Nanoscale Thermoelectric Conversion
- Summary
- The thermoelectric figures of merit are improved by reducing thermo conductivities due to a combination of the interface scattering effect and size confinement effect compared with the conventional nanowires. This breakthrough could lead to significantly better thermoelectric materials in the future. This method can also be extended to other nanowire heterostructure synthesis by simply changing the precursor solution to create other thermoelectric materials.
- Technology Benefits
- Lower thermal conductivityFacile synthesis
- Technology Application
- Green TechnologyThermoelectric Materials
- Detailed Technology Description
- Yue WuPurdue Chemical Engineering
- Countries
- United States
- Application No.
- None
- *Abstract
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- *Background
- Purdue University researchers have developed a solution phase method to synthesize three new dumbbell-like nanowire heterostructures. After obtaining the well-defined nanowires, precursor solutions are injected and octahedrals selectively grow at both ends of the nanowires to form the dumbbell structures.
- *IP Issue Date
- None
- *IP Type
- Cont-in-Part
- *Stage of Development
- Process Validation in Lab
- *Web Links
- Purdue Office of Technology CommercializationPurdueInnovation and EntrepreneurshipYue WuPurdue Chemical Engineering
- Country/Region
- USA
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