2013 EFRC PI MEETING BOOK Table of Contents Full Agenda ................................................................................................. 1 Graphic Agenda ........................................................................................... 4 Hotel Maps .................................................................................................. 9 Talk Abstracts ............................................................................................ 10 A. SOLAR FUELS AND BIOMASS .................................................................................................................. 10 Session I: Thursday, July 18, 2013, 10:30 – 12:10 .......................................................................... 10 Session II: Thursday, July 18, 2013, 1:40 – 3:20 .................................................................................. 13 Session III: Thursday, July 18, 2013, 3:40 – 5:00 ............................................................................ 16 Session IV: Friday, July 19, 2013, 8:30 – 9:30 ................................................................................. 19 Session V: Friday, July 19, 2013, 11:00 – 12:00 .............................................................................. 20 B. ENERGY STORAGE .................................................................................................................................. 23 Session I: Thursday, July 18, 2013, 10:30 – 12:10 .......................................................................... 23 Session II: Thursday, July 18, 2013, 1:40 – 3:20 ............................................................................. 26 Session III: Thursday, July 18, 2013, 3:40 – 5:00 ............................................................................ 29 Session IV: Friday, July 19, 2013, 8:30 – 9:30 ................................................................................. 31 C. ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS ..................................................................................................................... 34 Session I: Thursday, July 18, 2013, 10:30 – 12:10 .......................................................................... 34 Session II: Thursday, July 18, 2013, 1:40 – 3:20 ............................................................................. 37 Session III: Thursday, July 18, 2013, 3:40 – 5:00 ............................................................................ 40 Session V: Friday, July 19, 2013, 11:00 – 12:00 .............................................................................. 43 D. INORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS .................................................................................................................. 44 Session III: Thursday, July 18, 2013, 3:40 – 5:00 ............................................................................ 44 Session IV: Friday, July 19, 2013, 8:30 – 9:30 ................................................................................. 48 Session V: Friday, July 19, 2013, 11:00 – 12:00 .............................................................................. 50 E. ENERGY CONSERVATION AND CONVERSION ............................................................................................. 52 Session I: Thursday, July 18, 2013, 10:30 – 12:10 .......................................................................... 52 Session II: Thursday, July 18, 2013, 1:40 – 3:20 ............................................................................. 55 Session III: Thursday, July 18, 2013, 3:40 – 5:00 ............................................................................ 58 F. MATERIALS AND CHEMISTRY FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY APPLICATIONS .......................................................... 61 Session I: Thursday, July 18, 2013, 10:30 – 12:10 .......................................................................... 61 Revised July 22, 2013 Page i 2013 EFRC PI MEETING BOOK Session II: Thursday, July 18, 2013, 1:40 – 3:20 ............................................................................. 63 Session IV: Friday, July 19, 2013, 8:30 – 9:30 ................................................................................. 66 G. CARBON CAPTURE AND SEQUESTRATION ................................................................................................ 67 Session II: Thursday, July 18, 2013, 1:40 – 3:20 ............................................................................. 67 Session V: Friday, July 19, 2013, 11:00 – 12:00 .............................................................................. 72 H. CATALYSIS ............................................................................................................................................ 74 Session I: Thursday, July 18, 2013, 10:30 – 12:10 .......................................................................... 74 Session III: Thursday, July 18, 2013, 3:40 – 5:00 ............................................................................ 77 IA. PREDICTIVE THEORY AND MODELING ..................................................................................................... 80 Session IV: Friday, July 19, 2013, 8:30 – 9:30 ................................................................................. 80 Session V: Friday, July 19, 2013, 11:00 – 12:00 .............................................................................. 82 IB. PREDICTIVE THEORY AND MODELING ..................................................................................................... 84 Session IV: Friday, July 19, 2013, 8:30 – 9:30 ................................................................................. 84 Session V: Friday, July 19, 2013, 11:00 – 12:00 .............................................................................. 87 Poster Session I: Thursday, July 18, 2013; 5:00 – 6:30 ................................. 89 MAP OF POSTER SESSION I ......................................................................................................................... 89 A. SOLAR FUELS AND BIOMASS .................................................................................................................. 90 B. ENERGY STORAGE .................................................................................................................................. 93 C. ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS ..................................................................................................................... 95 D. INORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS .................................................................................................................. 97 E. ENERGY CONSERVATION AND CONVERSION ............................................................................................. 99 F. MATERIALS AND CHEMISTRY FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY APPLICATIONS ........................................................ 102 G. CARBON CAPTURE AND SEQUESTRATION .............................................................................................. 103 H. CATALYSIS .......................................................................................................................................... 105 Poster Session II: Friday, July 19, 2013; 9:30 – 11:00 ................................. 107 MAP OF POSTER SESSION II ...................................................................................................................... 107 A. SOLAR FUELS AND BIOMASS ................................................................................................................ 108 C. ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS ................................................................................................................... 113 D. INORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS ................................................................................................................ 115 E. ENERGY CONSERVATION AND CONVERSION ........................................................................................... 117 F. MATERIALS AND CHEMISTRY FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY APPLICATIONS ........................................................ 119 H. CATALYSIS .......................................................................................................................................... 120 I. PREDICTIVE THEORY AND MODELING ..................................................................................................... 122 Revised July 22, 2013 Page ii 2013 EFRC PI MEETING BOOK Ten Hundred and One Word Challenge Entries ......................................... 125 Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Researcher Finalists .......................... 127 List of EFRC Acronyms .............................................................................. 133 Revised July 22, 2013 Page iii 2013 EFRC PI MEETING – FULL AGENDA Agenda Day 1 Thursday, July 18, 2013 8:30 AM – 6:30 PM 7:30 – 8:30 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast 8:30 – 10:10 AM Perspectives on Frontiers in Energy Research, Salon 2 8:30 AM Welcome Patricia Dehmer, Acting Director, DOE Office of Science 8:40 AM Keynote Address: ”From Quanta to the Continuum: Opportunities for Mesoscale Science” George Crabtree, Argonne National Laboratory and University of Illinois at Chicago 9:20 AM Keynote Address: “A New Industrial Revolution for a Sustainable Energy Future” Arun Majumdar, Google 10:00 AM Announce winners of EFRC Science Using Only Ten-Hundred and One Words Challenge; introduce Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Researcher speakers 10:10 AM Break 10:30 AM Parallel Technology