Defect Functionalized Sustainable Energy Materials: From Design to Devices Application

该提案将建立一个世界级的研究和网络中心，可以加速能源应用创新材料的创造。东京工业大学、数学与物理科学学院（MAPS）和工程学院、伦敦大学学院以及加拿大麦吉尔大学之间的合作，将通过为能源产生、储存和减少应用量身定制具有缺陷和活性位点的工程材料，为材料研究提供新的范例。我们的目标是创造可持续的材料，特别是关注能源材料，如低功耗电子材料，高效光伏器件，高效节能催化过程。此次合作将利用三家机构在开发能源应用材料方面现有的互补优势，并将重点设计、合成和表征具有定制特性的新材料，并测试其功能。这将包括培训年轻研究人员、通过访问和交流、网络和合作建设活动转让专业知识和分享先进设备。拟议中的中心将大于其各部分的总和，并将培养一个由年轻研究人员组成的社区，他们可以加速先进能源材料的创造并维持合作。

This proposal will establish a world-class research and networking hub that can accelerate the creation of innovative materials for energy applications. The collaboration between the Tokyo Tech, Faculties of Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MAPS) and Engineering, UCL, and the McGill University, Canada will enable a new paradigm in materials research by engineering materials with defects and active sites tailored for applications in energy generation, storage and reduction. We aim to create sustainable materials, especially focusing on energy materials, such as electronic materials for low power consumption, high-efficiency photovoltaic devices, and high-efficiency power-saving catalytic processes. This collaboration will harness the existing complementary strength of the three institutions in developing materials for energy applications and will focus on designing, synthesizing and characterizing new materials with tailored properties and testing their functionalities. This will involve training of young researchers, transfer of expertise and sharing of advanced equipment via a program of visits and exchanges, networking and collaboration building activities. The proposed hub will be greater than the sum of its parts and will cultivate a community of young researchers who can accelerate the creation of advanced energy materials and sustain collaboration.