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Title: Nanostructured layers of thermoelectric materials

Abstract

This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to thermoelectric materials. In one aspect, a method includes providing a plurality of nanostructures. The plurality of nanostructures comprise a thermoelectric material, with each nanostructure of the plurality of nanostructures having first ligands disposed on a surface of the nanostructure. The plurality of nanostructures is mixed with a solution containing second ligands and a ligand exchange process occurs in which the first ligands disposed on the plurality of nanostructures are replaced with the second ligands. The plurality of nanostructures is deposited on a substrate to form a layer. The layer is thermally annealed.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1418824
Patent Number(s):
9882108
Application Number:
15/254,412
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
C - CHEMISTRY C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY C01B - NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS
C - CHEMISTRY C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY C01P - INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO STRUCTURAL AND PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF SOLID INORGANIC COMPOUNDS
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2016 Sep 01
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY

Citation Formats

Urban, Jeffrey J., Lynch, Jared, Coates, Nelson, Forster, Jason, Sahu, Ayaskanta, Chabinyc, Michael, and Russ, Boris. Nanostructured layers of thermoelectric materials. United States: N. p., 2018. Web.
Urban, Jeffrey J., Lynch, Jared, Coates, Nelson, Forster, Jason, Sahu, Ayaskanta, Chabinyc, Michael, & Russ, Boris. Nanostructured layers of thermoelectric materials. United States.
Urban, Jeffrey J., Lynch, Jared, Coates, Nelson, Forster, Jason, Sahu, Ayaskanta, Chabinyc, Michael, and Russ, Boris. Tue . "Nanostructured layers of thermoelectric materials". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1418824.
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