The Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network (NanoKTN) has announce details of a one-day workshop on developing the next generation thermoelectric harvesting and cooling.
Hosted in partnership with Johnson Matthey and Royal Holloway, University of London, there will be presentations from industry and academia including Jaguar Land Rover.
"For anyone interested in developing products or investing in energy harvesting technologies, this event will pull together the UK experts and industrial users," said Dr Martin Kemp of the NanoKTN. "By uniting those who work within this developing industry, we aim to help grow the programmes needed to advance R&D and identify gaps in the UK supply chain."
Called the Thermoelectric Energy Solutions Workshop, it will be held on Wednesday April 6th at the Institute of Physics in London.
At the event, Dr Neil Fox of the University of Bristol will provide an overview of research into lithiated nanodiamond.
Recent research has identified this material as one that could allow stable thermionic operation at temperatures much lower than commercially available materials.
Min Gao of the University of Cardiff will describe the performances and characteristics of state-of-the-art thermoelectric devices, followed by a discussion of their suitability for energy harvesting applications.
Other presentations will come from Ilika, the National Physical Laboratory, the University of Glasgow, and Royal Holloway.
Participating delegates are offered the opportunity to present a two minute elevator pitch for networking.
Established by the Government's Technology Strategy Board, the NanoKTN is managed by the Centre for Process Innovation, which was established by the One NorthEast development agency as a UK resource to stimulate and drive innovation within the process industry.