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SUMMARY:Building a renewable energy\, electrochemistry\, and materials res
 earch community in Puerto Rico
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Jorge L. Colón (University of Puerto Rico\, Río Pi
 edras)\nA group of researchers in Puerto Rico from public universities (Un
 iversity of Puerto Rico\, Río Piedras\, Humacao\, Cayey\, and Mayagüez c
 ampuses) and private universities (Universidad Ana G. Méndez\, Cupey and 
 Gurabo campuses) has jointly successfully obtained NSF and DOE funding for
  projects to recruit\, retain\, and graduate undergraduate and graduate st
 udents conducting renewable energy research using nanostructured materials
 . These projects improve and broaden participation in these critical areas
  of research by increasing the number of participants from groups historic
 ally underrepresented in materials research completing degrees in STEM. Th
 ese efforts are in collaboration with the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron 
 Source (CHESS) at Cornell University in Ithaca\, New York\, the National M
 agnetic Laboratory (MagLab) in Tallahasse\, Florida\, the National Laborat
 ory of the Rockies in Golden\, Colorado\, the SLAC National Accelerator La
 boratory in Menlo Park\, California operated by Stanford University\, the 
 San Francisco State University and the University of Texas at El Paso. A r
 apid transition to the use of renewable sources of energy (e.g.\, solar\, 
 wind) is needed if the worst consequences of climate change are to be avoi
 ded. Tackling this challenge requires developing new and innovative ideas 
 on clean energy production and storage for energy applications. From solar
  cells\, green hydrogen\, and batteries to fuel cells\, supercapacitors\, 
 and other technologies\, materials science and electrochemistry are playin
 g a central role in their development. The education and innovative collab
 orative materials research effort of our growing research community in Pue
 rto Rico in collaboration with our partners will help to bring together an
 d develop a diverse and talented scientific interdisciplinary community.  
 Examples of research efforts in the area of nanostructured electrocatalysi
 s for water splitting and fuel cells\, nanostructures for dye-sensitized s
 olar cells\, and hybrid supercapacitors will be presented.\n\nhttps://even
 ts.saip.org.za/event/274/contributions/10360/
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