U.S.-Pakistan Workshop on Silicon Technology, February 1998, Islamabad, Pakistan

描述：该奖项是为了支持美国科学家参加将于 1998 年 2 月在巴基斯坦伊斯兰堡举行的“美国-巴基斯坦硅技术研讨会和研讨会”。 美国团队负责人是佛罗里达州迈阿密大学清洁能源研究所（CERI）教授兼主任 T. Nejat Veziroglu 博士。 巴基斯坦协办者是伊斯兰堡国家硅技术研究所 (NIST) 所长 Parvez Akhter 博士。 研讨会的目标包括：交流硅在光伏发电以及晶体管应用方面的技术和利用的最新知识；强调硅技术快速发展的已知应用和优势，无论是在太阳能发电还是计算机应用方面；结合最近生成的巴基斯坦太阳能测绘数据讨论太阳能电池技术的利用；并就美国和巴基斯坦之间的合作研发加速硅技术领域的技术转让提出建议。 具体讨论议题包括：石英、稻壳、硅砂制硅工艺；单晶生长和区熔技术；非晶硅技术作为太阳能电池的可行材料；多晶铸造和带材技术；制造薄膜太阳能电池、异质结、聚光和混合电池的新材料和新技术；针对每个特定应用对这些技术进行比较；包括氢能在内的储存装置的状况；和太阳能系统的设计。 最后一天将专门针对特定主题举办专门研讨会，目的是确定工业化国家和发展中国家之间技术转让的最有效手段。 范围：该项目涉及对所谓阳光地带的许多发展中国家特别重要的领域。 其中一些国家缺乏足够的或任何化石燃料来满足当前的需求或任何计划的工业化。 他们将考虑发展可行的太阳能产业，无论是本土的还是与工业化国家共同努力的，都是将经济发展、环境问题和所需财政资源联系起来的一个突破。 巴基斯坦是 1970 年代早期开始开展这项工作的国家之一，并得到了 NSF 受赠者的一些技术支持。 参加本次会议的美国与会者将由该领域的两名美国专家和两名巴基斯坦专家组成的委员会选出。 CERI 和 NIST 在该领域组织类似会议方面拥有丰富的经验，其中一些会议还包括南亚其他国家。 研讨会的预期成果，包括潜在的研究合作、信息交流以及为美国太阳能材料公司进入巴基斯坦市场开辟途径，对两国都有帮助。 该提案符合 INT 支持可能加强美国和外国研究人员在共同感兴趣领域合作的活动的标准。

Description: This award is for support of US scientists' participation in a `US-Pakistan Symposium and Workshop on Silicon Technology`, to be held in February 1998, in Islamabad, Pakistan. The US team leader is Dr. T. Nejat Veziroglu, Professor and Director, Clean Energy Research Institute (CERI) at the University of Miami, in Florida. The Pakistani co-organizer is Dr. Parvez Akhter, Director of the National Institute of Silicon Technology (NIST) in Islamabad. The objectives of the workshop include: exchange of the latest knowledge on the technology and utilization of silicon in photovoltaics, as well as transistor applications; to highlight the known applications and benefits of the rapid growth in silicon technology, both for solar energy conversation and for computer applications; to discuss the utilization in solar cell technology in conjunction with the recently generated data on solar energy mapping in Pakistan; and to make recommendations for cooperative research and development between the US and Pakistan to accelerate the technology transfer in the field of silicon technology. Specific topics to be discussed include: production procedures of silicon from quartz, rice husk, and silica sand; growth of single crystal and float zone technology; amorphous silicon technology as a viable material for solar cells; polycrystalline casting and ribbon technology; new materials and techniques to make thin film solar cells, heterojunctions, concentration and hybrids; comparison of these techniques for each specific applications; status of storage devices including hydrogen energy; and design of solar systems. The last day will be devoted to specific workshops on specific topics with the purpose of identifying the most effective means for transfer of technology between industrialized countries and the developing countries. Scope: This project deals with an area that is of particular importance to many developing countries that are in the so-called Sun-Belt. Several of these countries lack adequate, or any, fossil fuel for the current demands or for any planned industrialization. They would consider the development of a viable solar energy industry, either indigenous or as joint effort with industrialized countries, as a breakthrough in the equation that links economic development, environmental concerns, and needed financial resources. Pakistan has been one of the countries that started on this effort early in the 1970's with some technical support from NSF grantees. The US participants in this meeting are to be selected by a committee of two US and two Pakistani experts in the field. Both the CERI and NIST have extensive experience in organizing similar meetings in this area, some of which included other countries in South Asia. The expected results of the workshop, including potential research collaboration, exchange of information, and opening avenues for US solar energy material companies to the Pakistani market, are helpful for both countries. The proposal meets INT criteria for supporting activities likely to enhance collaboration between US and foreign researchers in areas of mutual interest.