The aim of this project is to bring together theoreticians, experimentalists, materials scientists, and industrial partners with complementary expertise to develop new techniques and methods for fabricating novel thermoelectric/thermionic materials with high figure of merit for solid state refrigeration applications. A comprehensive fundamental understanding of, and models for, the mechanisms of thermoelectric phenomenon will be established theoretically. It is expected that, through the introduction of novel artificial nano-structures and nano-defects, the figure of merit of the thermoelectric/thermionic materials and the performance of the related devices will be enhanced significantly.
The aim of this project is to bring together theoreticians, experimentalists, materials scientists, and industrial partners with complementary expertise to develop new techniques and methods for fabricating novel thermoelectric/thermionic materials with high figure of merit for solid state refrigeration applications. A comprehensive fundamental understanding of, and models for, the mechanisms of thermoelectric phenomenon will be established theoretically. It is expected that, through the introduction of novel artificial nano-structures and nano-defects, the figure of merit of the thermoelectric/thermionic materials and the performance of the related devices will be enhanced significantly.
