Nanowires II: Energy Conversion and Storage Applications

Thursday, November 11, 2010: 3:15 PM
Seminar Theater (Hilton)

Description:
This session will focus on applications of nanowires for thermoelectric power generation/cooling, fuel cells, catalysis and solar cells. This session will also focus on batteries, capacitors and other energy storage devices.


Sponsor:
Nanowires
Co-Sponsor(s):
Alternate Fuels and New Technology (16D)


Chair:
Michael A. Filler
Email: michael.filler@chbe.gatech.edu

Co-Chair:
Mahendra K. Sunkara
Email: mahendra@louisville.edu




3:40 PM
(705b) Molecular Scale Chalcogenide Nanowires for Thermoelectric Conversion
Genqiang Zhang, Gautam G. Yadav, Haoran Yang and Yue Wu


4:00 PM
(705c) Intense SERS Effect From a Single Metallized Silicon Nanowire
Ajay Agarwal, Effendi Widjaja, Mohamed Khalid Nizamudin, Shaik Mohamed Salim and Marc Garland



4:45 PM
(705e) Thermoelectric Characterization of Suspended Single Silicon-Germanium Alloy Nanowires
Julio A. Martinez, Tom S. Picraux, John P. Sullivan and Brian S. Swartzentruber


5:05 PM
(705f) Copper Templated Platinum Nanotubes as Oxygen Reducing Electrocatalysts
Shaun Alia, Yanqi Zhang, Qian Xu, Kurt Jensen, Christian Contreras and Yushan Yan
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