Science and Materials for Energy Symposium

2006 APS March Meeting

Advanced Materials for Energy Applications

• Overview of the Hydrogen Initiative (2.5 MB PDF)
  Mildred Dresselhaus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Direct Energy Conversion: Chemistry, Physics, Materials Science and Thermoelectrics (4.7 MB PDF)
  Mercouri Kanatzidis, Michigan State University
• Novel Indirect Hydrogen Storage Materials (630 KB PDF)
  Claus Hviid Christensen, Danish National Research Foundation
• Near-Surface Alloys for Improved Catalysis (1.4 MB PDF)
  Manos Mavrikakis, University of Wisconsis-Madison
• Materials Challenges for Solid-State Lighting (5.1 MB PDF)
  E. Fred Schubert, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Advanced Materials for Solar Energy Utilization

• High-Efficiency, Multijunction Solar Cells for Large-Scale Solar Electricity Generation (1.2 MB PDF)
  Sarah Kurtz, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy
• Nanowire Solar Cells (3.4 MB PDF)
  Peidong Yang, University of California, Berkeley; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• Bio-Inspired Constructs for Solar Energy Conversion (4.5 MB PDF)
  Thomas A. Moore, Arizona State University; Service de Bioénergétique, CEA Saclay, France
• The Status and Outlook for the Photovoltaics Industry (2.0 MB PDF)
  David E. Carlson, BP Solar

Perspectives on our Energy Future

• Energy Trends and Technologies in the Coming Decades (2.0 MB PDF)
  Steven E. Koonin, BP, PLC
• Our Energy Challenges in a New Era of Science (3.8 MB PDF)
  Patricia M. Dehmer, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy