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Basic Energy Science and the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
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Advanced Lighting
LEDs, OLEDs, multiphoton phosphors => Materials science/device physics
Windows
Spectrally selective coatings, electrochromics => Materials science
Water Heaters
UV-, temperature-, and pressure-resistant polymers => Materials science
Materials Science
Heterostructure semiconductor interfaces, Electrically conducting polymers; Quantum-dot nanoclusters, etc.
=> LEDs and Organic LEDs – advanced lighting
Science in the Industrial Sector
Efficient, high temperature separations
High temperature membranes, reactive membranes, filters => Materials Science
Separation mechanisms in multicomponent systems => Separation science
Improved process control
Sensors => high operating temperatures, sensitivities => Materials Science
Chemical, petroleum refining operations
Heterogeneous catalysis/surface chemistry; homogeneous catalysis/metalorganic chemistry; separation science; materials properties/synthesis; diagnostics
Boilers, Furnaces, gasifiers
Efficiency, emissions, gas cleanup => Combustion science; chemistry
Industrial process flows, heat transfer, etc.
Multiphase flows, heat transfer, etc. => Computational fluid dynamics.
Metal castings
Alloys => alloy chemistries, properties, processing => Materials Science
Rapid, non-destructive evaluation of alloy chemistry/properties => Diagnostics
Materials Science, Combustion, Computation, Separations
Partnerships
Models: HTS; Fuel Cells; Combustion Lab; PV; Centers of Excellence for Materials Synthesis and Processing; National Plant Genome Initiative; SBIR/STTR
Workshops, Roadmapping -- focused on results
Polymer-Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells, 1999; Chemical Vision 2020; PV
Common oversight
Research Advisory Task Forces; Peer Reviews; Energy Materials Coordinating Committee;
Co-location
Basic to Applied: BES/LBNL work on fundamental laser-material interactions
Applied to Basic: 40% eff. PV: materials, mobility-limiting mechs. Fuel cells.
Task Division: Multi-disciplinary teams: ORNL work on HTS with both BES and EE support. Fuel Cells.
Centers of Excellence; common access to user facilities & equipment
Building on successes
Common understanding, awareness, working relationships