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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2006
Applicants:
Jihui Yang, Lakeshore, CA;
Dexter D. Snyder, Birmingham, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jihui Yang, Lakeshore, CA;
Dexter D. Snyder, Birmingham, MI (US);
Assignee:
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 35/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A thermoelectric device includes a nanocomposite material with nanowires of at least one thermoelectric material having a predetermined figure of merit, the nanowires being formed in a porous substrate having a low thermal conductivity and having an average pore diameter ranging from about 4 nm to about 300 nm.