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New Directions for Nanoscale Thermoelectric Materials Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

M. S. Dresselhaus ,
Gang Chen ,
M. Y. Tang ,
R. G. Yang ,
H. Lee ,
D. Z. Wang ,
Z. F. Ren ,
J. P. Fleurial  and
P. Gogna
M. S. Dresselhaus
Affiliation:
mytang82@mit.edu, MIT, 440 Massachusetts Ave #3, Cambridge, MA, 02139, United States
Gang Chen
Affiliation:
gchen2@mit.edu, MIT, Mechanical Engineering, United States
M. Y. Tang
Affiliation:
renzh@bc.edu, Boston College, Physics, United States
R. G. Yang
Affiliation:
jean-pierre.fleurial@jpl.nasa.gov, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States
H. Lee
Affiliation:
pawan.k.gogna@jpl.nasa.gov, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States
D. Z. Wang
Affiliation:
wangda@bc.edu, Boston College, Physics, United States
Z. F. Ren
Affiliation:
ronggui@mit.edu, MIT, Mechanical Engineering, United States
J. P. Fleurial
Affiliation:
mytang82@mit.edu, MIT, EECS, United States
P. Gogna
Affiliation:
efour@mit.edu, MIT, Mechanical Engineering, United States
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Abstract

Many of the recent advances in enhancing the thermoelectric figure of merit are linked to nanoscale phenomena with both bulk samples containing nanoscale constituents and nanoscale materials exhibiting enhanced thermoelectric performance in their own right. Prior theoretical and experimental proof of principle studies on isolated quantum well and quantum wire samples have now evolved into studies on bulk samples containing nanostructured constituents. In this review, nanostructural composites are shown to exhibit nanostructures and properties that show promise for thermoelectric applications. A review of some of the results obtained to date are presented.

Keywords

thermoelectricitynanoscalecomposite
Type
Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 886: Symposium F – Materials and Technologies fore Direct Thermal-to-Electric Energy Conversion , 2005 , 0886-F01-01
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2006

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