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ECE 656 Lecture 11: Coupled Current Equations and Thermoelectric Devices
Online Presentations | 23 Sep 2011 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom
Outline:IntroductionCoupled flow equationsThermoelectric devicesDiscussionSummary
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ECE 656 Lecture 9: Thermoelectric Effects - Charge Flow
Online Presentations | 23 Sep 2011 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom
Outline:IntroductionCharge transport in a temperature gradientMathematical formulationDiscussionSummary
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ECE 656: Electronic Transport in Semiconductors (Fall 2011)
Courses | 29 Aug 2011 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom
This course is about how charge flows in semiconductors with an emphasis on transport in nanoscale devices. The objective is to develop a broad understanding of basic concepts. The course is designed for those who work on electronic materials and devices – whether they are...
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Lecture 5: Thermoelectric Effects - Mathematics
Online Presentations | 16 Aug 2011 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom
Beginning with the general model for transport, we mathematically deriveexpressions for the four thermoelectric transport coefficients:(i) Electrical conductivity,(ii) Seebeck coefficient (or "thermopower"),(iii) Peltier coefficient,(iv) Electronic heat conductivity.
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Lecture 4: Thermoelectric Effects-Physical Approach
Online Presentations | 28 Jul 2011 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom
The effect of temperature gradients on current flow and how electrical currents produce heat currents are discussed.
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Near-Equilibrium Transport: Fundamentals and Applications
Courses | 28 Jul 2011 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom
Engineers and scientists working on electronic materials and devices need a working knowledge of "near-equilibrium" (also called "linear" or "low-field") transport. The term "working knowledge" means understanding how to use theory in practice. Measurements...
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2011 NCN@Purdue Summer School: Electronics from the Bottom Up
Workshops | 20 Jul 2011
click on image for larger versionAlumni Discussion Group: LinkedIn
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Thermoelectric Effects
Teaching Materials | 30 Jun 2011 | Contributor(s):: Dragica Vasileska
This set of handwritten notes is part of the Semiconductor Transport class.
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D Ray Johnson
Retired from ORNL Materials Science and Technology Division after 37 years.
https://nanohub.org/members/54782
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On-Chip Thermoelectric Cooling Tool
Tools | 29 Mar 2011 | Contributor(s):: Shuaib Salamat, David Alberto Saenz
Simulates an embedded spot peltier cooler on a chip 1D thermal profile.
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2010 NCN@Purdue Summer School: Electronics from the Bottom Up
Workshops | 20 Apr 2010
Electronics from the Bottom Up seeks to bring a new perspective to electronic devices – one that is designed to help realize the opportunities that nanotechnology presents.
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Limits of Thermal Processes and their Implications on Efficient Energy Utilization
Online Presentations | 19 Oct 2010 | Contributor(s):: Arunava Majumdar
About 90 percent of the world’s energy use involves thermal processes – thermal engines to generate mechanical power; heating and cooling in buildings; heating involved in manufacturing of steel, cement, glass, petrochemicals etc. To identify opportunities for improving current...
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Thermoelectric effects in semiconductor nanostructures: Role of electron and lattice properties
Presentation Materials | 29 Sep 2010 | Contributor(s):: Abhijeet Paul, Gerhard Klimeck
This presentation covers some aspects of present development in the field of thermoelectricity and focuses particularly on the silicon nanowires as potential thermoelectric materials. The electronic and phonon dispersions are calculated and used for the calculation of thermoelectric properties in...
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Nanoelectronic Devices, With an Introduction to Spintronics
Courses | 20 Jul 2010 | Contributor(s):: Supriyo Datta, Mark Lundstrom
Nanoelectronic devices are at the heart of today's powerful computers and are also of great interest for many emerging applications including energy conversion, sensing and alternative computing paradigms. Our objective, however, is not to discuss specific devices or...
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Thermoelectric Nanotechnology
Online Presentations | 25 Jul 2010 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom
his talk is an undergraduate level introduction to the field. After a brief discussion of applications, the physics of the Peltier effect is described, and the Figure of Merit (FOM), ZT, which controls the efficiency of a thermoelectric refrigerator or electric power generator, is discussed. The...
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Thermoelectric Generator Module with Convective Heat Transfer
Tools | 14 Jun 2010 | Contributor(s):: Yuefeng Wang, Guoheng Chen, Michael McLennan, Timothy S Fisher,
Electrical power density and efficiency of a thermoelectric generator with convective heat transfer on hot side and cold side is calculated.
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Jul 12 2010
2010 NCN@Purdue Summer School: Electronics from the Bottom Up
This year’s summer school will have two components: a focus on nanoelectronic devices, with an introduction to spintronics and, second, tutorials on selected topics in nanotechnology. First, we use...
https://nanohub.org/events/details/270
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Thermal Transport in Nanostructured Materials: Working to Improve Efficiency in the Field of Thermoelectrics
Online Presentations | 19 Jun 2010 | Contributor(s):: Suzanne Singer
This talk discusses the performance of nanostructured thin films as a potentialmaterial for thermoelectric energy conversion applications, as well as thematerial composition variations that can provide guidelines for finding lowvalues of thermal conductivity.
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Jun 30 2010
Registraton Deadline: 2009 NCN@Purdue Summer School: Electronics from the Bottom Up
This year’s summer school will have two components: a focus on nanoelectronic devices, with an introduction to spintronics and, second, tutorials on selected topics in nanotechnology. First, we use...
https://nanohub.org/events/details/271
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Research Within Vasileska Group
Presentation Materials | 28 Jun 2010 | Contributor(s):: Dragica Vasileska
This presentation outlines recent progress in reseach within Vasileska group in the area of random telegraph noise and thermal modeling, and modeling of GaN HEMTs.