Synthesis of N-type thermoelectric materials, including Mg--Sn--Ge materials, and methods for fabrication thereof

Ren, Zhifeng; Liu, Weishu

Title: Synthesis of N-type thermoelectric materials, including Mg--Sn--Ge materials, and methods for fabrication thereof

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Discussed herein are systems and methods for fabrication of MgSnGe-based thermoelectric materials for applications from room temperature and near room temperature to high temperature applications. The TE materials may be fabricated by hand or ball milling a powder to a predetermined particle size and hot-pressing the milled powder to form a thermoelectric component with desired properties including a figure of merit (ZT) over a temperature range. The TE materials fabricated may be disposed in thermoelectric devices for varying applications.

Inventors:: Ren, Zhifeng; Liu, Weishu

Issue Date:: 2021-02-23

Research Org.:: Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Solid State Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion Center; Univ. of Houston, TX (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

OSTI Identifier:: 1805545

Patent Number(s):: 10930834

Application Number:: 15/547,374

Assignee:: University of Houston System (Houston, TX)

DOE Contract Number:: EE0005806; SC0001299

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 12/10/2015

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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