Method for fabricating nanoscale thermoelectric device
US7960258B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 9, 2008 |
| Grant date | Jun 14, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 17, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S977/888
- WIPO fieldMicro-structural and nano-technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention discloses a method for fabricating a nanoscale thermoelectric device, which comprises steps: providing at least one template having a group of nanoscale pores; forming a substrate on the bottom of the template; injecting a molten semiconductor material into the nanoscale pores to form a group of semiconductor nanoscale wires; removing the substrate to obtain a semiconductor nanoscale wire array; and using metallic conductors to cascade at least two semiconductor nanoscale wire arrays to form a thermoelectric device having a higher thermoelectric conversion efficiency.
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