1. ENERGY AND THE PROMISE OF NANOTECHNOLOGIES 1.1. Summary of Nanotechnology Market Numbers 1.2. The History Of Nanotechnologies And Energy

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1 1. ENERGY AND THE PROMISE OF NANOTECHNOLOGIES 1.1. Summary of Nanotechnology Market Numbers 1.2. The History Of Nanotechnologies And Energy Rick Smalley s Vision Of A Global Energy Network The Unfulfilled Promise Of Thin Film Solar Three Generations of Solar Power Technology Three Different Business Strategies for Achieving the Third-Generation of Solar Power Technology Nanosys Nanosolar Nanotechnologies Jumping On The Clean Tech Bandwagon? As Clean Tech Became The Hot Topic Many Nanotechnologies Jumped Ship Distinguishing Between Energy Applications & Clean Tech Hype 1.3. Drivers Oil / Energy Prices Political / Energy independence Green/Sustainability 1.4. Funding Are Returns Within VC Time Horizons? Will Capital Continue To Be Available? - Impact Of Credit Crunch 1.5. Nanotechnology Related Hot Topics In Energy Conventional Energy Renewable Energy Clean Energy Alternative Energy Sustainable Energy Energy Efficiency 1.6. Value-Added Points of Nanotechnology in the Energy Value Chain 2. THE MARKETS 2.1. The Nano-Energy Landscape By Application Energy Saving Lighter And Stronger Materials Improved Combustion Clean Coal Fuel/oil Additives Insulation and Building Materials Lighting - LEDs and OLEDs Energy Storage Rechargeable Batteries Hydrogen Storage - Fuel Cells Supercapacitors Energy Conversion/Production Thermoelectricity/Waste Heat Recovery Solar Thermal Energy Geothermal Energy

2 Biomass Bioenergetics Hydrogen Conversion And Fuel Cells Solar Photovoltaics (PV) - Solar Cells Thin film based solar cells CIGS Solar Dye Sensitised Solar Improved Solar Production and Processing Solutions Solar Fuels Overall Energy Markets By Application 2.2. By Technology Total Market For Solid State Lighting Using Nanomaterials Global Fuel Borne Catalyst Market Value Of CNT Composites Used For Weight Reduction In Transport And Automotive Applications 2.3. Will the technologies be competitive with oil at $100/barrel? $30/barrel? 3. TIMELINES AND IMPACT ANALYSIS 3.1. By Application Energy Saving Energy Storage Energy Conversion Solar Cells 3.2. By Technology - When Will It Start And How Will It Grow? Aerogels/Nanogels Lighting - LEDs and OLEDs Fuel Borne Catalysts Nanocomposites materials Thin Film Solar Cells/Organic thin film, or plastic solar cells- renewable photovoltaic energy Fuel cells Supercapacitors 4. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT 4.1. CO2/ Carbon Savings Quantifying Emissions Quantifying The Effect Of Nanotechnologies On Global Emissions 4.2. Toxicology 5. The Summary of Status and Impact of Technologies in Each Sector 5.1. Energy Saving Lighter and stronger materials sector Technologies Key players Improved Combustion Technologies

3 Clean coal Key players Fuel/oil Additives Insulation Technologies Key players Lighting - LEDs and OLEDs LED Technologies OLEDs Technologies Key Players 5.2. Energy Storage Rechargeable Batteries Technologies Key Players Hydrogen Storage - Fuel Cells Technologies Key players Supercapacitors Technologies Key Players 5.3. Energy Conversion Thermoelectricity/Waste Heat Recovery Technologies Solar Thermal Energy Technologies Key Players Geothermal Energy Biomass Bioenergetics Hydrogen Conversion and fuel cells Technologies Key Players Solar Photovoltaics (PV) - Solar Cells Technologies Thin film technologies Technologies Key Players CIGS solar Technologies Key Players Dye Sensitised Solar Technologies Key Players Improved Solar Production and Processing Solutions Key players Solar Fuels

