Semiconductor Composites for Thermoelectric Applications
Abstract
The design of composite materials consisting of a mixture of conducting and insulating phases in the nanometer scale is actively being investigated because of their potential applications to microelectronics and photonic technologies. We have developed a high-pressure, high-temperature injection technique for the synthesis of composites using nanochannel glass as template structure. In this way we have prepared high density semiconductor nanowire arrays and networks from porous matrices. Using this technique we have prepared wire arrays that we have used in a number of experiments designed to prove the electrical transport properties. We report here work on the electromagnetic field propagation in wire arrays, thermoelectric properties of Bi and bismuth telluride wire array composites and the electronic transport in Bi nanowire networks.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2000
- Accession Number
- ADA379179
Entities
People
- Tito E. Huber
Organizations
- Howard University