Symposium N: One-Dimensional Nanostructured Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage

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One-Dimensional Nanostructured Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage

JSAP logo This symposium is co-sponsored by the Japan Society of Applied Physics  

One-dimensional (1D) nanostructured materials have received broad interests due to their distinguished electrical, mechanical, chemical, and optical properties.  A large variety of semiconductor, metallic, dielectric, and polymer materials have been synthesized in the form of wire-like morphology with well-controlled sizes, orientations, and organization.  Owing to their large surface-to-volume ratio, tunable transport properties, and unique surface chemistry, these nanostructures are becoming important building blocks for harvesting solar, thermal, mechanical, and chemical energy, as well as electrical and electrochemical energy storage.  This symposium aims at designing and utilization of functional 1D nanostructures including nanowires, nanotubes, nanobelts, etc., for energy conversion and storage (i.e., the conversions between solar, mechanical, and thermal energy, and electrical or electrochemical energy).  Abstracts underlying fundamental energy conversion mechanisms on 1D-confined matters; improvements introduced by 1D nanostructures, simulations, and theoretical frameworks on the energy conversion processes and efficiencies; and developments of practical energy-harvesting nanodevices are particularly welcome.  In addition, this symposium also encourages abstracts on applying 1D nanostructures to the electrode development for Li-ion batteries and supercapacitors for improving capacity, stabilizing electrodes, and enhancing ionic and electronic transport.

Session topics will include:

  • Semiconductor 1D nanostructure-based photovoltaic devices
  • Novel nanostructures and composites for photoelectrolysis
  • Innovative designs and architectures for highly efficient solar-energy collection
  • Mechanical energy harvesting technology using piezoelectric nanowires
  • Theoretical and experimental study of the nanometer-scale electromechanical coupling effect
  • Fundamental study and novel devices based on piezotronic effect
  • Nanoscale thermal transport phenomenon and thermoelectricity
  • Advanced electrodes for Li-ion batteries
  • High-performance supercapacitors

A tutorial complementing this symposium is tentatively planned. Further information will be included in the MRS Program that will be available online in January.

Invited speakers (tentative) include:

Harry A. Atwater (California Inst. of Technology), Dimitri Golberg (NIMS: National Inst. for Materials Science, Japan), Craig A. Grimes (Pennsylvania State Univ.), Sang-Woo Kim (Sungkyunkwan Univ., S. Korea), Ramamoorthy Ramesh (Univ. of California, Berkeley), Lars Samuelson (Lund Univ., Sweden), Yang Shao-Horn (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology), Pradeep Sharma (Univ. of Houston), Li Shi (Univ. of Texas, Austin), Paul Weiss (Univ. of California, Los Angeles), Rusen Yang (Univ. of Minnesota), Yue Zhang (Univ. of Science and Technology Beijing, China), Ze Zhang (Zhejiang Univ., China).

Symposium Organizers

Zhong Lin (ZL) Wang
Georgia Institute of Technology
Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
500 10th St. NW
Atlanta, GA 30332
Tel 404-894-8008, Fax 404-894-9140
zhong.wang@mse.gatech.edu 

Xudong Wang
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
1509 University Ave.
Madison, WI 53706
Tel 608-890-2667, Fax 608-262-8353
xudong@engr.wisc.edu 

Thomas G. Thundat
University of Alberta
Dept. of Chemical and Materials Engineering
ECERF E7-026
Edmonton T6G V24, Canada
Tel 780-492-2068
thundat@ualberta.ca 

Magnus Willander
Linköping University
Dept. of Science and Technology
Bredgatan 34
ITN-Campus Norrköping
SE-601 74 Norrköping, Sweden
Tel 46-11-363167, Fax 46-11-363270
magwi@itn.liu.se 

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