Focus Session: Thermoelectrics - TE and Thermal Conductivity

Presentations

• Skutterudite Thermoelectric Generator for Electrical Power Generation from Automotive Waste Heat

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 8:00 AM – Feb. 29, 2012, 8:12 AM

  Authors

  • Gregory Meisner

    • GM Global Research and Development

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• Theoretical Study of the Properties of the Type II Clathrates A$_{x}$Si$_{136}$ and A$_{x}$Ge$_{136}$ (A = Na, K)

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 8:12 AM – Feb. 29, 2012, 8:24 AM

  Authors

  • Craig Higgins

    • Texas Tech University

  • Charley Myles

    • Professor, Texas Tech University

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• Enhanced Thermoelectric Property of Single Phase MnSi1.75 through Non-equilibrium Synthesis Method

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 8:24 AM – Feb. 29, 2012, 8:36 AM

  Authors

  • Xiaoya Shi

    • Condensed Matter Physics \& Materials Science Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 11973

  • Ivo Dimitrov

    • Brookhaven National Lab

  • Su Jung Han

    • Condensed Matter Physics \& Materials Science Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 11973

  • Qiang Li

    • Condensed Matter Physics \& Materials Science Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 11973
    • Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA

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• Investigation of phonon mass-difference scattering model by molecular dynamics

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 8:36 AM – Feb. 29, 2012, 8:48 AM

  Authors

  • Takuma Shiga

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tokyo

  • Takuma Hori

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tokyo

  • Shigeo Maruyama

    • The University of Tokyo
    • Maruyama-Shiomi Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tokyo
    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tokyo

  • Junichiro Shiomi

    • The University of Tokyo
    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tokyo

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• Stronger phonon scattering by larger differences in atomic mass and size in p-type half-Heuslers Hf$_{1-x}$Ti$_{x}$CoSb$_{0.8}$Sn$_{0.2}$

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 8:48 AM – Feb. 29, 2012, 9:00 AM

  Authors

  • Xiao Yan

    • Boston College

  • Weishu Liu

    • Boston College

  • Hui Wang

    • Boston College

  • Shuo Chen

    • Boston College

  • Junichiro Shiomi

    • The University of Tokyo

  • Hengzhi Wang

    • Boston College

  • Dezhi Wang

    • Boston College

  • Gang Chen

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • MIT

  • Zhifeng Ren

    • Boston College

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• Neutron Scattering Study of the Temperature-Dependent Phonon Spectra of AgSbTe$_{2}$

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 9:00 AM – Feb. 29, 2012, 9:12 AM

  Authors

  • Jie Ma

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory, PO Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA

  • Olivier Delaire

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory, PO Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA

  • Andrew May

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory, PO Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA

  • Michael McGuire

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory, PO Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA

  • Brian Sales

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory, PO Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA

  • Olivier Gourdon

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory, PO Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA

  • Ashfia Huq

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory, PO Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA

  • Douglas Abernathy

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory, PO Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA

  • Matthew Stone

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory, PO Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA

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• Inelastic Neutron Study of Phonon Lifetime Effects in Thermoelectric Bi$_2$(Se,Te)$_3$ Alloys

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 9:12 AM – Feb. 29, 2012, 9:24 AM

  Authors

  • Dillon Gardner

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Olivier Delaire

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Mark Lumsden

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Tao Hong

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Doyle Temple

    • Norfolk State University

  • Young Lee

    • MIT
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• Anomalous Lattice Dynamics in PbTe and Its Implications to Low Intrinsic Lattice Thermal Conductivity

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 9:24 AM – Feb. 29, 2012, 9:36 AM

  Authors

  • Yi Zhang

    • Department of Physics and HiPSEC, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

  • Xuezhi Ke

    • Department of Physics, East China Normal Univeristy, Shanghai, China

  • Paul Kent

    • Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Changfeng Chen

    • Department of Physics and HiPSEC, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

  • Jihui Yang

    • Materials Science and Engineering Department, University of Washington

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• Phonon Anharmonicity in PbTe Thermoelectrics

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 9:36 AM – Feb. 29, 2012, 9:48 AM

  Authors

  • Olivier Delaire

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Jie Ma

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Karol Marty

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Andrew May

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Michael McGuire

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Mao-Hua Du

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • David Singh

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Andrey Podlesnyak

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Georg Ehlers

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Mark Lumsden

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Brian Sales

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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• Anharmonic vibrational effects of thermoelectric Cu-Sb-Se ternary semiconductors: Density-functional theory studies

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 9:48 AM – Feb. 29, 2012, 10:00 AM

  Authors

  • YongSheng Zhang

    • Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University
    • Northwestern University

  • Eric Skoug

    • Cheimcal Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University

  • Jeffrey Cain

    • Cheimcal Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University

  • Donald Morelli

    • Cheimcal Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University

  • Vidvuds Ozolins

    • Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles

  • Christopher Wolverton

    • Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University

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• First-principles calculation of anharmonicity induced phonon lifetimes in FeSi

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 10:00 AM – Feb. 29, 2012, 10:12 AM

  Authors

  • Moses Ntam

    • Auburn University

  • Jianjun Dong

    • Auburn University

  • Olivier Delaire

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • P.R.C. Kent

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    • Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences and Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    • Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge 37831

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• Resistivity and Specific Heat under Localized Anharmonic Motion in Type-I Ba$_{8}$Ga$_{16}$Sn$_{30}$ Clathrate

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 10:12 AM – Feb. 29, 2012, 10:24 AM

  Authors

  • Xiang Zheng

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA

  • Sergio Y. Rodriguez

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA

  • Laziz Saribaev

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA

  • Joseph H. Ross, Jr

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA

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• The Debye-Waller factor and its application to anharmonic vibrations

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 10:24 AM – Feb. 29, 2012, 10:36 AM

  Authors

  • Douglas Safarik

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Anna Llobet

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • Lujan Neutron Scattering Center, Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • Lujan Neutron Scattering Center, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA

  • J. Lashley

    • Los Alamos National Lab
    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

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• Minimum thermal conductivity in superlattices: A first-principles formalism

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 10:36 AM – Feb. 29, 2012, 10:48 AM

  Authors

  • Jivtesh Garg

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Gang Chen

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • MIT

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• Thermal transport across perovskite superlattices

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 10:48 AM – Feb. 29, 2012, 11:00 AM

  Authors

  • Jayakanth Ravichandran

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • Ajay Yadav

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • Ramez Cheaito

    • University of Virginia, Charlottesville

  • Pim Rossen

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • Siriyara Suresha

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley

  • Patrick Hopkins

    • University of Virginia, Charlottesville

  • Arun Majumdar

    • Department of Energy

  • Ramamoorthy Ramesh

    • University of California, Berkeley

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