EMR 2015 - The Energy & Materials Research Conference

The Energy & Materials Research Conference - EMR2015, which will be held in Madrid (Spain) from 25 to 27 February 2015.
EMR2015 will bring together researchers and professionals from a broad set of science and engineering disciplines with the aim of sharing on the latest developments and advances in materials and processes involved in the energy generation, transmission-distribution and storage. The connection is clear between research into novel materials and new technological solutions or improvements in materials, and the development of cleaner, cheaper safer and more efficient energy technologies.
This conference will provide an excellent opportunity for everyone involved to learn and discuss about materials, processes and systems applied to the following areas:
Energy production from Biomass - Biofuels
Nuclear Energy and Materials
Solar Energy
Energy Production from Fossil Fuels
Solar Energy
Energy Harvesting Materials
Fuel Cells
Energy Transmission, Distribution and Storage
Hydrogen
Advances in Lighting Materials
Wind Power
Energy-Efficient Buildings
Geothermal Energy
Materials, Processes and Systems for Energy Saving
Hydropower. Wave and Tidal Power
and Sustainability
Conference topics include, but are not limited to:
Energy production from Biomass - Biofuels:
? Extraction of biomass materials
? Development/Improvement/Performance of materials for biomass systems/plants for heat & power and biofuels production (combustion,
gasification, pyrolysis, anaerobic digestion, fermentation and composting).
? Materials/Coatings of biomass combustion chambers
? Materials for capturing CO2
? Second generation of biofuels
? Corrosion resistant materials for biofuel processing
? Materials, processes and systems for water filtration and desalination in biofuels production
? Materials for biofuels storage
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Solar Energy:
Photovoltaics (PV)
? Development/Improvement of processing techniques for thin film
? Materials and techniques to increase capture of the full spectrum of sunlight.
? Suitable coatings and coating techniques. Encapsulation methods
? Characterization of materials degradation due to sunlight. Novel methodologies for characterization of defects in solar cells.
? Recycling of solar system materials at end-of-life
? Solar cells based on low-cost and nontoxic materials
Solar cells based on silicon (Si) (amorphous silicon, protocrystalline silicon nanocrystalline silicon)
- Improvements/Advances in silicon refinement and silicon growth and modeling
- Gettering and passivation processes
- Silicon nanowires and nanodots
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CdTe-based and CIGS-based thin-film solar cells
Multijunction cells
Single crystal solar cells
Organic/polymer solar cells
Dye sensitized solar cells (DSSC)
Nanocrystalline solar cells
Low-cost solar cells
Concentrating photovoltaics (CPV) and high concentration photovoltaics (HCPV)
? Manufacture and durability of lenses for high efficient optic concentrators. Assessment of optical errors of optics concentrators
? Techniques to decrease the alignment error between the cell and the optic and to improve the efficiency
? Thermal management of the module
? Methods to avoid thermal dilatations, deformations of the materials and defects in the tracking control
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Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) and Solar Thermal
? Development/Improvement of materials (silica, iron and steel, concrete, plastic, aluminum, molten salts…) and coatings used
in concentrating solar power systems: collectors, mirrors/reflectors, steam generator, heat storage systems and other components
? Materials for solar thermal collectors and storage tanks
? Methods/materials to improve solar absorbance. Heat transfer.
? Development of thermal energy storage materials with improved heat capacity
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Fuel Cells:
? Novel high-performance materials for components and systems in PEM, solid oxide, microbial, alkaline, direct methanol, phosphoric acid,
molten carbonate and regenerative fuel cells.
? Anode, cathode and electrolyte materials
? Development of new materials for fuel cell catalyst. Nanotechnology. Nanocomposite catalyst
? Degradation of fuel cell components. Identification of fundamental corrosion mechanisms
? Recycling of fuel cell materials
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Hydrogen:
? Materials for hydrogen production and purification ? Characterization and analysis of high capacity materials for hydrogen storage.
Carbon nanostructures. Metal hydrides…
? Low-cost materials resistant to hydrogen embrittlement
? Materials for hydrogen vehicles
? Materials for hydrogen infrastructure: pipeline transport, tanks...
? Biohydrogen
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Wind Power:
? Development/Improvement of advanced materials for high-speed, high volume processing, increasing gearing efficiency and
harsh environments
? Materials/Coatings/Methods to reduce fatigue and erosion-corrosion in constituent materials, sub- components and major structures
? Rare earth metals in wind turbines
? Nanoreinforcements
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Geothermal Energy:
? Development/Improvement of materials resistant to hot corrosion, for drilling hard rock…
? Nanotech materials for geothermal energy
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Hydropower:
? Development/Improvement of materials resistant to high pressure, abrasion and corrosion for water turbines
? Construction materials in dams, hydroelectric power plants
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Wave and Tidal Power:
? Materials/Coatings/Methods to reduce fatigue and corrosion in constituent materials, sub-components and major structures
? New materials and methods for energy-efficient tidal turbines
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Nuclear Energy and Materials:
? Development/Improvement of structural materials capable of operating at high temperatures, resistant to radiation damage, corrosion,
environmental degradation…
? Development of advanced ceramics and coatings for fuels
? Development/Improvement of materials to contain nuclear waste
? Radioactive elements used in nuclear power plants. Uranium mining and processing.
? Radiation detector materials
? Advanced materials developed by computational modeling tools
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Energy Production from Fossil Fuels:
? Materials for fossil fuel extraction
? Research into advanced materials and coating techniques to increase the efficiency of power plants
? Materials for construction of advanced ultra-supercritical plants
? New methods and materials for CO2 storage and sequestration
Energy Harvesting Materials :
? Piezoelectric, thermoelectric and pyroelectric materials (ceramics, single crystals, polymers, composites...)
Energy Transmission, Distribution and Storage:
Transmission and Distribution
? Materials for energy transmission and distribution.
Relevant topics:
- Materials/components of smarts-, green- and micro-grids
- Superconductors:
o Superconducting materials. LT and HT superconductors. Iron-based superconductors
o Real and promising future applications: medical physics, power grid, cryogenic technologies,
materials for liquid energy carriers (liquid natural gas and hydrogen), hydro and wind power generators…
o Cooling
Storage
? Materials for mechanical storage (compressed air storage, flywheel energy storage...)
? Materials for electrical storage:
o Ultracapacitors - Supercapacitors? Nanostructured carbon electrodes, graphene or other electrode materials
o Superconducting Magnetics Energy Storage (SMES)
? Materials for electrochemical storage:
o Batteries: lithium-based batteries, improved lead acid batteries, nickel-metal hydride batteries …
o Flow batteries
o Fuel cells
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? Materials for thermal storage
? Materials for chemical storage: hydrogen storage, biofuels storage...
Advances in Lighting Materials:
? Materials for energy-efficient lighting.
Relevant topic:
- Solid-state lighting: Improvements in LEDs. OLEDs, Phosphor-based LEDs...
Energy-Efficient Buildings Materials:
Integration of renewable energy systems in buildings, phase-change materials for walls, floors and roofs, insulation materials, smart windows, energy-efficient lighting systems, appliances with Energy Star ratings…
Materials for Energy Saving and Sustainability