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

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1093435

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)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-03ER46028
Assignee:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, WI)
Patent Number(s):
8,536,440
Application Number:
12/986,277
OSTI ID:
1093435
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (2)

Thermal conductivity of Si/SiGe and SiGe/SiGe superlattices journal March 2002
Methods of fabricating nanostructures and nanowires and devices fabricated therefrom patent-application November 2002