Date of Award
January 2014
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Chemical Engineering
First Advisor
Yue Wu
Committee Member 1
R B Pipes
Committee Member 2
James Caruthers
Committee Member 3
Timothy S Fisher
Committee Member 4
John Morgan
Abstract
Thermoelectric heat engines are currently used in several niche applications for electricity generation and cooling. Many additional applications would be practical if thermoelectric materials with improved figures of merit could be made. Over the past twenty years, many nanostructured materials have been shown to possess improved figures of merit compared to their bulk counterparts mostly due to the reduction in thermal conductivity associated with nanostructured materials. Several classes of solution synthesized nanostructured materials have achieved high figures of merit, yet significant room for improvement exists for solution synthesized nanostructured PbTe.
Recommended Citation
Finefrock, Scott William, "Solution Synthesized Nanostructured Thermoelectric Materials" (2014). Open Access Dissertations. 1074.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_dissertations/1074