Ontario Research Funding awards $2M to interdisciplinary RECYCLEAN research initiative.

Led by Aimy Bazylak (external link) , principal investigator and University of Toronto (UofT) professor, and Chung Lee, co-principal investigator and Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) chemical engineering professor the RECYCLEAN research initiative aims to develop real-world recycling solutions for the recovery and reuse of critical minerals and metals. These innovations can drive down the cost of production of key technologies, mitigate against growing risks to the supply chain, and directly contribute to the evolution of a clean electrochemical energy future.

The RECYCLEAN initiative has been awarded $2M from the Ontario Research Fund: Research Excellence (external link) . This funding will enable the research team to execute a multi-phased research plan that addresses the primary barriers to recycling across the entire membrane electrode assembly (MEA) recycling value chain. Over the five years of the project, five professors from UofT, as well as professors from Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) and McMaster University will collaborate to build a team of researchers, alongside experts from 6 other institutions internationally and 26 companies. 

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