Nanostructures having high performance thermoelectric properties

Yang, Peidong; Majumdar, Arunava; Hochbaum, Allon I.; Chen, Renkun; Delgado, Raul Diaz

Nanostructures having high performance thermoelectric properties

Patent · Tue Dec 22 04:00:00 EST 2015

OSTI ID:1233515

Yang, Peidong; Majumdar, Arunava; Hochbaum, Allon I.; Chen, Renkun; Delgado, Raul Diaz

The invention provides for a nanostructure, or an array of such nanostructures, each comprising a rough surface, and a doped or undoped semiconductor. The nanostructure is an one-dimensional (1-D) nanostructure, such a nanowire, or a two-dimensional (2-D) nanostructure. The nanostructure can be placed between two electrodes and used for thermoelectric power generation or thermoelectric cooling.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

Assignee:: The Regents of The University of California

Patent Number(s):: 9,219,215

Application Number:: 14/226,569

OSTI ID:: 1233515

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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