Frontiers in Nanomaterials for Energy Harvesting and Storage

Frontiers in Nanomaterials for Energy Harvesting and Storage

Location France France - Tours
Start Date Aug 27, 2018
End Date Aug 29, 2018
Event Type Conference
Subject Area Nanophysics

DESCRIPTION

 This international conference intends to bring together different research actors, including renowned academic scientists, engineers, researchers, research scholars, students and new comers interested in this fascinating and vibrant field in the objective of confronting different views, exploring industrial needs and potential responses. High quality research contributions describing cutting-edge research of conceptual, empirical, experimental, or theoretical work in all areas of energy harvesting materials and systems are cordially invited for presentation at the conference. 

Topics:

 - Functional materials synthesis: nanowires, quantum dots, nanoscrystals, thin films and other low dimensional materials, shapeable substrates, polymer matrix composites

 - Advanced characterization methods: electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy, impedance spectroscopy, photoluminescence spectroscopy, atomic/piezoelectric force microscopy, functional characterization of energy harvesters

 - Simulation and modelling: MEMS, piezoelectric nanostructures (nanowires, nanosheets etc…), nanostructured thermoelectric materials, semiconductor materials for solar cells, defect structures

 - Challenges in device technology: energy harvesting devices, microbatteries, supercapacitors, transistors for ultra-low consumption electronics, sensors, light emitting diodes, multiferroic and magnetoelectric functional materials with coexisting magnetic and ferroelectric order, diluted magnetic semiconductors

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