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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2009
Filed:
May. 03, 2005
Zhifeng Ren, Newton, MA (US);
Gang Chen, Carlisle, MA (US);
Bed Poudel, West Newton, MA (US);
Shankar Kumar, Newton, MA (US);
Wenzhong Wang, Beijing, CN;
Mildred Dresselhaus, Arlington, MA (US);
Zhifeng Ren, Newton, MA (US);
Gang Chen, Carlisle, MA (US);
Bed Poudel, West Newton, MA (US);
Shankar Kumar, Newton, MA (US);
Wenzhong Wang, Beijing, CN;
Mildred Dresselhaus, Arlington, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
The Trustees of Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Abstract
The present invention generally relates to binary or higher order semiconductor nanoparticles doped with a metallic element, and thermoelectric compositions incorporating such nanoparticles. In one aspect, the present invention provides a thermoelectric composition comprising a plurality of nanoparticles each of which includes an alloy matrix formed of a Group IV element and Group VI element and a metallic dopant distributed within the matrix.