MULTILAYER QUANTUM WELL LAYER FILM THERMOELECTRICS

Award Information

Agency: Department of Energy	Branch: N/A	Award ID: 21124	Program Year/Program: 1994 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number: 21124	Solicitation Year: N/A	Solicitation Topic Code: N/A	Solicitation Number: N/A

Small Business Information: Hi-Z Technology, Inc.
Suite 7400 7606 Miramar Road San Diego, CA 92126-4210
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Phase 2: Fiscal Year: 1994

Title: MULTILAYER QUANTUM WELL LAYER FILM THERMOELECTRICS

Agency: DOE

Contract: N/A

Award Amount: $600,000.00

Abstract:
THERMOELECTRIC MATERIALS ARE USED IN A VARIETY OF POWER SOURCES AND PELTIER REFRIGERATORS. THEDIMENSIONLESS FIGURE-OF-MERIT (ZT) IS USED AS A MEASURE OF THE RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF THESE MATERIALS. THE BEST KNOWN MATERIALS HAVE ZTS OF LESS THAN ONE. NEW SOLID STATE THEORY PREDICTS THAT MULTILAYER-QUANTUM WELL FILMS COULD HAVE ZTS GREATER THAN SIX. IN PHASE I SUCH MATERIALS WILL BE PRODUCED BY ALTERNATELY DEPOSITING A QUANTUM WELL LAYER OF A THERMOELECTRIC MATERIAL AND A SUITABLE BARRIER LAYER. EVALUATION OF THESE MATERIALS WILL CONSIST OF MEASUREMENT OF SEEBECK COEFFICIENT, RESISTIVITY, AND THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY, AS WELL AS A DIRECT MEASUREMENT OF Z. TRANSMISSILN ELECTRON MICROSCOPY WILL BE USED TO EVALUATE THE OTHER MATERIALCHARACTERISTCS.

Principal Investigator:
Mr Norbert B Elsner
6195359343

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Small Business Information at Submission:

Hi-z Techonology Inc.
6373 Nancy Ridge Dr San Diego, CA 92121

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Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No