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Patent No.:

US 9166136 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015

Filed:

Apr. 15, 2013

Nanostructured thermoelectric laminates and a method to enhance the power factor and aerial power density of such thermoelectric laminates based on vertically oriented and densly arrayed nanowires

Applicant:

Mainstream Engineering Corporation, Rockledge, FL (US);

Inventors:

Justin J. Hill, Merritt Island, FL (US);

Gregory Chester, Orlando, FL (US);

Paul E. Yelvington, Rockledge, FL (US);

Assignee:

MAINSTREAM ENGINEERING CORPORATION, Rockledge, FL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Jonathan Jelsma

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/80 (2006.01); H01L 35/02 (2006.01); H01L 31/02 (2006.01); H01L 35/34 (2006.01); H01M 10/00 (2006.01); C01B 33/02 (2006.01); C01B 33/10 (2006.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 35/02 (2013.01); B82Y 30/00 (2013.01); C01B 33/02 (2013.01); C01B 33/10 (2013.01); H01L 31/02 (2013.01); H01L 35/34 (2013.01); H01M 10/00 (2013.01); C01B 2202/08 (2013.01); Y02E 60/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

Nanostructured elements and a method for fabricating such nanostructured elements with an enhanced power and aerial power density are disclosed. A hierarchical template with ordered and arrayed nanopores is produced on either a mating part or a support material that is pre-shaped so as to be conformable to the mating part. At least one compound can be optionally layered within the nanopores to reduce the diameter thereof. The template is supplied with filling material having selected electrical or thermoelectric properties. Selective removal of the template produces freestanding nanostructure arrays which are then backfilled with thermoelectric material or the like to form a nanostructure array comprised of nanowires supported by the backfilled material on the substrate.

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