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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2016
Jeffrey J. Urban, Emeryville, CA (US);
Jared Lynch, Fremont, CA (US);
Nelson Coates, Oakland, CA (US);
Jason Forster, Berkeley, CA (US);
Ayaskanta Sahu, Berkeley, CA (US);
Michael Chabinyc, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Boris Russ, Berkeley, CA (US);
Jeffrey J. Urban, Emeryville, CA (US);
Jared Lynch, Fremont, CA (US);
Nelson Coates, Oakland, CA (US);
Jason Forster, Berkeley, CA (US);
Ayaskanta Sahu, Berkeley, CA (US);
Michael Chabinyc, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Boris Russ, Berkeley, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to thermoelectric materials. In one aspect, a method includes providing a plurality of nanostructures. The plurality of nanostructures comprise a thermoelectric material, with each nanostructure of the plurality of nanostructures having first ligands disposed on a surface of the nanostructure. The plurality of nanostructures is mixed with a solution containing second ligands and a ligand exchange process occurs in which the first ligands disposed on the plurality of nanostructures are replaced with the second ligands. The plurality of nanostructures is deposited on a substrate to form a layer. The layer is thermally annealed.