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

Lagally, Max G; Evans, Paul G; Ritz, Clark S

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

Patent · Tue Feb 15 00:00:00 EST 2011

OSTI ID:1015296

Lagally, Max G ^[1]; Evans, Paul G ^[1]; Ritz, Clark S ^[2]

Madison, WI
Middleton, WI

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 longitudinal modulation, which may be a compositional modulation or a strain-induced modulation. The nanowires are constructed using lithographic techniques from thin semiconductor membranes, or "nanomembranes."

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Research Organization:: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, WI)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: FG02-03ER46028

Assignee:: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, WI)

Patent Number(s):: 7,888,583

Application Number:: US Patent Application 11/745,156

OSTI ID:: 1015296

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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