EAGER: US-Turkey Collaboration on Energy Harvesting for Sustainable and Energy Efficient Buildings of the Future

该提案是作为EAGER赠款提交的;它寻求为美国-土耳其合作研究计划提供资金。这项名为“EAGER：美国-土耳其合作为未来可持续和节能建筑收集能源”的申请由德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的Brian A Korgel和Heath Naquin提交。该合作项目的目标是在UT Austin和中东技术大学（METU）的研究人员之间建立节能，可持续建筑领域的长期合作。该研究将探索新的半导体纳米材料（硅基和CIGS的替代品），适用于喷涂太阳能涂料应用，以及集中太阳能和地热能之间的结合。从这些研究中将产生新的知识，这些知识将导致未来的可持续和节能建筑。该项目将在NSF资助的下一代光化学工业/大学合作研究中心（IUCRC）与土耳其政府资助的METU太阳能研究和应用中心（GÜNAM）之间建立桥梁。这些中心与工业合作伙伴密切合作，建立研究基础设施，将新技术迅速转移到商业部门，以促进美国和土耳其的联合经济发展。该研究项目还侧重于学生教育和培训，并提供国际合作的要素，这对培养下一代技术创新者至关重要。

This proposal was submitted as an EAGER grant; it seeks funding for a US-Turkey Collaborative research initiative. The application entitled, "EAGER: US-Turkey Collaboration on Energy Harvesting for Sustainable and Energy Efficient Buildings of the Future," was submitted by Brian A Korgel and Heath Naquin from the University of Texas at Austin. The goal of this collaborative project is to establish a long-term collaboration between researchers at UT Austin and Middle East Technical University (METU) in the area of energy-efficient, sustainable buildings. The research will explore new semiconductor nanomaterials (both silicon-based and alternatives to CIGS), which are suitable for spray-on solar paint applications, and the combination between concentrated solar power and geothermal energy. New knowledge will be created from these studies that will lead to future buildings that are sustainable and energy efficient. The project will bridge the NSF-funded Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (IUCRC) on Next Generation Photovoltaics with the Turkish government-funded Center for Solar Energy Research and Applications (GÜNAM) at METU. These centers have significant involvement with industrial partners to establish a research infrastructure that can rapidly transfer new technologies to the commercial sector for the promotion of joint economic development in both the US and Turkey. This research project also focuses on student education and training and providing an element of international collaboration which is important for training the next generation of technology innovators.