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US 2006/0185710 A1Published application
High performance thermoelectric nanocomposite device
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsJihui Yang, Dexter Snyder
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Abstract
A thermoelectric device includes a nanocomposite material with nanowires of at least one thermoelectric material having a predetermined figure of merit, the nanowires being formed in a porous substrate having a low thermal conductivity and having an average pore diameter ranging from about 4 nm to about 300 nm.
Claims20
A thermoelectric device, comprising:
- a nanocomposite material, including nanowires of at least one thermoelectric material having a predetermined figure of merit, the nanowires being formed in a porous substrate having a low thermal conductivity and having an average pore diameter ranging between about 4 nm and about 300 nm.
A nanocomposite material, comprising:
- a porous substrate having a low thermal conductivity and having an average pore diameter ranging from about 4 nm to about 300 nm;
- and
- nanowires formed in the porous substrate, the nanowires formed of at least one thermoelectric material having a predetermined figure of merit.
A thermoelectric device, comprising:
- two opposed substrates;
- two opposed sets of electrical interconnect members, one of the two opposed sets positioned adjacent one of the two opposed substrates and an other of the two opposed sets positioned adjacent an other of the two opposed substrates;
- and
- a nanocomposite material operatively disposed between the two opposed sets of electrical interconnect members, wherein the nanocomposite material includes:
- a porous substrate having a low thermal conductivity and having an average pore diameter ranging between about 4 nm and about 300 nm;
- and
- nanowires of at least one thermoelectric material having a predetermined figure of merit formed in the porous substrate.
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