TY - GEN
T1 - Composing a technology delivery system for an emerging energy technology
T2 - IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM2011
AU - Guo, Ying
AU - Wang, Xuefeng
AU - Zhu, Donghua
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - This paper presents an approach to ascertain and represent the key elements and dynamics of a "technology delivery system" ("TDS") for emerging energy technologies. We describe a 10-step analytical process to help characterize the technology, gauge its state of development, and depict the socio-technical system institutions and actors. We apply this analytical process to develop a TDS model for a promising "new and emerging science & technology" - dye-sensitized solar cells ("DSSCs"). We consider this technology in terms of technological push versus demand pull. We offer a new "cross-charting" method to associate novel nanomaterial-enabled capabilities to functional advantages they might offer, and to link those functions to potential applications. The resulting systems model can help private and public sector decision-makers grasp the key structures and processes and how these can be tuned to enhance the prospects of successful innovation deriving from the emerging energy technology.
AB - This paper presents an approach to ascertain and represent the key elements and dynamics of a "technology delivery system" ("TDS") for emerging energy technologies. We describe a 10-step analytical process to help characterize the technology, gauge its state of development, and depict the socio-technical system institutions and actors. We apply this analytical process to develop a TDS model for a promising "new and emerging science & technology" - dye-sensitized solar cells ("DSSCs"). We consider this technology in terms of technological push versus demand pull. We offer a new "cross-charting" method to associate novel nanomaterial-enabled capabilities to functional advantages they might offer, and to link those functions to potential applications. The resulting systems model can help private and public sector decision-makers grasp the key structures and processes and how these can be tuned to enhance the prospects of successful innovation deriving from the emerging energy technology.
KW - dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs)
KW - emerging energy technology
KW - technology delivery system (TDS)
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84863047707&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/IEEM.2011.6118126
DO - 10.1109/IEEM.2011.6118126
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84863047707
SN - 9781457707391
T3 - IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management
SP - 1300
EP - 1304
BT - IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM2011
Y2 - 6 December 2011 through 9 December 2011
ER -