4 Technologies 6. Automotive Industry 6.1. Automotive Applications 6.2. Challenges 6.3. Key Players Figures Figure 1: Market Breakdown 2009 Figure 2: Nanotechnology Energy Market Sectors Figure 3: Nanotechnology for Energy Generation Market Figure 4: Nanotechnologies for Energy Storage Figure 5: Nanotechnologies for Energy Savings Applications Market Figure 6: Richard Smalley s Distributed Storage-Generation Grid Figure 7: Third Generation Photovoltaics Figure 8: Konarka s Power Plastic Figure 9: Konarka s Power Plastic Figure 10: Konarka s OPV Module Figure 11: Next Generation Form Factors Figure 12: Nanosys Applications Figure 13: Comparative Costs for Alternative Energy Sources Figure 14: Drivers and Barriers of Nanotechnology Applications in Energy Sectors Figure 15: Projected Global Growth for Clean Energy Figure 16: Global Clean-Energy Jobs Figure 17: New Global Investments in Clean Energy in 2008 Figure 18: Top 10 Disclosed US Energy-Tech Venture Deals in 2008 Figure 19: Clean-Energy Venture Deals as Percentage of Total Investments Figure 20: Diagram of Alternative Energy Sources Figure 21: Diagram of Energy Efficiency Figure 23: Nanotechnologies for the Energy Markets Figure 24: Nanotechnology Market Breakdown in Energy 2009 Figure 25: Nanotechnology Market Breakdown in Energy 2014 Figure 26: Nanotechnologies for Energy Saving Applications Market Figure 27: Nanomaterials In Insulation Figure 28: Nanomaterials as a Percentage of the Total Insulation Market Figure 32: Coal to Fuel Process Figure 33: Nanogel Technology Figure 34: Strong butterfly pavilion Figure 35: Thermablok(TM) Aerogel Figure 36: Comparison of Residential Heating Loads Figure 37: Nanosulate Product Table Figure 39: Light fixtures using LEDs Figure 40: Cost of Ownership for LED Lighting Systems Figure 41: Nanotechnology for Energy Storage Figure 42: Search Strings for Nanobattery Applications Figure 43: Comparison of Energy/Power in Different Storage Technologies Figure 44: Nanotechnology For Energy Production Market Figure 45: Vulox Solar System

5 Figure 46: Product Applications for Films Created by ITF Process Figure 47: Hydrogen Conversion Technologies and Applications Figure 48: Nano-titanate Battery Construction Figure 49: Altair s Battery Technology Figure 50: NanoSafe battery cell Figure 51: Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) Figure 52: Cell Power Evolution Figure 53: Cell Power Evolution Figure 54: Membrane-electrode-assembly (MEA) component of portable fuel cells Figure 56: Progress in PV Efficiencies Figure 57: Comparisons of Materials for Thin-film PVs Figure 58: Plextronics Ink Figure 59: Plexcore PV for Printed Solar Power Figure 60: Table of Benefits for Plexcore Figure 61: CIGS Design Figure 62: Cross Section Thin-film PV Stack Figure 63: Applications for Thin-Film Flexible Photovoltaics Figure 64: Nanosolar Utility Panel Figure 65: Nanosolar SolarPly. Light-weight solar-electric cell foil which can be cut to any size. Non-fragile. No soldering required for electrical contact. Figure 66: MiaSolé's CIGS Solar Cell Figure 67: Splitting Water with Sunlight Figure 68: Market by Application 2009 Figure 69: Market by Application 2014 Figure 70: Market Evolution by Application Figure 71: Total Market for Solid State Lighting Using Nanomaterials Figure 72: Global Nano Fuel Borne Catalyst Market Figure 73: Value of CNT Composites Used For Weight Reduction In Transport and Automotive Applications Figure 74: A Split of All Emissions by High-level Consumer Need Figure 75: Fuel Cycle Figure 76: The Worldwide Emissions of Carbon from the Burning of Fossil Fuels is Approximately 1 Tonne per Person per Year Figure 77: Global greenhouse gas emissions 2000 Figure 78: Global CO2 Emissions from Fossil Fuel Burning, Cement Manufacture, and Gas Flaring: Figure 79: Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Region Figure 80: Increasing Demand for Fossil Fuels Figure 81: CO2 Emissions from Fossil Fuel Figure 82: Total World Electricity Consumption by Region Figure 83: Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Electricity Production Figure 84: Reduction Of Emissions Due To Use Of Nanotechnologies

6 Figure 85: Sources of UK CO2 Emissions Figure 86: Relationship between vehicle weight and fuel consumption Figure 87: Figure Global Gasoline Consumption Figure 88: The new two-way electric car Figure 89: An engineer shows rows of storage batteries in a trailer that performs as a twoway electric car would. The trailer can be parked at a wind farm, and the batteries linked to the grid to give or take electricity. Figure 90: The Saab Aero X concept