NET-Symposium on Nanotechnology Approaches,
Nanomaterials and Thin Films for Energy Technologies
Chair: Vasco Teixeira, University
of Minho, Portugal
Co-chair: Bin Zhu, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH),
Co-chair: Jordi
Andreu, T
Solar
Symposium
to be held during NanoSMat2008 in
Barcelona-Spain, 21-24 October 2008
Extended Abstract deadline: 25 July
2008 (CLOSED)
http://vteixeira.com.sapo.pt/Nanomaterials_for_Energy_Technologies2008.htm
Papers
presented at NET / NanoSMat-2008 will be selected to publish in special issues
of peer-reviewed journals:
-Journal
of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (American Scientific Publishers)
-Nanomedicine:
Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine (Elsevier) Surface Engineering
"NanoSMat" Publication Track Record:
NanoSMat-2005
THIN
SOLID FILMS: Vol. 515, Issue 1, Pages 1-380 (2006)
CATALYSIS
TODAY, Vol. 116, Issue 1, (2006) pages 1-88.
NanoSMat-2007:
JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY – In press.
JOURNAL
OF MATERIALS SCIENCE – Volume 43, Number 10 / May, 2008, pages 3365-3741.
Confirmed invited
speakers for NET Symposium
-“Hydrogen Storage Research and Nanotechnology
Approaches in EC-funded Projects”, Constantina Filiou, Pietro Moretto, et al.,European
Commission, Joint Research Centre, The Netherlands
-"Thin film solar cell technology in
-"Thin film nano
solar cells - from device optimization to upscaling",
Peter Lund, Minna Toivola,
Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
-"Nanomaterials and Thin Solid Films for
Advanced Window Applications", Panayiotis Yianoulis,
-"Industrial process for a-Si thin film solar cells fabrication", Jordi Andreu, T Solar S.A.,
-"Nanoscale Materials and Thin Coatings
Architectures for Energy Applications", Joaquim
Carneiro, V. Teixeira,
-"From Amorphous to Nanocrystalline Silicon:
a nanoestructured path for thin film solar cells",
Hugo Águas, Sergej Filonovich, Iwona Bernacka-Wojcik, Elvira Fortunato
and Rodrigo Martins, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
-"Carbon based electrodes for energy
applications", Enric Bertran,
-“Nanotech for water purification”, Ilka Gehrke,
and
more others about other energy topics
please
check previous 2007 NET invited speakers at:
http://vteixeira.com.sapo.pt/Nanomaterials_for_Energy_Technologies.htm
Introduction
Most areas of
nanotechnology are at an early stage of their development. Research in
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology will contribute to the achievement of
fundamental breakthroughs in nanomaterials and processes in energy systems. In
the near future nanotechnology will contribute to efficient and low-cost
systems for generating, storing, and transporting energy. Materials and
structures that are designed and fabricated at the nanoscale level offer the
potential to enhance efficiencies and reduce costs in solar photovoltaic
systems, solar thermal systems, fuel cells and other energy technologies. Nanostructured
materials and thin films offer the potential for significant improvements in
energy technology and photo-electronic properties based on improvements in
physical, chemical and nanomechanical properties
resulting from reducing microstructural features by
decreasing the grain size of a material to the nanometer
range compared to current technological materials. For example, efficient solar
photothermal conversion benefits from spectrally
selective absorber nanostructured graded surfaces. This symposium on
nanotechnology for energy technologies was designed to bring together different
disciplines of energy technology and to discuss the possible benefits of
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in their R&D efforts. Besides other energy
areas, nanotechnology's potential impact on solar energy, fuel cells and
storage in particular will be addressed at the symposium. The symposium will
also review the current state of knowledge in the field of nanomaterials, functional
surfaces and nanostructured coatings for efficient energy systems as well
present novel applications and current challenges and opportunities. We expect
that this symposium could be also a gate way for high tech ideas and to find
partners in innovative research proposals for the new 7PQ of the European
Commission. Attending this symposium, scientists, engineers and industrial
technicians will have the opportunity to interchange their knowledge, research
experience, technology and applications of the field of Nanotechnology,
Nanomaterials and Thin Films for Energy Technologies. We also encourage
participating to young scientists and engineers as well technicians and experts
from nanomaterials and coatings industry.
Both academic and
industrial presentations are welcome at the symposium.
Main Topics covered:
The
abstract submissions are now being accepted. Proposed topics include, but are
not be limited to production, characterization and modeling
of:
-Functional
Surfaces and Nanostructured Coatings for Energy Systems
-Nanotechnology
for Efficient Energy Conversion
-Selective
Nanostructured Absorbers for Thermal Collectors
-Photovoltaic
Materials and Technologies
-Thin
Film and Organic Solar Cells
-Radically
Novel Concepts in Plastic Solar Cells
-Bioenergy, Biovoltaics
Technologies
-Nanomaterials
for Fuel Cell Technologies
-Large-scale
Nanomaterials Production
-Nanomaterials
for Hydrogen Production and Storage
-Photocatalytic Nanomaterials and Surfaces
-Advances
in Smart Materials and Devices Envolving Energy
-Electrochemical
Conversion and Storage
-Fuel
Sources, Exploration and Refinement
-Portable
or Miniaturized Energy Sources
-Surface
decontamination and water purification by nanotechnology processes
-Industrial
Solutions and New Energy Products
-Clean
Technology Policies and Venture Capital
Symposium Organizer contact:
Prof. Vasco Teixeira
Editor-in-chief:
Journal of Nano Research, JNanoR
Physics
Department
Campus de Azurém
P-4800-058 Guimarães- PORTUGAL
phone: +351 - 253 510400/65
fax: +351 -
253 510 401
email: vasco@fisica.uminho.pt
http://www.arauto.uminho.pt/pessoas/vteixeira
-Co-chair
Conference NanoSMat2008
-Chair
Symposium NET-Symposium on Nanotechnology Approaches, Nanomaterials and Thin
Films for Energy Technologies
Symposium
to be held during NanoSMat2008 in Barcelona-Spain, 21-24 October 2008
Extended
Abstract deadline: 25 July 2008
http://vteixeira.com.sapo.pt/Nanomaterials_for_Energy_Technologies2008.htm
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