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nanoHUB-U: Thermoelectricity: From Atoms to Systems
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closeWeek 1: Bottom Up Approach by Supriyo Datta
Lectures
- L1.1: Bottom-up Approach: Landauer Formalism for a Single Level Transport
- L1.2: Bottom-up Approach: Current Driven by Temperature
- L1.3: Bottom-up Approach: Seebeck Coefficient
- L1.4: Bottom-up Approach: Heat Current
- L1.5: Bottom-up Approach: One-Level Device
- L1.6: Bottom-up Approach: The Bottom-up Approach
Homework
- T1.1: Keeping Track of Units
- T1.2: Approximating the Difference Between Fermi Functions
- T1.3: One Level Device
- T1.4: Non-degenerate Conductors
Exam
Week 2: Thermoelectric transport parameters by Mark Lundstrom
Lectures
- L2.0: Short Introduction
- L2.1: Thermoelectric Transport Parameters - Landauer-Boltzmann Approach
- L2.2: Thermoelectric Transport Parameters - TE Transport Coefficients
- L2.3: Thermoelectric Transport Parameters - Devices and Materials
- L2.4: Thermoelectric Transport Parameters - Novel Materials and Structures
- L2.5: Thermoelectric Transport Parameters - Lattice Thermal Conductivity
- L2.6 (Bonus): Thermoelectric Transport Parameters - Boltzmann Transport Equation
- L2.7 (Bonus): Thermoelectric Transport Parameters - Using Full Band Dispersions (ex. of Bi2Te3)
HOMEWORK
- Week 2 Homework Problems
Exam
References and Supplemental Materials
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Selected papers from the Lundstrom group
- Raseong Kim, Supriyo Datta, and Mark S. Lundstrom, "Influence of dimensionality on thermoelectric device performance," J. Appl. Phys., Vol. 105, 034506, 2009.
- Changwook Jeong, Raseong Kim, Mathieu Luisier, Supriyo Datta, and Mark Lundstrom, “On Landauer vs. Boltzmann and Full Band vs. Effective Mass Evaluation of Thermoelectric Transport Coefficients,” J. Appl. Phys., Vol. 107, 023707, 2010.
- Changwook Jeong, Supriyo Datta, Mark Lundstrom, “Full Dispersion vs. Debye Model Evaluation of Lattice Thermal Conductivity with a Landauer approach,” J. Appl. Phys. Vol. 109, 073718-8, 2011.
- Changwook Jeong, Supriyo Datta, and Mark Lundstrom, “Thermal conductivity of bulk and thin-film silicon: A Landauer approach,” J. Appl. Phys., Vol. 111, 093708, 2012
- Changwook Jeong, Raseong Kim, and Mark S. Lundstrom. “On the best bandstructure for thermoelectric performance: A Landauer Perspective,” J. Appl. Phys., Vol. 111, 113707, 2012.
Week 3: Nanoscale and macroscale characterization by Ali Shakouri
Lectures
- L3.0: Nanoscale and Macroscale Characterization - Introduction and Motivation
- L3.1: Nanoscale and Macroscale Characterization - Micro/Nano Scale Temperature Measurement (Part 1)
- L3.2: Nanoscale and Macroscale Characterization - Micro/Nano Scale Temperature Measurement (Part 2)
- L3.3: Nanoscale and Macroscale Characterization - Thermoreflectance, Micro Raman, Suspended Heaters
- L3.4: Nanoscale and Macroscale Characterization - Thin Film Thermoelectric Characterization
- L3.5: Nanoscale and Macroscale Characterization - Thermoreflectance Laser Characterization
- L3.6: Nanoscale and Macroscale Characterization - Overview of Week 3
Homework
- Week 3 Homework Problems
- T3.1: Homework Solution, problems 1-6
Exam
Week 4: Thermoelectric systems by Ali Shakouri
Lectures
- L4.1: Thermoelectric Systems - Thermoelectric Cooling and Power Generation Applications
- L4.2: Thermoelectric Systems - Thermoelectric cost/efficiency trade off
- L4.3: Thermoelectric Systems - Microrefrigerator on a Chip
- L4.4: Thermoelectric Systems - Graded materials, TE leg geometry impact
- L4.5: Thermoelectric Systems - Ballistic thermionic coolers and non-linear Peltier
- L4.6: Thermoelectric Systems - Overview of Week 4
Homework
- Week 4 Homework Problems
- T4.1: Homework Solution, Problems 1-6
Exam
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Week 5: Recent advances in thermoelectric materials and physics by Ali Shakouri
Lectures
- L5.1: Recent advances in thermoelectric materials and physics - Thermionics vs. Thermoelectrics
- L5.2: Recent advances in thermoelectric materials and physics - Semiconductors with embedded nanoparticles
- L5.3: Recent advances in thermoelectric materials and physics - State-of-the-art thermoelectric materials, optimum bandgap
- L5.4: Recent advances in thermoelectric materials and physics - Skutterudites, Oxide thermoelectrics, Spin Seebeck, Resonant State
- L5.5: Recent advances in thermoelectric materials and physics - Ideal Thermoelectrics, Carnot vs. Curzon-Ahlborn limits, Some open questions
- L5.6: Recent advances in thermoelectric materials and physics - Overview of Week 5, Recent reviews
Homework
- Week 5 Homework Problems
- T5.1: Homework Solution, Problems 1-6
Exam
Simulation Tool
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