PIRE: Materials for Renewable Energy NaturE's Way (RENEW)

PIRE：可再生能源材料 NaturEs Way (RENEW)

• 批准号: 1243313
• 负责人: Ica Manas-Zloczower
• 金额: $ 380万
• 依托单位: Case Western Reserve University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-10-01 至 2019-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1243313&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: PIRE; Materials; Renewable; Energy; NaturE

This PIRE project will address the global challenge that many of the materials used in today's clean energy technologies come from unsustainable sources. While often thought of as only substitutes for liquid fossil fuels, biomass substances can serve as replacements for non-sustainable building blocks in many applications. PIRE: RENEW will use biological-based materials to create sustainable replacements and improve material performance in high value-added, high performance applications, beginning with solar and wind energy devices. Research will explore applications where intermolecular and interfacial interactions play a key role in self-assembly and aggregation, in building structural materials with exceptional properties, and in nanoscale optoelectronics. A wind track will investigate building blades from biobased nanocomposites, while a solar track will explore structure-property relationships of cellulose nanowhiskers, bacterial cellulose fibrils, and sophorolipid surfactants. The program will produce replacements that improve function, provide renewable sources, and mitigate environmental impact in production and disposal. Case Western Reserve University and the Polytechnic Institute of New York will lead the international research nexus necessary to provide these ongoing material solutions and to educate future materials scientists and engineers. Partnerships include the University of Pennsylvania, Rochester Institute of Technology, and universities in the U.K., Brazil, Belgium, and Italy. Together, they provide expertise in synthesis, processing, characterization, theory, and lifecycle analysis needed for this global problem. Under them, twelve U.S. graduate students and postdocs, alongside international peers, will be trained in sustainability problem solving. Broader impacts will include materials innovations applicable outside energy (e.g., consumer products) and a sustainable materials website. The project is funded by NSF's Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE) through the PIRE.

这个PIRE项目将解决当今清洁能源技术中许多材料中使用的全球挑战，来自不可持续的来源。虽然经常被认为仅是液体化石燃料的替代品，但生物质物质可以作为许多应用中不可持续的构件的替代方法。 PIRE：续订将使用生物学材料来创建可持续的替代品并改善高增值，高性能应用的材料性能，从太阳能和风能设备开始。研究将探索应用中分子间和界面相互作用在自组装和聚合，在具有非凡特性的结构材料以及纳米级光电上发挥关键作用的应用。风轨将研究从生物基纳米复合材料的建筑物叶片，而太阳能轨道将探索纤维素纳米孔，细菌纤维素纤维纤维和柔脂表面活性剂的结构特性关系。该计划将产生改善功能，提供可再生能源并减轻生产和处置的环境影响的替代品。 Case Western Reserve University和纽约理工学院将领导其提供这些正在进行的材料解决方案并教育未来材料科学家和工程师所必需的国际研究联系。 合作伙伴关系包括宾夕法尼亚大学，罗切斯特理工大学以及英国，巴西，比利时和意大利的大学。他们共同提供了这个全球问题所需的综合，处理，特征，理论和生命周期分析的专业知识。在他们的领导下，将为可持续性问题解决的十二名美国研究生和博士后以及国际同行。更广泛的影响将包括适用外部能源（例如消费产品）和可持续材料网站的材料创新。该项目由NSF的国际科学与工程办公室（OISE）资助。