A Nanoengineering Approach to Oxide Thermoelectrics For Energy Harvesting Applications

The ability of uniquely functional thermoelectric materials to convert waste heat directly into electricity is critical considering the global energy economy. Profitable, energy-efficient thermoelectrics possess thermoelectric figures of merit ZT â ¥ 1. We examined the effect of metal nanoparticle...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Osborne, Daniel Josiah
Other Authors: Materials Science and Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/36133
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12142010-085754/