WORKSHOP: NSF Workshop on Emerging Opportunities of Nanoscience to Energy Conversion and Storage

该提案旨在探索纳米科学在能量转换和存储方面最有前途的新兴应用。本提案将考虑在以下任务中提高效率的可能方法：(i)将太阳能和/或热能转换为电能（光电和热电偶），以及（ii）储存和释放能量（例如燃料电池和电池技术）。提案任务将限于研究NSF面临的研究挑战、应用和机会，而不是进行新的研究。为此，该提案要求NSF支持在新兴跨学科研究的目标领域就这一主题举办范围有限的NSF研讨会。更广泛的影响本次NSF研讨会将影响纳米科学研究界以及从事能源技术研究的其他学科。为了确保研究生的参与，他们的一些旅行和当地费用将得到支持。PI和他的机构，杜克大学，纯粹作为一种服务，将该提案的各个方面提供给社区。本次工作坊的任何方面均不收取间接费用。该研讨会还将使美国国家科学基金会能够在对美国经济和工业至关重要的应用中确定有针对性的研究机会和挑战。

Intellectual MeritThis proposal is to explore the most promising emerging applications of Nanoscience to energy conversion and storage. This proposal will consider possible methods for improved efficiency in the following tasks: (i) conversion to electricity of solar energy and/or heat (photo-voltaics and thermocouplers), and (ii) storage and release of energy (e.g., fuel cell and battery technology).Rather than conduct new research, the proposal tasks will be restricted to study of research challenges, applications, and opportunities to NSF. To this end, the proposal requests NSF support for a limited scope NSF workshop on this topic in targeted areas of emerging interdisciplinary research.Broader ImpactThis NSF workshop will impact both the research community in Nanoscience as well as other disciplines engaged in the study of energy technologies. To insure involvement by graduate students, a number of their travel and local expenses will be supported. The PI and his institution, Duke University, purely as a service, make aspects of the proposal available to the community. There will no overhead charged on any aspect of this Workshop. The workshop will also benefit the NSF to allow for the identification of targeted research opportunities and challenges in applications of key importance to US economy and industry.