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Fleurial, J. -P.

Publications and source records attributed to Fleurial, J. -P..

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NASA NTRS2006

Development of a New Generation of High-Temperature Thermoelectric Unicouples for Space Applications

RTG's have enabled surface and deep space missions since 1961: a) 26 flight missions without any RTG failures; and b) Mission durations in excess of 25 years. Future NASA missions require RTG s with high specific power and high efficiency, while retaining long life (> 14 years) and high reliability, (i.e. 6-8 W/kg, 10-15% efficiency). JPL in partnership with NASA-GRC, NASA-MSFC, DOE, Universities and Industry is developing advanced thermoelectric materials and converters to meet future NASA needs.

Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator↗
NASA NTRS1999

Miniaturized Thermoelectric Power Sources

Advanced thermoelectric microdevices integrated into thermal management packages and low power, electrical power source systems are of interest for a variety of space and terrestrial applications.

Thermoelectric↗
NASA NTRS1995

Thermoelectric Materials With the Skutterudite Structure: New Results

New experimental findings on semiconductors with the relatively complex 32 atom unit cell skutterudite crystal structure show that these materials possess attractive transport properties and have a good potential for achieving ZT values larger than for state-of- the-art thermoelectric materials. An overview of recent results is provided, and current approaches to experimentally achieving high ZT in skutterudite materials are discussed.

thermoelectrics skutterudites↗
NASA NTRS1995

Preparation and Characterization of the Skutterudite-Related Phase Ru0.5Pd0.5 Sb3

A new skutterudite phase Ru0.5Pd0.5 Sb3 was prepared. It adds to the many materials with the skutterudite structure that have shown a good potential for thermoelectric applications. Single- phase polycrystalline samples were prepared and characterized by x-ray analysis, electron probe microanalysis, density, sound velocity, thermal expansion coefficient, and differential thermal analysis measurements.

ternary↗
NASA NTRS1993

Novel Transition Metal Compounds with Promising Thermoelectric Properties

Progress in the search for new high temperature thermoelectric materials at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory is reviewed. Novel transition metal compounds were selected as potential new high performance thermoelectric materials and criteria of selection are presented and discussed. Samples of these new compounds were prepared at JPL by a variety of techniques. Encouraging experimental results obtained on several of these compounds are reported and show that they have the potential to be the next generation of thermoelectric materials.

Caillat, T.↗