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Gang Chen
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Nano for Energy
• Increased surface area
• Interface and size effects
Molecules Photons
nm nm
=1 nm =0.1-10 m
---Mean
free path
---wavelength
Electrons Phonons
=10-100 nm =10-100 nm
=10-50 nm =1 nm
Nanoscience Research for Energy Needs
• Catalysis by nanoscale materials
• Using interfaces to manipulate energy
carriers
• Linking structures and function at the
nanoscale
• Assembly and architecture of
nanoscale structures
• Theory, modeling, and simulation for
energy nanosciences
• Scalable synthesis methods
National Nanotechnology Initiative Grand Challenge Workshop, March, 2004
Examples
Diffusion
COLD SIDE
I I
I N P Media Clip
HOT SIDE
Cold Side
• Refrigeration
Power Generation
• Power Generation:
Figure of Merit: T(hot)=500 C, T (cold)=50 C
Electrical Seebeck
ZT=1, Efficiency = 8 %
Conductivity Coefficient
2 ZT=3, Efficiency =17 %
S T
ZT ZT=5, Efficiency =22 %
ke kp
• Critical Challenges:
Electron Phonon Reduce phonon heat conduction while
Thermal Conductivity
maintaining or enhancing electron transport
Nanoscale Effects for Thermoelectrics
Interfaces that Scatter Phonons but not Electrons
Electrons Phonons
=10-100 nm =10-100 nm
=10-50 nm =1 nm
Electron Phonon
Molecular Dynamics (Freund)
State-of-the-Art in Thermoelectrics
Bi2Te3/Sb2Te3
2.0
Superlattices
(RTI)
1.5 Bi2Te3/Sb2Te3 Nano Bulk
Skutterudites S2 (W/cmK2) 40 50.9
Bi2Te3 alloy
1.0 (Fleurial) k (W/mK) 0.6 1.45
PbTe alloy
0.5 ZT (T=300K) 2.4 1.0
Si0.8Ge0.2 alloy Venkatasubramanian et al.,
Dresselhaus Nature, 2002.
0.0
1940 1960 1980 2000 2020
YEAR
Potential Applications
Transportation
Mechanical losses
In US,
9kJ
Mechanical losses Driving transportation
Exhaust 10kJ
Gasoline 9kJ uses ~26% of
6kJ Driving
100 kJ 10kJ Auxiliary total energy.
Gasoline 6kJ
30kJ 35kJ Auxiliary
100kJ10kJ 30kJ 10% energy
35kJ
conversion
10kJ
Parasitic efficiency
heat losses Coolant Exhaust = 26% increase
Parasitic
Exhaust in useful energy
heat losses Coolant
Residential
Entropy
Entropy
Oil or Losses
Oil or Thermal
Nat’l Gas
Nat’l Gas
Thermal PowerPower Heating
Heating In US, residential
and commercial
TPV & TE Recovery
buildings consume
Electrical Refrigeration
Refrigeration & &
Electrical Power Power ~35% energy supply
Appliances
Appliances
Electricity
Electricity PV
Challenges and Opportunities
• Mass production of nanomaterials
• Energy systems: high heat flux