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Title: High performance thermoelectric nanocomposite device

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1028490

A thermoelectric device includes a nanocomposite material with nanowires of at least one thermoelectric material having a predetermined figure of merit, the nanowires being formed in a porous substrate having a low thermal conductivity and having an average pore diameter ranging from about 4 nm to about 300 nm.

Research Organization:
GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, MI)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FC26-04NT42278
Assignee:
GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, MI)
Patent Number(s):
8,044,293
Application Number:
11/354,685
OSTI ID:
1028490
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (1)

Thermoelectric Power of Bismuth Nanocomposites journal May 2002