Abstract:
A thermoelectric module includes; an upper substrate on which a plurality of upper electrodes having a plurality of first concave grooves formed therein are arranged, a lower substrate, on which a plurality of lower electrodes having a plurality of second concave grooves formed therein are arranged, and a least one spherical p-type thermoelectric element and at least one spherical n-type thermoelectric element interposed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate, and electrically and alternately in contact with the upper substrate and the lower substrate, wherein the at least one spherical p-type thermoelectric element and the at least one spherical n-type thermoelectric element are connected to the plurality of first concave grooves and the plurality of second concave grooves respectively disposed in the upper electrodes and the lower electrodes.
Abstract:
A bulk nanocomposite thermoelectric material including: a plurality of grains of a thermoelectric material; and a metal nanolayer on a boundary of the plurality of grains, wherein the metal nanolayer is crystalline, and a glass transition temperature and a crystallization temperature of the nanometal are lower than a melting point of the thermoelectric material.
Abstract:
A thermoelectric composite including a thermoelectric material matrix, a plurality of ceramic nanoparticles, and a bipolar dispersant, wherein the bipolar dispersant bonds the ceramic nanoparticles to the thermoelectric material matrix.
Abstract:
A thermoelectric material including a composition according to Chemical Formula 1: (Bia-xSb1-a-yMb)2-i(TecSe1-c)3-j Chemical Formula 1 wherein M is an element of Group 13, 0≦a≦1, 0
Abstract:
A thermoelectric material including a thermoelectric semiconductor; and a nanosheet disposed in the thermoelectric semiconductor, the nanosheet having a layered structure and a thickness from about 0.1 to about 10 nanometers. Also a thermoelectric element and thermoelectric module including the thermoelectric material.
Abstract:
A thermoelectric material includes powders having a surface coated with an inorganic material. The thermoelectric material includes a thermoelectric semiconductor powder and a coating layer on an outer surface of the thermoelectric semiconductor powders.
Abstract:
A thermoelectric material has a microstructure deformed by cryogenic impact. When the cryogenic impact is applied to the thermoelectric material, defects are induced in the thermoelectric material, and such defects increase phonon scattering, which results in enhanced figure of merit.
Abstract:
A bulk thermoelectric material having a structure in which migration of carriers is not inhibited but phonons are scattered is described. The bulk thermoelectric material includes: a bulk crystalline thermoelectric material matrix; and nanoparticles coated with a conductive material within the thermoelectric material matrix.
Abstract:
A thermoelectric material including: a bismuth-tellurium (Bi—Te)-based thermoelectric material matrix; and a nano-metal component distributed in the Bi—Te-based thermoelectric material matrix, wherein a Lotgering degree of orientation in a c-axis direction is about 0.9 to about 1.
Abstract:
A nanocomposite thermoelectric material, a thermoelectric element including the nanocomposite thermoelectric material, and a thermoelectric module including the thermoelectric element are disclosed herein. The nanocomposite thermoelectric material includes highly electrically conductive nano metallic particles that are uniformly dispersed in a thermoelectric material matrix. Thus, the nanocomposite thermoelectric material has high thermoelectric performance, and thus, may be used in a wide range of thermoelectric elements and thermoelectric modules.