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Award Abstract #0103609
NIRT: Novel Energy Conversion Devices Based on Nanowire Heterostructures
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CBET
Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems
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| Initial Amendment Date: |
June 26, 2001 |
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| Latest Amendment Date: |
June 26, 2001 |
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| Award Number: |
0103609 |
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| Award Instrument: |
Standard Grant |
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| Program Manager: |
Phillip R. Westmoreland
CBET Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems
ENG Directorate for Engineering
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| Start Date: |
July 1, 2001 |
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| Expires: |
June 30, 2005 (Estimated) |
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| Awarded Amount to Date: |
$1343226 |
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| Investigator(s): |
Arunava Majumdar majumdar@me.berkeley.edu (Principal Investigator)
Timothy Sands (Co-Principal Investigator)
Peidong Yang (Co-Principal Investigator)
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| Sponsor: |
University of California-Berkeley
Sponsored Projects Office
BERKELEY, CA 94704 510/642-8109
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| NSF Program(s): |
THERMAL TRANSPORT PROCESSES
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| Field Application(s): |
0308000 Industrial Technology
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| Program Reference Code(s): |
OTHR, 1674, 0000
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| Program Element Code(s): |
1406
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ABSTRACT
This proposal was received in response to NSE, NSF-0019. The goal of this proposal is to develop the scientific and engineering foundations of a broad range of energy conversion devices based on the novel approach of using 1-D semiconducting nanowire heterostructures. These heterostructures will consist of nanowires made of two or more single crystal semiconducting materials that are spatially arranged in such a manner that confinement effects are exploited in new and unique ways. The approach will rely on a promising chemical synthesis technique called vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) process that can be used to grow monocrystalline nanowires Si, Ge, SiGe, ZnO and various III-V and II-VI semiconductors. Electron and phonon confinement as well as the availability of new material phases in nanowire heterostructures will be used to tailor electronic, thermal, thermoelectric, optical and electromechanical properties. Based on the fundamental understanding of these properties, three different types of integrated devices will be developed to convert energy between thermal, mechanical, optical, and mechanical forms. The first will concentrate on high-performance thermoelectric devices for refrigeration and power generation. The second will investigate light emitting devices that can be used for low-loss coupling to optical fibers. Finally, the piezoelectric properties will be used for developing nanoelectromechanical sensors and actuators.
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