Sustainable Material Solutions for Solar Energy Technologies

Prof. Mariana Amorim Fraga is a Professor at the Electrical Engineering Program, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, Brazil. Leader of the Photovoltaic Sensors and Devices research group. She was a Visiting Professor at the Biomedical Engineering Program, Federal University of SãoPaulo (UNIFESP, Brazil). She obtained her MSc in Electrical Engineering from the University of São Paulo (USP, Brazil) and her PhD in Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering from the Technological Institute of Aeronautics (ITA, Brazil). Her research interests are in the materials science and engineering areas, mainly on the synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials for the development of sensors, electronic devices and energy technologies. Delaina Amos received a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Virginia in 1989. She later obtained a MS and PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of California Berkley in 1992 and 1996 where she was both a GEM MS fellow and among the first class of GEM Engineering PhD Fellows. After completing a one-year industrial post-doctoral assignment at Eastman Kodak, Dr. Amos joined the research staff at Eastman Kodak in 1997. Dr. Amos held a variety of roles at Kodak including research scientist, R&D team leader, technical liaison, and intellectual property co-leader. While at Kodak, work that she was involved in went into creating the new platform of pigment-based inks for the Kodak consumer printer lines. Dr. Amos joined the faculty of the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Louisville in June 2010 as an Associate Professor. Savas Sonmezoglu is a Professor in the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at Karamanoglu Mehmetbey University; a faculty member since 2012. His research focuses on the synthesis of inorganic nano-materials for solar cells applications such as perovskite and dye-sensitized solar cells. He has authored or co-authored more than 70 peer-reviewed scientific publications and book chapters. He also serves as editorial board member and peer reviewer for various international journals. Velumani Subramaniam is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University, United States. He is presently working on novel micro- and nano-structured materials for harvesting renewable energy and for biomedical applications.

• Section I - Trends in materials development for solar energy applications1. Bismuth-based nanomaterials for energy applications2. Emergent materials and concepts for solar cell applications3. Novel dielectrics compounds grown by atomic layer deposition as sustainable materials for chalcogenides thin-films photovoltaics technologies4. First principles methods for solar energy harvesting materialsSection II - Sustainable materials for photovoltaics5. Introduction to photovoltaics and alternative materials for silicon in photovoltaic energy conversion6. An overview on ferroelectric photovoltaic materials7. Nanostructured materials for high efficiency solar cells8. Crystalline-silicon heterojunction solar cells with graphene incorporation9. Tin halide perovskites for efficient lead-free solar cells Section III - Sustainable materials for photocatalysis and water splitting10. Photocatalysis using bismuth-based heterostructured nanomaterials for visible light harvesting11. Recent advances in 2D MXene-based heterostructured photocatalytic materials12. Atomic layer deposition of materials for solar water splittingSection IV - Sustainable materials for thermal energy systems13. Solar selective coatings and materials for high-temperature solar thermal applications14. Applications of wastes based on inorganic salts as low-cost thermal energy storage materials15. Nanoencapsulated phase change materials for solar thermal energy storageSection V - Sustainable carbon-based and biomaterials for solar energy applications16. Carbon nanodot integrated solar energy devices17. Solar cell based on carbon and graphene nanomaterials18. Sustainable biomaterials for solar energy technologies19. Bioinspired solar cells: contribution of biology to light harvesting systems