SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS FOR THERMOELECTRIC ENERGY CONVERSION

In 2012, more than 58% of the energy produced in the US was rejected in the form of heat. The rapid development of thermoelectric materials in the past decade has raised new hopes for the possibility of directly converting some of this waste thermal energy back to electricity. However, the large scale deployment of thermoelectric devices is still limited by the mediocre conversion efficiency. Nanostructured materials have been proved to be able to significantly improve conversion efficiency. My research is devoted to developing efficient solution phase reactions to synthesize nanostructured thermoelectric materials in an economical and scalable way. We also aim at exploring the unique applications of solution synthesized nanostructured materials, e.g. developing nanocrystal ink to coat on flexible substrates for applications in wearable thermoelectric devices.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Chemical Engineering

Year

2014

Author dc:creator

• Fang, Haiyu

Contributors dc:contributor

• Yue Wu
• John Morgan
• James Caruthers
• You-Yeon Won
• Xiulin Ruan

• Bismuth telluride
• Heterostructure
• Lead telluride
• Nanostructure
• Silver telluride
• Thermoelectrics

Repository record dc:identifier

https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_dissertations/1078

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:docs.lib.purdue.edu:open_access_dissertations-2294