Open AccessMaterials by computational design -- High performance thermoelectric materials
Author(s) -
B. C. Sales,
H.B. Lyon
Publication year - 1997
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/541927
Subject(s) - thermoelectric effect , thermoelectric materials , limit (mathematics) , refrigeration , thermoelectric cooling , scheme (mathematics) , computer science , systems engineering , mechanical engineering , engineering physics , nanotechnology , management science , engineering , materials science , physics , mathematics , thermodynamics , mathematical analysis
The objective of the project was to utilize advanced computing techniques to guide the development of new material systems that significantly improve the performance of thermoelectric devices for solid state refrigeration. Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc. (LMES) was to develop computational approaches to refine the theory of the thermoelectric effect, establish physical limits, and motivate new materials development. Prior to the project, no major activity in thermoelectric research was visible as an observed limit in experimental data was commonly accepted as a practical limit by the majority of informed opinion in the physics and thermoelectric community. Due to the efforts of the project, new compounds have been isolated which indicates that there is a physical reason to search through the remaining uncharacterized compounds from a top down theoretical approach