Nanotechnology Crossing Borders Event

Cabon nanomaterials are nanoparticles or nanostructures are widely applied based on their unique properties such as high mechanical strength, lightweight nature, and excellent electrical and thermal conductivity. Famous examples of carbon nanomaterials include fullerenes, carbon nanofibers or nanotubes, graphene and nanodiamond. Application areas include energy conversion & storage (incl. batteries), biomedicine, electronics and sensors, and advanced composites. This session will focus on the synthesis of nanodiamonds and their application in sensing, and on carbon nanomaterials for batteries.

This session explores strategies to use light as an energy source to produce chemicals. The sun and green electricity-fueled light sources can be used to produce chemicals in a sustainable and economic fashion. Emphasis will be placed on equipment, system design, efficiency optimization, and the role of nanomaterials as catalysts in enabling scalable solar chemical technologies.

This session explores strategies to use light as an energy source for the production of chemicals. The sun and green electricity-fuelled light sources might in the future be used to produce chemicals in a sustainable and economic fashion. Emphasis will be placed on equipment, system design, efficiency optimization, and the role of materials science in enabling scalable solar chemical technologies. In this session, we focus on advanced light sources for photochemistry, production of methanol using (sun)light and integrating sunlight harvesting with hydrogen production.

SolarNL is a thriving ecosystem that elevates the Dutch solar PV industry to new levels of innovation and economic impact. Building on our well-established solar industry, SolarNL unites leading PV scientists through SolarLab, fostering close collaboration with industry experts. This unique partnership ensures that scientific discoveries are shaped by real-world manufacturing needs, while innovative research simultaneously drives advancements in production technologies. The Solar NL project is a National Growth Fund project and will run to 2030. In this workshop three institutes/companies will tell about their activities in the Solar NL project relating innovative Solar products