High performance thermoelectric nanocomposite device
US8044293B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 15, 2006 |
| Grant date | Oct 25, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 21, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH10N10/8556
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.
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