NANOSTRUCTURES HAVING HIGH PERFORMANCE THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES

摘要

The present invention provides a nanostructure, or an array of such a nanostructure comprising a rough surface and, undoped or doped semiconductor. The nanostructure is one-dimensional (1-D) nanostructures, or two-dimensional (2-D) nanostructures, such as nanowires. The nano-structure may be positioned between the two electrodes, it can be used for thermoelectric power generation or thermoelectric cooling. ;