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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2015
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Akram Boukai, Mountain View, CA (US);
Yuri Bunimovich, Williamsville, NY (US);
William A. Goddard, Pasadena, CA (US);
James R. Heath, South Pasadena, CA (US);
Jamil Tahir-Kheli, Los Angeles, CA (US);
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Pasadena, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and devices for controlling thermal conductivity and thermoelectric power of semiconductor nanowires are described. The thermal conductivity and the thermoelectric power are controlled substantially independently of the electrical conductivity of the nanowires by controlling dimensions and doping, respectively, of the nanowires. A thermoelectric device comprising p-doped and n-doped semiconductor nanowire thermocouples is also shown, together with a method to fabricate alternately p-doped and n-doped arrays of silicon nanowires.