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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2018
Academia Sinica, Taipei, TW;
Maw-Kuen Wu, Taipei, TW;
Phillip M Wu, San Mateo, CA (US);
Yang-Yuan Chen, Taipei, TW;
Chung-Chieh Chang, Taipei, TW;
Pai-Chun Wei, Taipei, TW;
Tian-Wey Lan, Taipei, TW;
Yu-Ruei Wu, Taipei, TW;
ACADEMIA SINICA, Taipei, TW;
Abstract
At least one of the present embodiments generally relates to an apparatus and a method for enhancing the figure of merit (zT) in composite thermoelectric materials using aerogel such as e.g., silicate/silica aerogel, carbon aerogel, chalcogenide aerogel and metal oxide aerogel. For example, the present embodiments provide apparatuses and methods for the addition of aerogels to two commonly used p and n type thermoelectric materials and thereby enhancing their thermoelectric figure of merits to record levels.
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