Focus Session: Thermoelectric Materials and Applications

Presentations

• Thermoelectric energy harvester based on quantum well superlattices

  ORAL

  March 3, 2015, 8:00 AM – March 3, 2015, 8:12 AM

  Authors

  • Yunjin Choi

    • University of Rochester

  • Andrew Jordan

    • Rochester Theory Center, University of Rochester, New York; Institute of Quantum Studies, Chapman University, Orange, California
    • University of Rochester

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• Self-propagating high temperature synthesis for compound thermoelectrics and new criterion for applicability of combustion processing

  ORAL

  March 3, 2015, 8:12 AM – March 3, 2015, 8:24 AM

  Authors

  • Xinfeng Tang

    • Wuhan University of Technology

  • Xianli Su

    • Wuhan University of Technology

  • Ctirad Uher

    • Department of Physics, University of Michigan, USA
    • Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    • University of Michigan
    • Department of Physics, University of Michigan

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• NbFeSb based p-type half-Heusler for power generation applications

  ORAL

  March 3, 2015, 8:24 AM – March 3, 2015, 8:36 AM

  Authors

  • Giri Joshi

    • GMZ Energy Inc

  • Ran He

    • University of Houston

  • Michael Engber

    • GMZ Energy Inc

  • Georgy Samsonidze

    • Robert Bosch LLC

  • Tej Pantha

    • GMZ Energy Inc

  • Ekraj Dahal

    • GMZ Energy Inc

  • Keshab Dahal

    • University of Houston

  • Jian Yang

    • GMZ Energy Inc

  • Yucheng Lan

    • University of Houston

  • Boris Kozinsky

    • Robert Bosch LLC

  • Zhifeng Ren

    • University of Houston

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• Automotive Thermoelectric Waste Heat Recovery

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  March 3, 2015, 8:36 AM – March 3, 2015, 9:12 AM

  Authors

  • Gregory P. Meisner

    • General Motors Research and Development

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• Anharmonic phonons in type I clathrates

  ORAL

  March 3, 2015, 9:12 AM – March 3, 2015, 9:24 AM

  Authors

  • Katsumi Tanigaki

    • WPI-AIMR, Tohoku University, Japan
    • Tohoku University
    • WPI-Advanced Institutes of Materials Research, Tohoku University and Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University

  • Jiazhen Wu

    • Tohoku University

  • Hidekazu Shimotani

    • Tohoku University

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• Large local distortions around the Ba site in Ba$_{8}$Ga$_{16}$X$_{30}$, X=Si, Sn

  ORAL

  March 3, 2015, 9:24 AM – March 3, 2015, 9:36 AM

  Authors

  • Trevor Keiber

    • Univ of California-Santa Cruz

  • Frank Bridges

    • University of California, Santa Cruz
    • Physics Dept. UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz CA 95064.
    • UC Santa Cruz

  • Patrick Nast

    • UC Santa Cruz

  • Scott Medling

    • Australian National University

  • Toshiro Takabatake

    • Hiroshima University

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• Effect of Alkaline Metal Filling on the Structural Properties of Type-II Clathrate A$_{\mathrm{x}}$M$_{136} $(A $=$ Na,K,Rb,Cs; M $=$ Group IV Atom; 0$\le $ x$\le $ 24)

  ORAL

  March 3, 2015, 9:36 AM – March 3, 2015, 9:48 AM

  Authors

  • Charles Myles

    • Texas Tech University

  • Dong Xue

    • Texas Tech University

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• First Principles Study of the Vibrational and Thermal Properties of the Type-II Clathrates A$_{\mathrm{x}}$Ga$_{\mathrm{x}}$Sn$_{\mathrm{136-x}}$(x $=$ 8,16,24; A $=$ Rb,Cs)

  ORAL

  March 3, 2015, 9:48 AM – March 3, 2015, 10:00 AM

  Authors

  • Dong Xue

    • Texas Tech University

  • Charles Myles

    • Texas Tech University

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• Study on Transport and Mechanical Properties of La and Ce Double Filled $p$-type Skutterudites

  ORAL

  March 3, 2015, 10:00 AM – March 3, 2015, 10:12 AM

  Authors

  • Tulashi Dahal

    • Department of Physics and TCSUH, University of Houston, TX 77204

  • Sonika Gahalwat

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, TX 77204

  • Qing Jie

    • Department of Physics and TCSUH, University of Houston, TX 77204

  • Hee Seok Kim

    • Department of Physics and TCSUH, University of Houston, TX 77204

  • Keshab Dahal

    • Department of Physics and TCSUH, University of Houston, TX 77204

  • Weishu Liu

    • Department of Physics and TCSUH, University of Houston, TX 77204

  • Yucheng Lan

    • Department of Physics, Morgan State University, MD 21251

  • Kenneth White

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, TX 77204

  • Zhifeng Ren

    • University of Houston
    • Department of Physics and TCSUH, University of Houston, TX 77204

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• Local structure in ball-milled and Ni substituted Nd$_y$Fe$_{4-x}$Ni$_x$Sb$_{12}$

  ORAL

  March 3, 2015, 10:12 AM – March 3, 2015, 10:24 AM

  Authors

  • Frank Bridges

    • University of California, Santa Cruz
    • Physics Dept. UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz CA 95064.
    • UC Santa Cruz

  • Felipe Rivas

    • Physics Dept. UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz CA 95064.

  • Markus Short

    • Physics Dept. UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz CA 95064.

  • Trevor Keiber

    • Physics Dept. UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz CA 95064.

  • Peter Rogl

    • Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Austria

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• Thermoelectric properties of GeTe-CuInTe$_{2}$ alloys

  ORAL

  March 3, 2015, 10:24 AM – March 3, 2015, 10:36 AM

  Authors

  • Si Hui

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

  • James Salvador

    • Chemical and Materials Systems Laboratory, GM R\&D Center, Warren

  • Hui Sun

    • Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

  • Kevin Pipe

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

  • Ctirad Uher

    • Department of Physics, University of Michigan, USA
    • Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    • University of Michigan
    • Department of Physics, University of Michigan

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• Thermoelectric and Lattice Dynamical Properties of Ge$_{2}$Sb$_{2}$Te$_{5}$

  ORAL

  March 3, 2015, 10:36 AM – March 3, 2015, 10:48 AM

  Authors

  • Saikat Mukhopadhyay

    • ORNL
    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN

  • Jifeng Sun

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN

  • Alaska Subedi

    • Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Hamburg, Germany

  • David Singh

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN

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• Calculation of Phonon Conductivity and Seebeck Coefficient in Cu-Ni Alloy

  ORAL

  March 3, 2015, 10:48 AM – March 3, 2015, 11:00 AM

  Authors

  • Yusuke Konishi

    • NRI-AIST

  • Yoshihiro Asai

    • NRI-AIST

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