GRC/GRS: Nanomaterials for Applications in Energy Technology: Energy Conversion, Storage, and Transport

主要研究者： Uwe R Kortshagen机构：戈登研究会议提案号：1502461标题：GRC/GRS：纳米材料在能源技术中的应用：能源转换，储存和运输非技术性描述可持续能源的新来源的发展是一个至关重要的挑战，为21世纪。纳米材料的独特性质在改进可再生能源生产系统的技术方面具有巨大潜力，从而提高工艺效率并降低制造成本。 2015年戈登研究会议（GRC）和戈登研究研讨会（GRS）的纳米材料在能源技术（NET）应用的重点是确定跨学科科学研究的进展，挑战和机遇，以支持纳米材料在可再生能源生产和存储技术中的新兴应用。GRC-NET将于2015年2月22日至27日在加利福尼亚州文图拉海滩的文图拉海滩万豪酒店举行。2015年GRC-NET有一个相关的戈登研究研讨会（GRS），这是一个专门为研究生和博士后研究助理的贡献而举办的聚会。GRS-NET将于2015年2月21日至22日在文图拉海滩万豪酒店举行。 该奖项将提供部分支持的GRC和GRS的纳米材料应用在能源Technology.Technical DescriptionThe新的可持续能源的发展是一个至关重要的挑战，为21世纪世纪。可调的性能和丰富的界面使纳米材料具有巨大的潜力，有助于改变能源技术的范式，可能导致更高的工艺效率和更低的设备制造成本。 然而，在能源技术的许多领域尚未实现这些成果，部分原因是对基本的能源转换、储存和运输过程缺乏全面的了解，将纳米材料纳入能源设备的挑战，廉价生产大量具有明确特性的纳米材料的困难，以及缺乏对纳米材料的潜在健康和环境影响的全面评估。 2015年戈登研究会议（GRC）和戈登研究研讨会（GRS）的纳米材料在能源技术（NET）应用的重点是确定跨学科科学研究的进展，挑战和机遇，以支持纳米材料在可再生能源生产和存储技术中的新兴应用。GRC-NET将于2015年2月22日至27日在加利福尼亚州文图拉海滩的文图拉海滩万豪酒店举行。2015年GRC-NET有一个相关的戈登研究研讨会（GRS），这是一个专门为研究生和博士后研究助理的贡献而举办的聚会。2015年2月21日至22日在文图拉海滩万豪酒店举行的GRS-NET紧接着是GRC-NET。利用新型纳米材料应用于能源技术的挑战跨越了物理、化学和工程领域。GRC-NET和GRS-NET专注于探索纳米材料的能量转换，储存和运输的基本机制，同时也阐明了材料设计和合成的新方法，并评估材料的可持续性问题。 会议的一个主要目标将是说明新型和可持续的纳米材料如何实现多种新型或更高效的能源技术，包括太阳能电池，生产可再生太阳能燃料的光物理方法，如氢，更高容量的电池和更高效的燃料电池。 GRC-NET和GRS NET都旨在促进来自不同学科和在学术界，国家研究实验室和工业界工作的职业生涯阶段的科学家之间的互动。对新的、基本上未发表的工作的重视将使本次会议成为就纳米材料和能源技术之间的关系的未来发展进行科学交流的首要平台。 此外，这个戈登研究会议的文化强调初级科学家的培训，包括研究生，博士后研究人员和终身教职员工。单次会议的会议形式，邀请的演讲数量有限，有充足的时间进行联合活动和科学讨论，使年轻科学家有机会了解

Principal Investigator: Uwe R KortshagenInstitution: Gordon Research ConferencesProposal No: 1502461Title: GRC/GRS: Nanomaterials for Applications in Energy Technology: EnergyConversion, Storage, and TransportNontechnical DescriptionThe development of new sources of sustainable energy s is a crucial challenge for the 21st century. The unique properties of nanomaterials have great potential to improve technologies for renewable energy production systems, leading to higher process efficiencies and lower manufacturing costs. The 2015 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) and the Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) on Nanomaterials for Applications in Energy Technology (NET) focus on identifying the progress, challenges and opportunities of interdisciplinary scientific research to support emerging applications of nanomaterials in renewable energy production and storage technologies. The GRC-NET will be held February 22-27, 2015, at the Ventura Beach Marriott, Ventura Beach, CA. The 2015 GRC-NET has an associated Gordon Research Seminar (GRS), which is a gathering dedicated exclusively to contributions from graduate students and post-doctoral research associates. The GRS-NET immediately precedes the GRC-NET on February 21-22, 2015, at the Ventura Beach Marriott. This award will provide partial support for both the GRC and GRS on Nanomaterials for Applications in Energy Technology.Technical DescriptionThe development of new sources of sustainable energy is a crucial challenge for the 21st century. The tunable properties and abundance of interfaces give nanomaterials great potential to contribute paradigm-changing approaches to energy technology, potentially leading to higher process efficiencies and lower device manufacturing costs. However, such gains have not yet been realized in many areas of energy technology, due in part to lack of complete understanding of fundamental energy conversion, storage, and transport processes, the challenges associated with integrating nanomaterials into energy devices, the difficulties in inexpensively producing large amounts of nanomaterials with well-defined properties, and the lack of full assessment of the potential health and environmental impacts of nanomaterials. The 2015 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) and the Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) on Nanomaterials for Applications in Energy Technology (NET) focus on identifying the progress, challenges and opportunities of interdisciplinary scientific research to support emerging applications of nanomaterials in renewable energy production and storage technologies. The GRC-NET will be held February 22-27, 2015, at the Ventura Beach Marriott, Ventura Beach, CA. The 2015 GRC-NET has an associated Gordon Research Seminar (GRS), which is a gathering dedicated exclusively to contributions from graduate students and post-doctoral research associates. The GRS-NET immediately precedes the GRC-NET on February 21-22, 2015, at the Ventura Beach Marriott.The challenges of exploiting novel nanomaterials for applications in energy technology cross the fields of physics, chemistry and engineering. The GRC-NET and GRS-NET focus on exploring the fundamental mechanisms involved in energy conversion, storage, and transport with nanomaterials, while also illuminating novel approaches in materials design and synthesis and evaluating materials sustainability issues. A primary goal of the conference will be to illustrate how novel and sustainable nanomaterials enable a multitude of novel or more efficient energy technologies, including solar cells, photo-physical approaches for producing renewable solar fuels such can as hydrogen, higher capacity batteries, and more efficient fuel cells. Both the GRC-NET and GRS NET aim at fostering interactions between scientists from different disciplines and stages of their careers working in academia, national research laboratories, and industry. The emphasis on new, largely unpublished work will make this conference a premier platform for scientific exchange on the future developments in the nexus of nanomaterials and energy technology. Furthermore, the culture of this Gordon Research Conference emphasizes the training of junior scientists, including graduate students, post-doctoral researchers, and tenure-track faculty. The single-session conference format with a limited number of invited talks and ample time for joint activities and scientific discussion gives junior scientists the opportunity to get to know the leaders in