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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2015
Applicant:
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);
Inventors:
Matthew Grayson, Evanston, IL (US);
Mark C Hersam, Wilmette, IL (US);
Chuanle Zhou, Evanston, IL (US);
Yang Tang, Evanston, IL (US);
Tejas Shastry, Washington, IL (US);
Assignee:
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 35/32 (2006.01); H01L 35/22 (2006.01); H01L 35/34 (2006.01); H01L 35/24 (2006.01); H01L 35/16 (2006.01); H01L 35/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 35/32 (2013.01); H01L 35/16 (2013.01); H01L 35/18 (2013.01); H01L 35/22 (2013.01); H01L 35/24 (2013.01); H01L 35/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
A transverse thermoelectric includes a first array of hole-conducting nanowires and a second array of electron-conducting nanowires positioned orthogonal to the first array of nanowires. A substrate provides structure to the first array of nanowires and the second array of nanowires.