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 fuel electrode material including a metal oxide having a perovskite type crystalline structure and represented by Formula 1: A1-xA′xB1-yB′yO3 Formula 1 wherein A and A′ are different from each other and A and A′ each independently include at least one element selected from the group consisting of strontium (Sr), yttrium (Y), samarium (Sm), lanthanum (La), and calcium (Ca); B includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of titanium (Ti), manganese (Mn), cobalt (Co), iron (Fe), and nickel (Ni); B′ is different from B and includes at least one transition metal; x is about 0.001 to about 0.08; and y is about 0.001 to about 0.5.
Abstract:
A thermoelectric material, and a thermoelectric element and a thermoelectric module including the thermoelectric material are disclosed. The thermoelectric material may have improved thermoelectric properties by irradiating the thermoelectric material with accelerated particles such as protons, neutrons, or ion beams. Thus, the thermoelectric material having excellent thermoelectric properties may be efficiently applied to various thermoelectric elements and thermoelectric modules.
Abstract:
A nano-composite, including: a plurality of secondary particles, each secondary particle including a mixture of nano-size primary particles, wherein the mixture of nano-size primary particles includes particles including a nickel oxide or a copper oxide, and particles including zirconia doped with a trivalent metal element or ceria doped with a trivalent metal element, and wherein the nano-size primary particles define a plurality of nano-pores.
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 material including a compound represented by Formula 1 below: (R1-aR′a)(T1-bT′b)3±y Formula 1 wherein R and R′ are different from each other, and each includes at least one element selected from a rare-earth element and a transition metal, T and T′ are different from each other, and each includes at least one element selected from sulfur (S), selenium (Se), tellurium (Te), phosphorus (P), arsenic (As), antimony (Sb), bismuth (Bi), carbon (C), silicon (Si), germanium (Ge), tin (Sn), boron (B), aluminum (Al), gallium (Ga), and indium (In), 0≦a≦1, 0≦b≦1, and 0≦y
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