Welcome

The goal of the Materials and Structures for Energy Workshop is to provide a stimulating and interactive forum to share the latest discoveries and advances by Harvard faculty and students, enable technology transfer, and foster collaborative research partnerships.

This workshop will discuss how advances in materials science and devices can address current energy needs. It will provide a background for current innovations in energy technologies and their possible implications to societal issues. The workshop will also present energy specific technologies including: catalysis, synthesis of materials and structures including nano-materials.

The workshop will be followed by a networking reception and poster session where researchers will present their latest cutting edge technologies.

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About the Images

		Emily Weiss High-resolution transmission electron micrograph of a film of three different sizes of CdSe quantum dots (L: diameter = 9.8 nm, M: diameter = 5.3 nm, S: diameter = 4.2 nm) in stacked layers. This type of gradient film funnels light energy to the largest quantum dots in the film.
		George M. Whitesides Scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of an array of indium tin oxide (ITO) nanotubes formed by a shadow evaporation technique. The heights and diameters of the tubes are ~ 200 nm. This structure could be used as a high-surface-area, transparent electrode for a nanostructured solar cell.
		Shriram Ramanathan Submicron electrolyte YSZ film, with potential application in fabrication of micro-fuel cells for environmentally friendly portable electricity generation.