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Nanotech fuels thermoelectric breakthrough


March 25, 2008

A team of BC and MIT researchers led by BC physicist Zhifeng Ren report in the journal Science engineering a common alloy to achieve a boost in thermoelectric performance— a milestone that paves the way for a new generation of products that run cleaner. More | Boston Globe | New Scientist | Reuters | EETimes | CNET News | PhysOrg.com | Nanowerk | Popular Science | Photonics | APS/DCMP News


A cross-section of nano-crystalline bismuth antimony telluride grains, as viewed through TEM. Colors highlight the features of each grain of the semiconductor alloy in bulk form. Image courtesy of Prof. Z.Ren

 


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