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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2008
Sang Hyouk Choi, Poquoson, VA (US);
Yeonjoon Park, Yorktown, VA (US);
Sang-hyon Chu, Newport News, VA (US);
James R. Elliott, Vesuvius, VA (US);
Glen C. King, Yorktown, VA (US);
Jae-woo Kim, Newport News, VA (US);
Peter T. Lillehei, Yorktown, VA (US);
Diane M. Stoakley, Ashland, VA (US);
Sang Hyouk Choi, Poquoson, VA (US);
Yeonjoon Park, Yorktown, VA (US);
Sang-Hyon Chu, Newport News, VA (US);
James R. Elliott, Vesuvius, VA (US);
Glen C. King, Yorktown, VA (US);
Jae-Woo Kim, Newport News, VA (US);
Peter T. Lillehei, Yorktown, VA (US);
Diane M. Stoakley, Ashland, VA (US);
National Institute of Aerospace Associates, Hampton, VA (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Adminstration of NASA, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A novel method to prepare an advanced thermoelectric material has hierarchical structures embedded with nanometer-sized voids which are key to enhancement of the thermoelectric performance. Solution-based thin film deposition technique enables preparation of stable film of thermoelectric material and void generator (voigen). A subsequent thermal process creates hierarchical nanovoid structure inside the thermoelectric material. Potential application areas of this advanced thermoelectric material with nanovoid structure are commercial applications (electronics cooling), medical and scientific applications (biological analysis device, medical imaging systems), telecommunications, and defense and military applications (night vision equipments).