Silicon is the most widely used functional material, as it is geo-abundant and atoxic.
Unfortunately, its efficiency as a thermoelectric material is very poor. In this paper, we …

Single-crystalline silicon is well known to be a poor thermoelectric material due to its high
thermal conductivity. Most excellent research has focused on ways to decrease its thermal …

Micro and nanotechnologies are called to play a key role in the fabrication of small and low
cost sensors with excellent performance enabling new continuous monitoring scenarios and …

Semiconductor nanowires present outstanding properties for implementation of the
thermoelectric effect, ie, the direct conversion of thermal to electrical energy, which can be …

Thermoelectric phenomenon fundamentally involves the ability to convert thermal energy
from a temperature gradient into electrical energy and vice versa by utilizing the benefits of …

We report a low-cost mass manufacturable route for polysilicon nanowire (NW) fabrication
through comparative investigations of spacer etch techniques to realize nanowires from …

This chapter focuses on the interplay between preparation methodology and thermoelectric
performances, as the former rules critical characteristics of the nanostructure that are …

A new method for obtaining a nanostructured thermoelectric solid solution of silicon-
germanium n-type using spark plasma sintering of powders is described. The novelty of the …

The thesis is focused on investigating the effect of strain on the thermal conductivity of
piezoelectric materials. Piezoelectric materials are crystals which display a mechanical …

This chapter focuses on the ways ZT may be improved in silicon by nanotechnology. It
describes the profound interplay between preparation methods and thermoelectric …