini@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Business Development Team
Clean Energy Innovation Research Centre
Email: NRC.CEIBD-IEPDA.CNRC@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
University of Toronto
Tim Bender
Professor, Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry
Telephone: 416-978-6140
Email: tim.bender@utoronto.ca
Dwight Seferos
Professor, Department of Chemistry
Telephone: 416-946-0285
Email: dwight.seferos@utoronto.ca
Location
- Advanced materials research facility
2620 Speakman Drive
Mississauga, Ontario
L5K 1B4