Nanostructured oxide based materials for thermoelectric applications (2017/2018)
The DAAD and the Department of Science and Technology (India) are funding the joint project "Nanostructured oxide based Materials for thermoelectric Applications", which will be realized in cooperation with the Department of Materials Science, Madurai Kamaraj University (India)
Project participants:
Assist. Prof. Jeyanthinath Mayandi
Research Fellow Abinaya Chandrasekaran
Prof. Dr. Klaus Rademann
M. Sc. Kevin Bethke
Topic:
Energy demands in our world are constantly increasing and are going to continue rising in the foreseeable future. At the same time a large amount of energy is lost in form of waste heat. Therefore the objectives of our project revolve around finding a better way of recovering this energy via a multi-step approach. For this purpose the synthesis of new and promising thermoelectric materials based on transition metal oxides is essential, with a large emphasis put on their high electrical and low thermal conductivity. From the existing alternatives, thermoelectric materials based on transition metal oxides are the most promising candidates, as environmental friendly, earth-abundant and affordable compounds.