LOW DIMENSIONAL CARBON BASED ORGANIC THERMOELECTRIC COMPOSITES: SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, AND PERFORMANCE

Since the discovery of the most commonly used room temperature thermoelectric material bismuth telluride nearly sixty years ago, the performance of thermoelectrics has seen little improvement. In recent years, slight improvements through the use of complex crystalline structures and nano arrays have renewed interest in thermoelectrics, however, their performance is still orders of magnitude below that required to replace current heat engine power sources. Alternatively, one potential solution is to consider using thermoelectrics in low powered applications where their efficiencies are comparable to those of standard heat engines, and where the use of heat engines is physically impractical.

Grantor dc:publisher

Wake Forest University

Year dc:date.issued

2013

Author dc:creator

• Hewitt, Corey Alan

• carbon nanotube

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/39115

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:wakespace.lib.wfu.edu:10339/39115