I&EC 63 |
| Rama Venkatasubramanian, Center for Thermoelectrics Research, Center for Thermoelectrics Research, Research Triangle Institute, 3040 Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 |
| Thin-film nano-structured materials offer the potential to dramatically enhance the performance of thermoelectric power conversion devices, thereby offering new capabilities in efficient thermal-to-electric energy conversion in many applications, including waste-heat recovery in automobiles to achieve significant enhancements in fuel efficiency. Many of the breakthrough material advantages are already being realized in prototypal thermoelectric devices and will be described. Solutions to effectively using these advanced nanoscale thermoelectric materials, mean while, have charged us to look at the concepts of Nansoscale Materials at the interface of thermal-to-optical energy conversion. Early results on these so-called Metamaterials and the implications will be discussed. Similarly, efficient, lightweight, thermoelectric material and device concepts open up many integration opportunities with other green energy sources such as solar energy, photovoltaics, and hydrogen. These approaches will be highlighted. |
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Nanotechnology and the Environment
1:30 PM-4:50 PM, Monday, March 29, 2004 Marriott -- Grand Ballroom F, Oral
Division of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry |