DocumentCode
2418065
Title
Special Invited Lecture: Thermoelectric Energy Conversion in Nanostructures
Author
Chen, Gang
Author_Institution
Prof., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.
fYear
2007
fDate
Jan. 2007
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
Energy conversion; Filtering; Nanostructures; Particle scattering; Phonons; Potential well; Resistance heating; Thermal conductivity; Thermal factors; Thermoelectricity;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, 2007. NEMS '07. 2nd IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Bangkok, Thailand
Print_ISBN
1-4244-0610-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/NEMS.2007.352003
Filename
4160305
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