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New Materials R&D and Commercialization
Current Status and Future Directions
February 2005
This report on Energy and Environmental Technologies is a review of research and commercialization of new materials and materials chemistries in the United States, including nanotechnology. This publication offers broad coverage of commercial offerings, development programs, and the underlying applied research that may yield products in new energy sources and environmental technologies in the near future.
The United States is late to the game in these areas. Both Europe and East Asia lead the US in renewable energy technologies and deployment. Conversely, the US economy is not only more energy intensive, in terms of consumption per GDP, but its use of fossil fuels as a portion of energy consumption is the highest among developed nations.
A renewed political interest in the petroleum producing nations of the Middle East, along with spiking petroleum prices, highlights the concern over energy security in the US. Indeed it is the availability of energy sources, not an acute concern for the environment that tends to drive interest in clean fuels and energy conservation.
This heightened American interest in solving energy and environmental problems is complemented by the potential of new materials technologies to make significant contributions to commercial products. Many of the technologies we discuss here, such as catalysts, batteries, fuel cells, solar cells, and chemical sensors, are historically based on surface science and electrochemistry. And it is from these two disciplines that much of the work we now call nanotechnology has emerged.
As a result, many in the nanotechnology community herald energy and closely related environmental technologies as the logical target for efforts in nanotechnology. Luminaries like Richard Smalley, the discoverer of fullerenes, and Jim Von Ehr, the founder of Zyvex, have called for major initiatives to invest in nanotechnology applications in these fields.
Our purpose here is to draw connections between ongoing developments in new materials and materials chemistry research and progress in certain technological applications in energy and environmental improvement. We cover activities in large and small companies as well as universities and government laboratories concerned with key segments of the energy and environmental industries. Beyond rhetoric regarding nanotechnology, there are substantial core efforts to extend materials technologies to commercial applications.
Summary:
| Segment |
Research Item |
Solar Electrical Power
Artificial Photosynthesis
Fuel Cells
High Energy Density Batteries
Catalysts
Pollution Sensors
Environmental Remediation
Chemical Recycling |
- Current Status
- Capital Investment
- Application Development
- Market Development
- Scenario
- Projected Market Size after
- Commercialization
- Top Company Activity
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Target A: Commercial Company R&D
| Segment |
Research Item |
Solar Electrical Power
Artificial Photosynthesis
Fuel Cells
High Energy Density Batteries
Catalysts
Pollution Sensors
Environmental Remediation
Chemical Recycling |
- Contact Information
- Status
- Product Development & Activity
- Target Application Market
- Commercial Implication
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Target B: Government and Academic R&D
| Segment |
Research Item |
Solar Electrical Power
Artificial Photosynthesis
Fuel Cells
High Energy Density Batteries
Catalysts
Pollution Sensors
Environmental Remediation
Chemical Recycling |
- Contact Information
- Key Person
- Project Name
- Project Description
- Technology Development or Being Used
- Target Application and User/Market
- Commercialization Status/Timing
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Government and Academic R&D Center (40)
| Argonne National Laboratory, Gas Technology Institute., National Renewable Energy Lab/Center, National Renewable Energy Lab/National Center, NASA Glenn Research Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Sandia National Laboratories, Oregon Health & Science University/Center. Western Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University, Princeton University/Princeton Institute, Columbia University, Cornell University, University of South Florida, University of Toledo, University of California, University of Delaware, University of Houston/Texas, University of Toledo, University of Connecticut, University of Minnesota, Northwestern University, University of Kansas, University of Kentucky, University of New Mexico, Arizona State University, Drexel University, Ohio State University, Rice University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Temple University, University of Illinois, University of Notre Dame, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Lehigh University/Wei-xian Zhang Group --- |
