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THERMOELECTRIC MATERIAL WITH HIGH CROSS-PLANE ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY IN THE PRESENCE OF A POTENTIAL BARRIER

  • US 20130247951A1
  • Filed: 03/15/2013
  • Published: 09/26/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2012
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A thermoelectric material comprising:

  • a first matrix material layer;

    a barrier layer on the first matrix material layer, the barrier layer having a short-period superlattice structure comprising a plurality of superlattice layers wherein each superlattice layer of the plurality of superlattice layers has at least one characteristic selected from a group consisting of;

    a high energy sub-band that is resonant with a low energy sub-band of an adjacent superlattice layer in the plurality of superlattice layers and a low energy sub-band that is resonant with a high energy sub-band of an adjacent superlattice layer in the plurality of superlattice layers; and

    a second matrix material layer on the barrier layer.

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