Energy and Transportation

Organizing Committee for the Workshop on Energy and Transportation, Committee on Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century, National Research Council

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1. Introduction; 4 2. Research Opportunities and Challenges in the Energy Sector; 5 3. Fuel Cell Development - Managing the Interfaces; 6 4. Interface Challenges and Opportunities in Energy and Transportation; 7 5. R&D Challenges in the Chemical Sciences to Enable widespread Utilization of Renewable Energy; 8 6. Nano- and Microscale Approaches to energy storage and Corrosion; 9 7. Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century; 10 8. A Renaissance for Nuclear Power?; 11 9. Materials Technologies for Future Vehicles; 12 10. Could Carbon Sequestration Solve the Problem of Global Warming?; 13 11. The Hydrogen Fuel Infrastructure for Fuel Cell Vehicles; 14 12. Opportunities for Catalysis Research in Energy and Transportation; 15 13. Role of 21st Century Chemistry in Transportation and Energy; 16 14. Future Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in Energy and Transportation; 17 Appendix A: Statement of Task; 18 Appendix B: Biographies of the Organizing Committee Members; 19 Appendix C: Workshop Participants; 20 Appendix D: Workshop Agenda; 21 Appendix E: Results from Breakout Sessions