Travel assistance for US university professors and students to attend the PIERS conference in Guangzhou, China (August 25-28, 2014)

知识价值：PIERS 2014会议将涵盖与光伏和固态照明（led和oled）相关的能源领域的最新发展。会议将涵盖光伏、材料科学、光学、有机化学和半导体方面的进展。特别是，会议将回顾薄膜光伏、单晶量子点太阳能电池、串联和多结太阳能电池、胶体量子点和有机太阳能电池、光管理技术、光谱分裂和聚光器等领域。在美国国家科学基金会的支持下，将组织一个特别的晚间会议，讨论该领域的发展方向，并确定最重要的研究方向。更广泛的影响：PIERS 2014将讨论与能源相关的广泛的多学科主题。会议将激励与会者追求新的有希望的方向，这些方向可能对丰富能源的替代来源产生巨大影响。这次会议为业界提供了一个独特的机会，分享令人兴奋的最新技术发展，并探索/促进新的合作。特别的晚间会议将帮助美国学生和年轻教师为未来的研究寻求新的方向。学生和青年研究人员的参与将根据国家科学基金会的资金来鼓励，以支付部分旅费和注册费。

Intellectual Merit: The PIERS 2014 Conference will cover the latest development in the area of energy related to photovoltaics and solid state lighting (LEDs and OLEDs). The meeting will encompass advances in photovoltaics, material sciences, optics, organic chemistry and semiconductors. In particular, the conference will review the fields of thin film photovoltaics single crystal quantum dot solar cells, tandem and multi-junction solar cells, colloidal quantum dots and organic solar cells, light management techniques, spectral splitting and concentrators. With NSF support, a special evening session will be organized to discuss where the field is going and to determine the most important research directions.Broader Impact: A wide range of multidisciplinary topics related to energy will be addressed at PIERS 2014. The meeting will motivate participants to pursue new promising directions which might have an enormous impact on alternative sources of plentiful energy. This meeting offers a unique opportunity for the community to share the exciting state-of-the-art technological developments and explore/promote new collaborations. The special evening session will help US students and young faculty to pursue new directions for future research. Participation of student and young researchers will be fostered based on NSF funds to partially cover travel expenses and registration fees.