Thermoelectric Materials and Devices I

Tuesday, October 13, 2015: 08:10-12:40
Remington C (Hyatt Regency)
Chairs:
Kafil M. Razeeb and Colm O'Dwyer
08:50
(Invited) Silicon-Based Nanocomposites for Thermoelectric High Temperature Waste Heat Recovery
G. Schierning, H. Wiggers (Faculty of Engineering, University of Duisburg-Essen), and R. Schmechel (Faculty of Engineering, University of Duisburg-Essen)
09:30
Intermission
10:00
(Invited) Computation-Driven Materials Search for Thermoelectric Applications
Q. Hao (University of Arizona) and H. Zhao (University of Arizona)
11:20
(Invited) Seebeck Coefficient Measurement of Pbsete / PbTe Nanolaminate Structures
X. Chen (Applied Research Center, Old Dominion University), P. Lin (Old Dominion University, Applied Research Center), K. Zhang (Applied Research Center), H. Baumgart (Applied Research Center, Old Dominion University), B. Geist (MicroXact Inc.), and V. Kochergin (MicroXact Inc.)
12:00
(Invited) Novel Strategies for the Bottom-up Assembly of Nanowires into Highly Efficient Bulk Thermoelectrics
S. Vaddiraju (Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University)