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Accelerated Discovery of Thermoelectric Materials: Combinatorial Facility and High-Throughput Measurement of Thermoelectric Power Factor
García-Cañadas, Jorge; Adkins, Nicholas J. E.; McCain, Stephen; Hauptstein, Bastian; Brew, Ashley; Jarvis, David J.; Min, Gao American Chemical Society (2016-05)A series of processes have been developed to facilitate the rapid discovery of new promising thermoelectric alloys. A novel combinatorial facility where elements are wire-fed and laser-melted was designed and constructed. ... -
Bridging Silicon Nanoparticles and Thermoelectrics: Phenylacetylene Functionalization
Ashby, Shane P.; Thomas, Jason A.; García-Cañadas, Jorge; Min, Gao; Corps, Jack; Powel, Anthony W.; Xu, Hualong; Shen, Wei; Chao, Yimin Royal Society of Chemistry (2014-06-26)Silicon is a promising alternative to current thermoelectric materials (Bi2Te3). Silicon nanoparticle based materials show especially low thermal conductivities due to their high number of interfaces, which increases the ... -
Determination of the thermoelectric properties of a skutterudite-based device at practical operating temperatures by impedance spectroscopy
Yoo, Chung-Yul; Yeon, Changho; Jin, Younghwan; Kim, Yeongseon; Song, Jinseop; Yoon, Hana; Sang Hyun, Park; Beltrán-Pitarch, Braulio; García-Cañadas, Jorge; Min, Gao Elsevier (2019-10-01)Skutterudite-based thermoelectric materials are promising candidates for waste heat recovery applications at intermediate temperatures (300–500 °C) owing to their high dimensionless figure of merit and power factor. Recently, ... -
Evaluation of Thermoelectric Generators by I-V Curves
Min, Gao; Singh, Tanuj; García-Cañadas, Jorge; Ellor, Robert Springer (2015-11)A recent theoretical study proposes a new way to evaluate thermoelectric devices by measuring two I–V curves—one obtained under a constant temperature difference and the other obtained for a constant thermal input. We ... -
Fabrication and evaluation of a skutterudite-based thermoelectric module for high temperature applications
García-Cañadas, Jorge; Powell, Anthony V.; Kaltzoglou, Andreas; Vaqueiro, Paz; Min, Gao Springer (2013-07)We report a straightforward methodology for the fabrication of high-temperature thermoelectric (TE) modules using commercially available solder alloys and metal barriers. This methodology employs standard and accessible ... -
Low Frequency Impedance Spectroscopy Analysis of Thermoelectric Modules
García-Cañadas, Jorge; Min, Gao Springer Science & Business Media (2014-06)Impedance spectroscopy is a well-established technique for the study of semiconductors and energy-related devices. However, in the area of thermo- electrics (TEs), this technique is not frequently used and there ... -
Measurement of the thermoelectric properties of phenylacetylene capped silicon nanoparticles and their potential in fabrication of thermoelectric materials
Ashby, Shane P.; García-Cañadas, Jorge; Min, Gao; Chao, Yimin Springer (2013-07)Silicon is a highly attractive material for the fabrication of thermoelectric materials. Nanostructured silicon materials, such as silicon nanowires (SiNWs), show great potential as they show low thermal conductivities due ... -
Measurement of thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity using a thermoelectric module
Beltrán-Pitarch, Braulio; Márquez García, Lourdes; Min, Gao; García-Cañadas, Jorge IOP Publishing Ltd (2017)A proof of concept of using a thermoelectric module to measure both thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity of bulk disc samples at room temperature is demonstrated. The method involves the calculation of the integral ... -
Multifunctional probes for high-throughput measurement of Seebeck coefficient and electrical conductivity at room temperature
García-Cañadas, Jorge; Min, Gao AIP Publishing (2014)An apparatus capable of rapid measurement of the Seebeck coefficient and electrical resistivity at room temperature is reported. The novel aspect of this apparatus is the use of 4 multifunctional probes that comprise a ... -
Room temperature screening of thermal conductivity by means of thermal transient measurements
García-Cañadas, Jorge; Cheng, Shudan; Márquez García, Lourdes; Prest, Martin J.; Akbari-Rahimadi, Ahmad; Min, Gao IOP Publishing (2016-10)A proof of concept of the possibility to estimate thermal conductivity of bulk disc samples at room temperature by means of thermal decays is demonstrated. An experimental set-up was designed and fabricated, which is able ... -
Thermal dynamics of thermoelectric phenomena from frequency resolved methods
García-Cañadas, Jorge; Min, Gao American Institute of Physics (AIP) (2016-03-09)Understanding the dynamics of thermoelectric (TE) phenomena is important for the detailed knowledge of the operation of TE materials and devices. By analyzing the impedance response of both a single TE element and a TE ...