MRI: Acquisition of a Powder/Thin Film X-ray Diffractometer for Alternative Energy Research and Education

MRI：购买粉末/薄膜 X 射线衍射仪用于替代能源研究和教育

• 批准号: 1229577
• 负责人: Quinn Qiao
• 金额: $ 27.12万
• 依托单位: South Dakota State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-09-01 至 2014-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1229577&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; Acquisition; Powder; Thin; Film

This award to South Dakota State University (SDSU) is for the acquisition of an X-ray diffractometer (XRD) system to advance alternative energy research and education. The system will enable thin film, variable temperature/atmosphere, reflectance, scattering, and powder refinement measurements. It will become a core research facility on the SDSU campus to support several NSF, NASA, DOE funded projects, including hybrid nanomaterials for efficient solar energy conversion, extremely thin absorber solar cells, growth of CdSe nanorods, crystalline low bandgap conjugated polymers for photovoltaic applications, and novel catalysts for biomass conversion. The instrument will be housed in the Center for Advanced Photovoltaics at SDSU with assigned space in a newly completed building, guaranteeing the instrument will be fully operational and remain at full capacity upon installation. The acquisition of a state-of-the-art single-crystal X-ray diffractometer will substantially improve the research capability, competitiveness, and productivity of SDSU, and is expected to attract more researchers to this sparsely populated state. This tool will be integrated into SDSU's Center for Advanced Photovoltaics, an active research cluster that engages graduate and undergraduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and senior investigators in materials research. Research enabled by this instrument is expected to generate a tremendous amount of information on the developed materials, advancing technology in cost-effective solar cells and alternative energy to meet our Nation's needs. The instrument will enable multiple academic departments to improve education by providing research experiences to undergraduate and graduate students. This project will also broaden participation in science and engineering research by incorporating the instrument into established outreach programs, such as the Success Academy and the South Dakota Science and Engineering Fair, to encourage high school, middle school, and Native American students to pursue careers in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics.

授予南达科他州立大学（SDSU）的奖项是为了获得X射线衍射仪（XRD）系统，以推动替代能源研究和教育。 该系统将使薄膜，温度/大气变化，反射率，散射和粉末细化测量值。 它将成为SDSU校园的核心研究机构，以支持几个NSF，NASA，DOE资助的项目，包括用于有效太阳能转化的混合纳米材料，极端的太阳能电池，极度薄的吸收剂太阳能电池，CDSE纳米棒的生长，晶体的低频段型偶联聚合物，用于光伏应用聚合物。 ，以及用于生物量转化的新型催化剂。 该仪器将安置在SDSU的高级光伏中心中，并在新完成的建筑物中分配了空间，保证该仪器将完全运行，并在安装时保持全部负荷。获得最先进的单晶X射线衍射仪将大大提高SDSU的研究能力，竞争力和生产力，并有望吸引更多的研究人员进入这个人口稀少的州。 该工具将集成到SDSU高级光伏中心，该中心是一个活跃的研究集群，该研究集群与毕业生和本科生，博士后研究人员和材料研究高级研究人员有关。 预计该仪器能够实现的研究将产生有关开发材料的大量信息，推进具有成本效益的太阳能电池的技术以及满足我们国家需求的替代能源。 该工具将使多个学术部门通过为本科和研究生提供研究经验来改善教育。 该项目还将通过将工具纳入既定的外展计划，例如成功学院和南达科他州科学与工程博览会，以鼓励高中，中学和美国原住民学生从事职业，从而扩大对科学和工程研究的参与。科学技术工程和数学。