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

该提案作为EAGER赠款提交；它为一项美国-土耳其合作研究计划寻求资助。这份名为“EAGER：美国-土耳其合作开发未来可持续和节能建筑的能源收集”的申请是由德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的Brian A Korgel和Heath Naquin提交的。这个合作项目的目标是在德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校和中东技术大学（METU）的研究人员之间建立一个长期的合作关系，在节能、可持续建筑领域。该研究将探索适用于喷涂太阳能涂料的新型半导体纳米材料（硅基材料和CIGS替代品），以及聚光太阳能和地热能的结合。新的知识将从这些研究中产生，这将导致未来的建筑是可持续的和节能的。该项目将连接美国国家科学基金会资助的下一代光伏工业/大学合作研究中心（IUCRC）和土耳其政府资助的METU太阳能研究与应用中心（GÜNAM）。这些中心与工业合作伙伴密切合作，建立研究基础设施，迅速将新技术转移到商业部门，以促进美国和土耳其的共同经济发展。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，这对培训下一代技术创新者很重要。

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.