Energy conversion materials

Niino, M., (1998), Working towards the goal of creating new energy conversion materials , FGM News (FGMForum), 37, 25-28. 

Centerfor Advanced Research of Energy Conversion Materials, Hokkaido University, Kita 13 Nishi 8, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan... 

The Society ofNon-traditional Technology, Development of Energy Conversion Materials through Formation of Gradient Structures, (1994). 

On the other hand, it is well known that electric properties of materials are also dependent on composition, microstructure and crystal structure. Therefore, the electric fimction of a material can be improved by application of the FGM concept to the optimization of the carrier conduction mechanism[l]. In Japan the new project for FGM research will focus on energy conversion materials. 

Nishida LA. Highly efficient thermoelectric materials in FGM program. In Proc. of Japan-Russia-Ukraine Int.Workshop on energy conversion materials, Japan (1995) 1. 

A. Nishida Proc. of Japan-Russia-Ukraine Int. Workshop on Energy Conversion Materials, Sendai, 1, (1995). 

The study was supported by the project "Development of Energy Conversion Materials through Functionally Graded Structures", funded by Science and Technology Agency, Japanese Government. 

A hyperbranched polymer 47 containing Re(bipyridine)(CO)3Cl chromophores (the Re(CO)3Cl+ moiety is denoted as [Re]) linked by bipyridineethylene bridges was deposited with a sulfonated polythiophene to yield a solar energy conversion material. This displayed open-circuit voltages of 1.2 V and photocurrents of 27 iA cm 2 under solar illumination [94]. 

Crystalline Ti02 is most attractive because it has excellent performance in photocatalytic reactions and energy conversion materials. Ordered crystalline mesoporous Ti02 materials have attracted much attention because of the increased surface area of mesoporous materials. 

The most efficient known solar energy conversion material, CuInSc2, is conveniently prepared from the phosphine complex in reaction (12.398) [11]. 

Wood, C. (1988). Materials for thermoelectric energy conversion. Materials for thermoelectric energy conversion. Reports on Progress in Physics, 51, 459-539. 

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