SBIR Phase II: Thermo-Electric Conversion by Optimally Scaled Nanocomposite Materials

SBIR 第二阶段：通过最佳尺寸纳米复合材料进行热电转换

• 批准号: 0848530
• 负责人: Andrew Miner
• 金额: $ 49.99万
• 依托单位: Romny Scientific, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-03-01 至 2013-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0848530&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; II; Thermo; Electric

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase II project will develop a power generation device capable of converting waste heat into electricity with much lower cost/watt than existing devices. This work is accomplished by bringing together principles of physics and materials science in practical wafer scale semiconductor manufacturing, enabling new, low cost products.The thermoelectric power generation devices to be developed in this work are key to realizing the often touted but yet unrealized societal benefits of thermoelectric power generation. Examples of benefits that can be forseen in the initial target market, the transportation industry, are economic benefits for the public from reduced fuel consumption and reduced environmental impact due to more efficient operation.

这个小型企业创新研究第二期项目将开发一种发电设备，能够将废热转化为电能，每瓦特的成本比现有设备低得多。这项工作是通过在实际的晶圆级半导体制造中结合物理和材料科学原理来完成的，从而实现新的低成本产品。在这项工作中开发的热电发电装置是实现热电发电经常被吹捧但尚未实现的社会效益的关键。在最初的目标市场，交通运输行业，可以预见的效益的例子是，由于更有效的操作，减少了燃料消耗，减少了对环境的影响，从而为公众带来经济效益。