MRI: Acquisition of a Properties Measurement System for Education and Research in Energy Related Materials

0923032TysonNJIT“该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。”技术总结：开发用于能量存储和能量转换与回收的新型材料是一个关键和日益增长的需求。作为加强美国在这一领域知识基础的努力的一部分，新泽西理工学院（NJIT）的材料科学与工程项目正在开发一个新的材料科学与工程硕士学位。能源效率材料？该学位将强调课程学习和广泛的实践材料制备和表征，包括热电材料、燃料电池和新兴电池技术、光电化学制氢材料、储氢材料和其他能源相关系统。作为这项工作的核心部分，我们正在寻求获得一种物理性质测量系统，以确定材料的热输运（塞贝克系数和导热系数）、热容和电子输运（交流/直流电阻率和霍尔效应）性质。光管道和光纤电缆的光学接入将使光伏系统和光电化学制氢材料的研究成为可能。在2 K到400 K的温度范围内进行测量是可能的。高磁场的可用性将使自旋对热性能的贡献得以隔离。一个集成的氦气回收系统将实现非常低的运行成本，并便于学生和研究人员的连续使用和访问。NJIT将提供操作该仪器所需的所有支持设施。将仪器放置在新泽西理工大学约克材料表征设施中，使学生和研究人员可以使用该仪器。该仪器还将用于纽瓦克地区高中生的过渡金属氧化物制备和表征研讨会。摘要：目前迫切需要开发用于能量存储和能量转换与回收的新型材料。为了利用太阳产生的能量，需要开发高效的能量转换材料。为了实现低重量的能量存储，需要更好的电池系统。为了从电子和内燃系统中回收余热，必须开发新的更高效的热电材料。这些问题表明，在能源效率材料领域，教育和研究具有重要作用。新泽西理工学院（NJIT）的材料科学与工程项目正在开发一个新的硕士学位？能源效率材料？为了满足这种需要。作为这项工作的核心部分，我们正在寻求为这一领域的研究和教育获得一个全面的属性测量系统。具体来说，我们建议获得一种仪器来表征和优化用于燃料电池和新兴电池技术的材料的性能，利用太阳能、储氢、热电和其他能源相关系统从水中产生光诱导氢。该仪器还将用于纽瓦克地区高中生的过渡金属氧化物制备和表征研讨会。这将有助于培养科学素养，并直接影响来自代表性不足群体的学生从事科学事业。

0923032TysonNJIT"This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5)."Technical Summary: There is a critical and growing need to develop new and novel materials for energy storage and energy conversion and recovery. As a part of an effort to strengthen the base of knowledge in the United States in this area, the Materials Science and Engineering Program at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), is developing a new Masters degree in ?Materials for Energy Efficiency?. This degree will emphasize both course work and extensive hands-on materials preparation and characterization in thermoelectric materials, fuel cells and emerging battery technologies, photo-electrochemical hydrogen generation materials, hydrogen storage materials and other energy related systems. As a central part of this effort we are seeking to acquire a physical properties measurement system to enable the determination of thermal transport (Seebeck coefficient and thermal conductivity), heat capacity, and electron transport (AC/DC Resistivity and Hall Effect) properties of materials. Optical access by light pipes and fiber optic cables will enable the study of photovoltaic systems and photo-electrochemical hydrogen generation materials. Measurements over the temperature range of 2 K to 400 K will be possible. The availability of high magnetic fields will enable the isolation of the spin contribution to thermal properties. An integrated helium recovery system will enable very low operating cost and facilitate its continuous use and accessibility by students and researchers. NJIT will provide all support facilities needed to operate this instrument. Stationing the instrument in the NJIT York Materials Characterization Facility makes it accessible to students and researchers at NJIT. The instrument will also be utilized in a transition metal oxide preparation and characterization workshop for Newark area high school students. Layman Summary: There is a critical need to develop new and novel materials for energy storage and energy conversion and recovery. In order to tap the energy generated by the sun, highly efficient energy conversion materials need to be developed. To enable low weight energy storage, better battery systems are needed. To recover waste heat from electronics and internal combustion systems, new more efficient thermoelectric materials must be developed. These issues point to the essential role for education and research in the area of materials for energy efficiency. The Materials Science and Engineering Program at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), is developing a new Masters degree in ?Materials for Energy Efficiency? to fulfill this need. As a central part of this effort, we are seeking to acquire a comprehensive properties measurement system for research and education in this area. Specifically, we propose to acquire an instrument to characterize and to optimize the properties of materials used in fuel cells and emerging battery technologies, light induced hydrogen generation from water using solar energy, hydrogen storage, thermoelectrics and other energy related systems. The instrument will also be utilized in a transition metal oxide preparation and characterization workshop for Newark area high school students. This will serve to develop scientific literacy and to directly influence students from underrepresented groups to pursue careers in science.