Nanomaterials for Energy Conversion (MC9)

Convener:

Mathias Brust, University of Liverpool, UK

Programme:

Keynote Speakers

Control of the morphology of hybrid CdSe nanocrystals/ pi-conjugated polymers nanocomposites for solar cells applications
Frédéric Chandezon, CEA-Grenoble, France

Towards non-toxic, luminescent nanoparticles
Thomas Nann, University of East Anglia, UK

Speakers

Use of single molecular precursors for cadmium telluride and lead chalcogenide structures
Kibriya Ahmad, University of Manchester, UK

N- and p- type InAs quantum dots for solar energy conversion
Scott M. Geyer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Novel solar cells based on nanoantennae
Michal Giersig, Helmholtz Centre for Materials and Energy, Germany

Controlling charge storage in well defined platinum nanoparticles
Kevin J. Major, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA

Structurally-constrained Cu(I) bipy complexes for dye-sensitised solar cells
Neil Robertson, University of Edinburgh, UK

A simple chemical approach for PbTe nanowires with enhanced thermoelectric properties
Qingyu Yan, Nanyang Technological University, China

Symposium Information

Nanostructured materials offer the opportunity of complex molecular scale organisation of objects with different physical properties or chemical functionalities. One of the technologically most important tasks that such structures can be designed to carry out is solar energy conversion. Different nanoscale modules can be responsible for light absorption, charge carrier separation and for the generation of either electricity or a chemical fuel. The efficiency of each of these elementary steps is as important for the overall performance of the system as the way they combine to form a functional unit.  

Contributions to this symposium are invited on all aspects of solar energy conversion that involve the use of nanoscopic materials. Studies on energy conversion that do not involve solar energy and are not covered by other symposia are also welcome.