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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2019
The Regents of the University of Colorado, a Body Corporate, Denver, CO (US);
Government of the United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary of Commerce, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Mahmoud Hussein, Boulder, CO (US);
Kristine A. Bertness, Boulder, CO (US);
Howard Branz, Boulder, CO (US);
Joel C. Weber, Boulder, CO (US);
Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Commerce, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate, Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
A nanophononic metamaterial-based thermoelectric energy conversion device and processes for fabricating a nanophononic metamaterial-based thermoelectric energy conversion device is provided. In one implementation, for example, a nanophononic metamaterial-based thermoelectric energy conversion device includes a first conductive pad, a second conductive pad, and a plurality of strip units. In one implementation, the first conductive pad is coupled to a first connection of the thermoelectric energy conversion device, and the second conductive pad is coupled to a second connection of the thermoelectric energy conversion device. The plurality of strip units are connected in series between the first and second conductive pads and provide a parallel heat transfer pathway. The strip units include a nanostructure design comprising a nanophononic metamaterial.