Collaborative Research Center for Energy Harvesting Materials and Systems (CEHMS)

能源收集材料和系统I/UCRC计划补助金;弗吉尼亚理工学院和州立大学;布鲁斯Gnade该提案旨在为一个新的多大学能源收集材料和系统中心提供规划拨款，以专注于恢复从诸如无线电和电视塔、卫星和各种便携式电子设备的各种来源（收集）未使用的能量。弗吉尼亚理工学院（VT），克莱姆森大学（CU）和德克萨斯大学，达拉斯（UTD）正在合作建立拟议的中心，与VT作为牵头机构。研究计划包括在以下领域开发新产品和设计：振动测量的能量收集，风能收集的压电电池和面板，超大规模集成电路电路设计，“自供电”位置和速度传感器和电能存储材料，微尺度热能到电能转换，海洋环境中的磁能到电能转换，使用氮化铟量子点太阳能电池的片上能源，基于压电悬臂的能量收集器，以及有机能量收集器的卷对卷打印。VT、CU和UTD计划利用NSF规划拨款基金与潜在的工业合作伙伴举行会议，并为CEHMS制定一个具有足够商业利益的初步研究议程，使与会者愿意投资并维持该中心。拟议中的中心有可能通过开发新技术来提高美国制造企业的可持续性和盈利能力，这些新技术将减少能源消耗并收获通常被浪费的能源。工业成员将受益于该中心在材料合成，薄膜沉积，能量转换器件，微/纳米电子学，电化学存储系统，传感器开发，系统设计，集成混合架构，计算和理论建模以及纳米级制造技术等领域进行的研究。CEHMS的学生和教师将通过与行业合作伙伴的互动获得宝贵的经验。

Planning Grant for an I/UCRC for Energy Harvesting Materials and Systems 0856032 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Daniel Inman 0856046 Clemson University; Stephen Foulger 0855891 University of Texas, Dallas; Bruce Gnade The proposal seeks a planning grant for a new multi-university Center for Energy Harvesting Materials and Systems to focus on recovery (harvesting) of unused energy from various sources such as radio and television towers, satellites and various portable electronics. Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VT), Clemson University (CU) and the University of Texas, Dallas (UTD) are collaborating to establish the proposed center, with VT as the lead institution. The research plan includes developing new products and designs in the following areas: Energy Harvesting for Vibration Measurement, PiezoCell and Panels for Harvesting Wind Energy, VLSI Circuit Design, Materials for "Self-Powered" Position and Speed Sensors and Electrical Energy Storage, Micro-Scale Thermal to Electric Energy Conversion, Magnetic to Electric Energy Conversion in Ocean Environments, On-Chip Energy Source Using Indium Nitride Quantum Dot Solar Cells, Piezoelectric Cantilevers Based Energy Harvesters, and Roll-to-Roll Printing of Organic Energy Harvesters. VT, CU and UTD plan to use the NSF planning grant fund to hold a meeting with prospective industrial partners, and to develop an initial research agenda for CEHMS of sufficient commercial interest that attendees will be willing to invest in and sustain the Center. The proposed Center has the potential to improve sustainability and profitability of US manufacturing firms by developing new technologies that will reduce energy consumption and harvest energy that is normally wasted. Industrial members will benefit from the research conducted at the Center in areas of materials synthesis, thin-film deposition, energy conversion devices, micro/nano electronics, electrochemical storage systems, sensor development, system design, integrated hybrid architectures, computational and theoretical modeling, and nano-scale fabrication techniques. Students and faculty members of CEHMS will gain valuable experience by interaction with industry partners.