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AssigneeEvident Technologies
InventorsClinton T. Ballinger, Bed Poudel, Dmitri Talapin, Jae Sung Son
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention relate generally to methods of consolidating ball milled semiconductors. In one embodiment, the invention provides a thermoelectric material with enhanced thermoelectric (TE) performance, the thermoelectric material including a population of ball-milled particles mixed with a population of inorganic nanocrystals, wherein the inorganic nanocrystals act as a glue.
Claims18
A thermoelectric material with enhanced thermoelectric (TE) performance, the thermoelectric material comprising:
- a population of ball-milled particles mixed with a population of inorganic nanocrystals, wherein the inorganic nanocrystals act as a glue.
A method of making a thermoelectric material with enhanced thermoelectric (TE) performance, the method comprising:
- mixing a population of ball-milled particles with a population of inorganic nanocrystals, wherein the inorganic nanocrystals act as a glue.
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