Novel methods for enhancing room temperature figure of merit of thermoelectric/thermionic materials for refrigeration applications

随着全球变暖和人们对气候变化的认识不断提高，热电模块等设备可以成为解决方案的一部分，特别是如果它们的相对功率和效率可以提高的话。该项目的目的是汇集理论家，实验学家，材料科学家和具有互补专业知识的工业合作伙伴，以开发新的技术和方法，用于制造具有高品质因数ZT的新型热电/热电材料，用于固态制冷应用。该项目的成功将使热电制冷器的市场份额增加3至5倍，并将对澳大利亚经济产生重大影响，减少温室气体排放和全球变暖。

With global warming and an increased awareness of climate change, devices such as thermoelectric modules can be part of the solution, particularly if their relative power and efficiency can be increased. The aim of this project is to bring together theoreticians, experimentalists, materials scientists, and industrial partners with complementary expertise to develop new techniques and methods for fabricating novel thermoelectric/thermionic materials with high figure of merit, ZT, for solid state refrigeration applications. The success of the project will lead to a 3 to 5 fold increase in the market share of thermoelectric cooler and will have a significant impact on the Australian economy and reduce greenhouse emissions and global warming.