Year
2000
Degree Name
Master of Engineering (Hons.)
Recommended Citation
Aryal, K. R., Fabrication of silicon-germanium thermoelectric materials for terrestrial general purpose applications, Master of Engineering (Hons.) thesis, , University of Wollongong, 2000. https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/2555
Abstract
Si-Ge thermoelectric materials (TEM) have been used for special purpose applications particularly in radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTG) for a few decades. Despite many of their desirable properties they have not been used as widely for day to day direct energy conversion purposes. Considering the recently developed technologies in materials science and TEM processing, this study investigated the possibility of making and using Si-Ge based TEM for direct heat to electricity power conversion processes in general purpose applications.
Unless otherwise indicated, the views expressed in this thesis are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the University of Wollongong.