Table of Contents
Part 1: Energy and Environmental Technologies
An Overview of New Materials R&D and Commercialization
1.1 Summary: Overall Trends and Directions
1.2 Important findings
1.2.1 Ranking of Market Size
1.2.2 Target Product and Commercialization
1.2.3 Market Development (Fastest Development Ranking)
1.2.4 Capital Investment
1.2.5 Top Ranking Development Company by Segment
1.2.6 Most Promising Technologies by Segment
Part 2: New Materials R&D and Commercialization
2.1 Solar Electrical Power
2.1.1 Review
2.1.2 Investment Review
2.1.3 Application Development
2.1.4 Market Development Scenario and Perspective
2.1.5 Projected Size of Market after Commercialization
2.1.6 Top Companies Activity (Profile)
2.1.7 Other Companies
2.1.8 Government and Academic R&D (11)
Research Items:
A. Contact Information, Key Persons
B. R&D Activity
Project Name
Project Description in Brief
Technology in Development or Being Used
Target Applications and User/Market
Commercialization Status/Timing
2.2 Artificial Photosynthesis
2.2.1 Review
2.2.2 Investment Review
2.2.3 Application Development
2.2.4 Market Development Scenario and Perspective
2.2.5 Projected Size of Market after Commercialization
2.2.6 Top Companies Activity (Profile)
2.2.7 Other Companies
2.2.8 Government and Academic R&D (8)
Research Items:
A. Contact Information, Key Persons
B. R&D Activity
Project Name
Project Description in Brief
Technology in Development or Being Used
Target Applications and User/Market
Commercialization Status/Timing
2.3 Fuel Cells
2.3.1 Review
2.3.2 Investment Review
2.3.3 Application Development
2.3.4 Market Development Scenario and Perspective
2.3.5 Projected Size of Market after Commercialization
2.3.6 Top Companies Activity (Profile)
2.3.7 Other Companies
2.3.8 Government and Academic R&D (11)
Research Items:
A. Contact Information, Key Persons
B. R&D Activity
Project Name
Project Description in Brief
Technology in Development or Being Used
Target Applications and User/Market
Commercialization Status/Timing
2.4 High Energy Density Batteries
2.4.1 Review
2.4.2 Investment Review
2.4.3 Application Development
2.4.4 Market Development Scenario and Perspective
2.4.5 Projected Size of Market after Commercialization
2.4.6 Top Companies Activity (Profile)
2.4.7 Other Companies
2.4.8 Government and Academic R&D (7)
Research Items:
A. Contact Information, Key Persons
B. R&D Activity
Project Name
Project Description in Brief
Technology in Development or Being Used
Target Applications and User/Market
Commercialization Status/Timing
2.5 Catalysts
2.5.1 Review
2.5.2 Investment Review
2.5.3 Application Development
2.5.4 Market Development Scenario and Perspective
2.5.5 Project Size of market after Commercialization
2.5.6 Top Companies Activity (Profile)
2.5.7 Other Companies
2.5.8 Governmental and Academic R&D (9)
Research Items:
A. Contact Information, Key Persons
B. R&D Activity
Project Name
Project Description in Brief
Technology in Development or Being Used
Target Applications and User/Market
Commercialization Status/Timing
2.6 Pollution Sensors
2.6.1 Review
2.6.2 Investment Review
2.6.3 Application Development
2.6.4 Market Development Scenario and Perspective
2.6.5 Projected Size of Market after Commercialization
2.6.6 Top Companies Activity (Profile)
2.6.7 Other Companies
2.6.8 Government and Academic R&D (12)
Research Items:
A. Contact Information, Key Persons
B. R&D Activity
Project Name
Project Description in Brief
Technology in Development or Being Used
Target Applications and User/Market
Commercialization Status/Timing
2.7 Environmental Remediation
2.7.1 Review
2.7.2 Investment Review
2.7.3 Application Development
2.7.4 Market Development Scenario and Perspective
2.7.5 Projected Size of Market after Commercialization
2.7.6 Top Companies Activity (Profile)
2.7.7 Other Companies
2.7.8 Government and Academic R&D (7)
Research Items:
A. Contact Information, Key Persons
B. R&D Activity
Project Name
Project Description in Brief
Technology in Development or Being Used
Target Applications and User/Market
Commercialization Status/Timing
2.8 Chemical Recycling
2.8.1 Review
2.8.2 Investment Review
2.8.3 Application Development
2.8.4 Market Development Scenario and Perspective
2.8.5 Project Size of Market after Commercialization
2.8.6 Top Companies Activity (Profile)
2.8.7 Other Companies
2.8.8 Government and Academic R&D (2)
Research Items:
A. Contact Information, Key Persons
B. R&D Activity
Project Name
Project Description in Brief
Technology in Development or Being Used
Target Applications and User/Market
Commercialization Status/Timing
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