US-India workshop on organic photovoltaic materials and devices

主要研究者：Dalal，Vikram L.提案编号：1332934机构：爱荷华州州立大学标题：美国-印度有机光伏材料和器件研讨会该奖项由国际和综合活动办公室共同资助。 该提案的主要目标是通过美国和印度科学家之间的积极合作，提高有机光伏材料和器件的科学和技术。另一个目标是通过为美国研究生提供与印度大学和研究实验室的同行合作的机会，进一步促进美国研究生在这一领域的教育。该提案的重点是通过在该领域举办两个研讨会来启动这种合作，一个在美国，一个在印度。这项工作将得到美国国家科学基金会（NSF）和印度印美科学技术论坛（Indo-US Science and Technology Forum）的共同支持。该研讨会将重点关注有机光伏（OPV）设备，这是一种新兴的技术，可为农村人口提供低成本的分布式电力。原则上，OPV设备提供了一种非常低成本的利用太阳能发电的途径。然而，为了经济地产生能量，有机太阳能电池的转换效率和稳定性都必须显著提高。当前一代的OPV器件已经达到了能量效率，但是在非常短的时间内会退化。这些都是需要克服的重大问题，以使该技术在经济上可行，本次研讨会将汇集来自美国和印度在该领域工作的一些最优秀的人，以解决该技术中的关键问题。预计这些讲习班将导致两国在这一领域开展互补和协同的研究项目，从而加快口服脊髓灰质炎疫苗材料和装置的科学和技术的发展。OPV技术为满足某些能源需求提供了潜在的低成本途径。印度和美国在光伏技术领域都有重要的工业基础，这一共同努力将使两国的工业受益。这对美国研究生教育的影响可能是巨大的。重要的是，工程和科学专业的美国学生能够体验印度等发展中国家的研究和经济基础设施，以便他们能够设计适合印度的设备，这对美国公司来说是一个巨大的潜在市场。

PI: Dalal, Vikram L.Proposal Number: 1332934Institution: Iowa State UniversityTitle: US-India workshop on organic photovoltaic materials and devicesThis award is being co-funded by the Office of International and Integrated Activities. The primary objective of this proposal is to improve the science and technology of organic photovoltaic materials and devices through active collaboration between scientists in the U.S. and in India. A further objective is to further the education of U.S. graduate students in this field by providing opportunities for them to work collaboratively with their peers at Universities and research laboratories in India. This proposal is focused on starting such collaboration by holding two workshops in this field, one in the U.S., and one in India. The effort is to be jointly supported by U.S. NSF for U.S. scientists and by India's Indo-US Science and Technology Forum for the Indian scientists. This workshop will focus on the organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices that are an up and coming technology of significant interest for delivering low cost, distributed electric power for rural populations. In principle, OPV devices offer a very low cost pathway for generating electricity using energy from the sun. However, for economical generation of energy, both the conversion efficiency, and the stability of organic solar cells has to improve significantly. The current generation of OPV devices has reached energy efficiencies but degrade in a very short time. These are significant problems that need to be overcome to make the technology economically feasible, and this workshop will bring together some of the best people working in this field from both the U.S. and India to address the critical issues in this technology. It is expected that the workshops will lead to complementary and synergistic research projects in this field in both countries, thereby accelerating the development of the science and technology of OPV materials and devices. OPV technology offers a potential low-cost pathway for meeting some of the energy needs. Both India and the U.S. have a significant industrial base in the area of photovoltaic technology, and this joint effort will benefit industries in both countries. The impact on education of U.S. graduate students is likely to be significant. It is important that U.S. students in Engineering and Sciences experience the research and economic infrastructure in developing countries such as India, so that they can design the devices appropriate to India which is a vast potential market for U.S. companies.