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Title: Semiconductor nanowire thermoelectric materials and devices, and processes for producing same

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1226078

The present invention provides nanowires and nanoribbons that are well suited for use in thermoelectric applications. The nanowires and nanoribbons are characterized by a periodic compositional longitudinal modulation. The nanowires are constructed using lithographic techniques from thin semiconductor membranes, or "nanomembranes."

Research Organization:
WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION, Madison, WI (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-03ER46028
Assignee:
WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION
Patent Number(s):
9,181,092
Application Number:
13/945,171
OSTI ID:
1226078
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2013 Jul 18
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (2)

Nanoscale patterning for the formation of extensive wires patent September 2001
Method of fabricating multiple nanowires of uniform length from a single catalytic nanoparticle patent-application July 2005