Nanostructured Oxide and Silicide Materials for Thermoelectric Device Applications

Información del proyecto

NOSTA

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 704280

DOI

10.3030/704280

Proyecto finalizado el 17 Mayo 2018

Fecha de la firma de la CE 31 Marzo 2016

Fecha de inicio 1 Septiembre 2017

Fecha de finalización 31 Agosto 2019

Financiado con arreglo a

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Coste total

€ 151 648,80

Aportación de la UE

€ 151 648,80

Coordinado por

UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS
Cyprus

Objetivo

The impacts of energy and financial crisis along with climate change have generated the necessity of cheap sustainable green energy. Against this background EU set targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, increasing the share of renewables in final energy consumption and increase in energy efficiency for the next years. Upgrading the otherwise lost waste heat, which is estimated to be over 60% of the globally released energy, to electrical energy is a promising strategy for sustainable energy. The use of thermoelectric devices which convert directly the waste heat to electrical energy, is a desirable technology for future power generation. Despite the big effort of the last years their conversion efficiency is quite low and the thermoelectric materials that are currently used are based on Tellurium, which is very rare on the earth surface. In this proposal we suggest the use thermoelectric materials based on Silicides and Oxides, which are abundant on the earth surface and relatively cheap. The aim is the optimization of synthesis and processing conditions using the state of the art panoscopic approach in combination, for first time, with tunable porosity which is expected to further enhance their efficiency. The fabricated nanostructured bulk thermoelectric materials will be characterized with several experimental techniques and studied through theoretical calculations. Technical improvement of some techniques will be performed for better characterization of the fabricated materials. This proposal also involves applied research in the form of construction and characterization of a prototype thermoelectric device using the fabricated materials.

Ámbito científico (EuroSciVoc)

• ingeniería y tecnología › ingeniería ambiental › energía y combustibles › energía renovable
• ciencias agrícolas › agricultura, silvicultura y pesca › agricultura › granos y semillas oleoaginosas
• ciencias naturales › ciencias químicas › química inorgánica › metaloides
• ciencias naturales › ciencias de la tierra y ciencias ambientales conexas › ciencias de la atmósfera › climatología › cambios climáticos
• ciencias naturales › matemáticas › matemáticas aplicadas › modelo matemático

Palabras clave

• Thermoelectric Materials
• Panoscopic Approach
• Tunable Porosity
• Prototype Device

Programa(s)

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions PROGRAMA PRINCIPAL
  
• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility
  

Tema(s)

• MSCA-IF-2015-EF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-EF)
  

Régimen de financiación

MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)

Convocatoria de propuestas

H2020-MSCA-IF-2015

Coordinador

UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS

• Aportación neta de la UEn: € 151 648,80
• Dirección: AVENUE PANEPISTIMIOU 2109 AGLANTZI ; 1678 Nicosia ; Chipre
• Región: Κύπρος › Κύπρος › Κύπρος
• Tipo de actividad: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Coste total: € 151 648,80