DocumentCode
2387533
Title
Thermoelectric Energy Conversion in Nanostructures
Author
Chen, Gang ; Dames, Chris ; Henry, Asegun
Author_Institution
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA
fYear
2006
fDate
11-13 Dec. 2006
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
4
Abstract
Thermoelectric effects enable direct energy conversion between heat and electricity. Various size effects can be explored to increase the thermoelectric performance of nanostructures compared to bulk. Boundary scattering reduces the phonon thermal conductivity, and quantum confinement and interface energy filtering can improve the electronic power factor. Theoretical and experimental results are described for thin films, nanowires, and nanocomposites
Keywords
nanocomposites; nanowires; phonons; thermal conductivity; thermoelectric conversion; thermoelectricity; boundary scattering; direct energy conversion; phonon thermal conductivity; quantum confinement; thermoelectric effects; thermoelectric energy conversion; Energy conversion; Filtering; Nanostructures; Particle scattering; Phonons; Potential well; Resistance heating; Thermal conductivity; Thermal factors; Thermoelectricity;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Electron Devices Meeting, 2006. IEDM '06. International
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN
1-4244-0439-8
Electronic_ISBN
1-4244-0439-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEDM.2006.346837
Filename
4154256
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