A new three-year initiative run by Jaume I University in Castellón, Spain, will aim to “promote cooperation between Latin American countries, conducting basic and applied research in various areas of nanotechnology such as PV, batteries, LEDs and systems for obtaining fuel from sunlight.” The Nanoscale Materials and Devices for Energy Conversion and Storage Project will initially consist of thirteen groups from the countries of Spain, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico and Uruguay. According to the Jaume I University, there is now “an urgent need to study and develop high-efficiency, low-cost photovoltaic solar cells, and storage systems and optoelectric devices that allow the generation, rational use and saving of energy,” adding that Latin America now boasts “high-quality research groups looking at the development and study of new materials for the production of these new generation devices.” The article can be viewed online at the link below.

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