Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0556049

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0556049

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

High efficiency thermoelectric nanomaterials. High efficiency thermoelectric power generators and refrigerators will have a wealth of applications in the automotive, semiconductor and power generation industries, among many others. Such technology could be used to recycle a significant fraction of the waste heat produced in industrial processes or in car engines, reducing fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, or to produce high efficiency domestic refrigerators with no moving parts. This project will improve our theoretical understanding of the fundamental physics which underlies the operation of thermoelectric power generators and refrigerators, and will assist the design and optimisation of the next generation of high efficiency thermoelectric nanomaterials.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2005

End Date: 31-12-2009

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $215,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Nanotechnology | Mathematical Physics | Condensed Matter Physics - Electronic and Magnetic Properties; Superconductivity |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Conservation and efficiency | Physical sciences

Other Keywords

Condensed Matter Physics - Electronic and Magnetic Properties; Superconductivity | Conservation and efficiency | Mathematical Physics | Nanotechnology | Physical sciences

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