Ongoing Research Projects
Thermal Device Application and Characterization
The Thermal Device Application and Characterization laboratory is exploring transport properties of thermoelectric materials, the synthesis and characterization of thermoelectric materials, system design, fabrication and testing of thermoelectric devices, and segmented and cascaded devices.
| Bi2Te3 | Skutterudites | Half-Heusler Alloys |
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-Body heat harvesting -Body cooling -High COP and cooling application -Nanostructures |
-CoSb3 Skutterudites -Mid-temperature power generators -Waste heat recovery systems |
-Different types of half-Heusler compounds -Waste heat recovery -High temperature power generators |
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Solar Module Application and Characterization
| Low Temperature Fabrication of Flexible High Efficiency Perovskite Photovoltaic Modules for Energy Harvesting Applications | Biophysical investigations on additive manufactured nanoscale biosensors and biological materials |
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Sponsor: US Army Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Collaborator: Nanosonic, Inc Research: Develop highly efficient and stable flexible perovskite solar module by using scalable printing technique.
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Sponsor: Air Force Office of Scientific Research Research: Establish the communication between the biological system and the electrical response output and use analytical models to elucidate the electronic structure of biosensor-systems.
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