Science for Energy Technology Strengthening the Link between Basic Science and Industry

1. Science for Energy Technology Strengthening the Link between Basic Science and Industry George Crabtree Argonne National Laboratory Alexis Malozemoff American Superconductor Corporation Co-chairs The Full Report: Outline Priority Research Directions User Facilities Opportunities to Strengthen the Links Next Steps BESAC Meeting March 2, 2010 Bethesda, MD

2. Science for Energy Technology - the Full Report • Executive Summary • Introduction • Energy Science and Technology Spectrum (Modified Five Column Chart) • The Science for Energy Technology Workshop • Panel Reports • Panel 1.   Solar energy – Coordinator Charles Gay, Advanced Materials • Panel 2.   Advanced Nuclear Technologies - Coordinator Kurt Edsinger, EPRI • Panel 3.   Carbon Sequestration – Coordinator Richard Esposito, Southern Company • Panel 4.   Electricity Storage – Coordinator Bart Riley, A123 Systems • Panel 5.   Electricity Delivery – Coordinator Thomas Schneider, NREL • Panel 6.   Advanced Lighting - Coordinator: Bernd Keller, Cree • Panel 7.   Biofuels – Coordinator Gregory Powers, Verenium • Panel 8.   Efficient Energy Generation and Use - Om Nalamasu, Advanced Materials • Panel 9.  DOE User Facilities – Coordinator Simon Bare, UOP • Priority Research Directions • Scientific User Facilities • Opportunities for Strengthening the Link between Basic Research and Industry • Conclusion • Recommendations

3. SciTech Priority Research Directions • Panel 1: Solar Electricity • Coordinator: Charles Gay, Applied Solar • Fundamentals of Materials and Interfaces in Photovoltaics • Advanced Photovoltaic Analysis and Computational Modeling for Up-scaling • Photovoltaic Lifetime and Degradation Science • Panel 2: Advanced Nuclear Energy • Coordinator: Kurt Edsinger, EPRI • Materials Degradation Mechanisms • Advanced Irradiation Effects Scaling • Back End of the Fuel Cycle • Panel 3: Carbon Sequestration • Coordinator: Richard Esposito, Southern Co. • Extraction of High Resolution Information from Subsurface Imaging and Modeling • Understanding Multi-scale Dynamics of Flow and Plume Migration • Understanding Millennium Timescale Processes from Short Timescale Experimentation • Panel 4: Electricity Storage • Coordinator :Bart Riley, A123 Systems • Identification and Development of New Materials • Invention of New Architectures for Energy Storage • Understanding and Controlling Heterogeneous Interfaces • Identification and Development of New Tools • Panel 5: Electric Power Grid Technologies • Coordinator: Thomas Schneider, NREL • Power Electronic Materials • High Power Superconductors • Electric Insulating and Dielectric Materials • Electrical Conductors • Panel 6: Advanced Solid State Lighting • Coordinator: Bernd Keller, Cree • White Light Emission Through Wavelength Conversion • High Efficiency Emission at High Current Density and Temperature • Organic Light Emitting Diode Materials and Structures • Panel 7: Biofuels • Coordinator: Gregory Powers, Verenium • Diversity of Biomass and Its Intermediates in the Manufacture of Biofuels • Mass Transport Phenomena in Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels • Biomass Catalyst Discovery, Characterization and Performance • Panel 8: Efficient Energy Generation and Use • Coordinator: Om Nalamasu, Applied Materials • Enabling Materials Technologies for Renewable Power • Fuel Cell Materials Understanding and Discovery • Dynamic Optical and Thermal Properties of Building Envelopes

4. Panel Written Report Chapters (post workshop) • Part I: Panel Summary Report (up to 6 pages, stands alone from PRDs) • Executive Summary (1-2 paragraphs) • Body of Report • Role of topic in national energy picture • Status of present and ultimate industrial technology deployment • Broad context/background for the three Priority Research Direction • Brief description of PRDs • Part II: Priority Research Directions (up to 3 pages each, stands alone from Panel Summary Report) • Problem Statement (a few sentences describing the problem) plus context/background • Executive Summary • industry need, scientific challenge, research direction, and potential impact • Context/background for PRD • Industry Need (upper left of quad chart) • Explicit discussion of industry need and why science is needed to address it • Scientific Challenges (upper right of quad chart) • Specific technical questions and brief discussion of why they’re significant • Research Directions (lower left of quad chart) • A few enumerated possible research projects described in ~ one paragraph/each • Potential Impact (lower right of quad chart) • Discuss how solving this problem impacts present/ultimate industry deployment

5. SciTech Priority Research Directions • As presently envisioned, full report amplifies messages of concept report • Fills in technical details: • Overall drivers for each panel area • Descriptions of PRDs • Industry need • Scientific challenges • Research Directions • Impact • More complete discussion of • User facility opportunities • Opportunities to strengthen basic research/industry link

6. Next Steps for Priority Research Directions • Update PRDs periodically • Additional Science for Energy Technology workshops? • Develop PRDs for each sector in more detail • Develop and enhance basic research guided by SciTech PRDs • EFRCs, Innovation Hubs, new solicitations

7. User Facilities • Should clean energy research be made a priority? • Similar to special accommodation for structural biology? • Should industry users be given special support? • Should the proposal-use delay be shortened? • Can more uniform access procedures be developed? • Should the scattering and nanoscience centers reach out to clean energy research and to industry differently? • Should stronger relationships between facilities and industry be developed? Advisory boards, shared events, . . .

8. Opportunities to Strengthen the Science–Industry Link • Communication • Barrier: differing objectives and styles • Overcome by sustained interaction • Workshop: a promising opening • Need to reach out: • Industrial participation on advisory boards • Industry speakers at BES contractor meetings • Outreach function • Larger industry role in BESAC

9. Opportunities to Strengthen the Science–Industry Link • Collaboration • Find challenges that exploit basic science to advance industrial performance • Expand work on SciTech PRDs • Funding incentive / mechanism needed to promote collaboration • Consortia for common problems • Academia-national laboratory-industry exchange programs • Resolving intellectual property requires balanced recognition • of legitimate needs of both sides • Identify standard framework for agreements

10. Opportunities to Strengthen the Science–Industry Link • Workforce • Collaborative research projects • Young investigator awards in energy space • Student and postdoctoral internships in industry • Exchange visits across university-national labs-industry

11. Questions for Discussion • Next steps? • Concept report: finalized and issued - MarchFull report: draft completed April/May, presented to BESAC August 5, 6. • Brief Office of Science – Brinkman • Outreach • DOE- BES, technology offices, user facilities, upper management • Congressional staffers • Industry • Wider technical and non-technical audiences?