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Breakout Sessions
Topical Areas And Subtopics
 The purpose of the breakouts is to develop an industry-driven set of R&D priorities for nanomanufacturing that will yield energy saving within industry manufacturing processes or from product use. The outcome of the workshop is a set of recommendations for applied research and development to be incorporated into a Nanomanufacturing for Energy Efficiency Roadmap. The Roadmap will be an important document that will guide industrial R&D activities, provide the financial community with industrial interest areas and support DOE/ITP's programmatic planning and R&D solicitation efforts.
Manufacturing Nanomaterials - Commercial success of nanomaterials will require new quality control and material consistency measures.
Session 1 – Nanomanufacturing Materials (PDF 0.2MB) (Moderator – Jack Solomon, Chairman Chemical Industry Vision2020 Technology Partnership) Manufacturing processes and scale-up for cost-competitive large-scale (high-rate, high-volume) production of high-quality nanomaterials.
Manufacturing of Energy-saving Nano-derived Products-
Manufacturing processes must be developed and scale up for integration of nanomaterials into energy efficient products
Session 2 - Manufacturing Phase Energy Savings (Efficiency) (PDF 0.1MB) (Moderator – Jack Kruper, Dow Corporation) Nanotechnologies offer numerous opportunities to improve energy efficiency in the industrial manufacturing process. These improvements can come from:
- Molecularly tailored catalysts (selectivity, activity, stability...)
- Separations (membrane, sorbent, ion exchange...)
- Materials properties (ultra-strong, ultra-hard, corrosion/erosion resistant, frictionless surfaces...)
- Nanostructured systems for sensors and controls with broad applicability
- Microelectronics
Session 3 – Use Phase Energy Savings (Efficiency) (PDF 0.01MB) (Moderator – TBD) Nanotechnology offers numerous opportunities to develop new products that result in energy saving when compared to traditional products.
- High-strength materials (light-weighting for transportation...)
- Super conducting materials (low heat loss...)
Session 4 - Power Production Energy Savings (Efficiency) (PDF 0.03MB) (Moderator – Mohan Manoharan, GE) Nanotechnology will offer more efficient ways to recover, convert, produce and store energy.
- Solid-state energy generation (solar, photovoltaic, thermoelectric, piezoelectric, fuel cells...)
- Power production (turbines...)
- Electric/power storage
Nanotechnology Commercialization – Science and Engineering are not the only hurdles to producing nanotechnology. Broad issues relating to finance, ES&H, market acceptance, etc... impact commercial potential.
Session 5 - Accelerating / Capitalizing Nano-Ventures (PDF 0.01MB) (Moderator – Michael Holman, Lux Research) Nanotechnology presents new and different hurdles in traditional product commercialization pathways.
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