Resources

Bell, Lon E. Cooling, Heating, Generating Power, and Recovering Waste Heat with Thermoelectric Systems. Science 2008, 321, 1457-1461.

Fairbanks, John. Automotive Thermoelectric Generators and HVAC. 2013 Annual Merit Review and Peer Evaluation Meeting, May 17th, 2013, Washington, DC. 2013. Part of U.S. Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE).

Freedman, Andrew P. A Thermoelectric Generation Subsystem Model for Heat Recovery Simulations. M.S. Thesis, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, 2011.

Fu, Gaosheng; Zuo, Lei; Longtin, Jon P.; Nie, Chao; Chen, Yikai; Tewolde, Mahder; Sampath, Sanjay. 

Thermoelectric Properties of Magnesium Silicide Deposited using Atmospheric Plasma Thermal Spray. Journal of Electronic Materials. (unpublished)

Fu, Gaosheng; Zuo, Lei; Longtin, Jon P.; Chen, Yikai; Sampath, Sanjay. Progress on Searching Optimal Thermal Spray Parameters for Magnesium Silicide. MRS Proceedings 2013, 1490, 173-177.

Glavatskaya, O.; Goupil, C.; El Bakkali, A.; Shonda, O. Exergetic analysis of a thermo-generator for automotive application: A dynamic numerical approach. AIP Conference Proceedings  2012, 1449, 475-481.

He, Jiaqing; Sootsman, Joseph R.; Girard, Steven N.; Zheng, Jin-Cheng; Wen, Jianguo; Zhu, Yimei; Kanatzidis, Mercouri G.; Dravid, Vinayak P. On the Origin of Increased Phonon Scattering in Nanostructured PbTe Based Thermoelectric Materials. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2010, 132, 8669-8675.

Li, Jing-Feng; Liu, Wei-Shu; Zhao, Li-Dong; Zhou, Min. High-performance nanostructured thermoelectric materials. NPG Asia Materials 2010, 2(4), 152-158.

Liu, Ruiheng; Chen, Xihong; Qiu, Pengfei; Liu, Jinfeng; Yang, Jiong; Huang, Xiangyang; Chen, Lidong. Low thermal conductivity and enhanced thermoelectric performance of Gd-filled skutterudites. Journal of Applied Physics 2011, 109023719-1-7.

Longtin, Jon P.; Hwang, David; Fu, Gaosheng; Tewolde, Mahder; Chen, Yikai; Sampath, Sanjay. 

Fabrication of Thermoelectric Devices Using Thermal Spray: Application to Vehicle Exhaust Systems. Journal of Thermal Spray Technology 2013, 22, 577-587.

Saleemi, M.; Toprak, M.S.; Fiameni, S.; Boldrini, S.; Battiston, S.; Famengo, A.; Stingaciu, M.; Johnsson, M.; Muhammed, M. Spark plasma sintering and thermoelectric evaluationc of nanocrystalline magnesium silicide (Mg2Si). Journal of Materials Science 2013, 48, 1940-1946.

Satalya, Nikhil; Vashaee, Daryoosh. Detrimental influence of nanostructuring on the thermoelectric properties of magnesium silicide. Journal of Applied Physics  2012, 112, 093716-1-11.

Satalya, Nikhil; Vashaee, Daryoosh. Modeling of Thermoelectric Properties of Magnesium Silicide (Mg2Si). Journal of Electronic Materials 2012, 41(6), 1785-1791.

Tritt, Terry M. Thermoelectric Phenomena, Materials, and Applications. Annual Review of Materials Research 2011, 41, 433-438.

Wang, Xingzhe; Yang, Yumei; Zhu, Linli. Effect of grain sizes and shapes on phonon thermal conductivity of bulk thermoelectric materials. Journal of Applied Physics 2011, 110, 024312-1-6.

Yang, Jihui; Stabler, Francis R. Automotive Applications of Thermoelectric Materials. Journal of Electronic Materials 2009, 38, 1245-1251.

Zuo, Lei; Longtin, Jon P.; Sampath, Sanjay; Li, Baosheng. NSF-DOE TE Partnership: Integrated Design and Manufacturing of Cost-Effective & Industrial-Scalable TEG for Vehicle Applications. 2011 DOE Thermoelectrics Workshop, January 3-6th, San Diego, CA. 2011. Part of U.S. Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE).

Zuo, Lei; Longtin, Jonn P.; Sampath, Sanjay; Li, Qiang. Integrated Design and Manufacturing of Thermoelectric Generator using Thermal Spray. 2012 DOE Thermoelectrics Workshop, Mar 20-22nd, Baltimore, MD. 2012. Part of U.S. Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE).

Equipment

MMR K-20 Programmable Temperature Controller and software

MMR SB-100 Programmable Seebeck Controller and software

MMR Variable Temperature Seebeck System

MMR Vacuum Accessory Kit

MMR Refrigerators

Multimeter

Constantan wire (1mm radius)

Magnesium silicide (Mg2Si) samples

Colloidal silver paste

Isopropanol