naa a22 4500 510801536 CHVBK 20180411083357.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11664-012-2261-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11664-012-2261-9 Thermal to Electrical Energy Conversion of Skutterudite-Based Thermoelectric Modules [Elektronische Daten] [James Salvador, Jung Cho, Zuxin Ye, Joshua Moczygemba, Alan Thompson, Jeffrey Sharp, Jan König, Ryan Maloney, Travis Thompson, Jeffrey Sakamoto, Hsin Wang, Andrew Wereszczak, Gregory Meisner] The performance of thermoelectric (TE) materials has improved tremendously over the past decade. The intrinsic thermal and electrical properties of state-of-the-art TE materials demonstrate that the potential for widespread practical TE applications is very large and includes TE generators (TEGs) for automotive waste heat recovery. TE materials for automotive TEG applications must have good intrinsic performance, be thermomechanically compatible, and be chemically stable in the 400K to 850K temperature range. Both n-type and p-type varieties must be available at low cost, easily fabricated, and durable. They must also form robust junctions and develop good interfaces with other materials to permit efficient flows of electrical and thermal energy. Among the TE materials of interest for automotive waste heat recovery systems are the skutterudite compounds, which are the antimony-based transition-metal compounds RTE4Sb12, where R can be an alkali metal (e.g., Na, K), alkaline earth (e.g., Ba), or rare earth (e.g., La, Ce, Yb), and TE can be a transition metal (e.g., Co, Fe). We synthesized a considerable quantity of n-type and p-type skutterudites, fabricated TE modules, incorporated these modules into a prototype TEG, and tested the TEG on a production General Motors (GM) vehicle. We discuss our progress on skutterudite TE module fabrication and present module performance data for electrical power output under simulated operating conditions for automotive waste heat recovery systems. We also present preliminary durability results on our skutterudite modules. TMS, 2012 Thermoelectric nationallicence skutterudite nationallicence waste heat nationallicence energy conversion efficiency nationallicence Salvador James Chemical & Materials Systems Lab, GM Global Research & Development, 30500 Mound Rd. MC 480-106-224, 48090, Warren, MI, USA aut Cho Jung Optimal Inc., 14492 North Sheldon Road #300, 48170, Plymouth, MI, USA aut Ye Zuxin Optimal Inc., 14492 North Sheldon Road #300, 48170, Plymouth, MI, USA aut Moczygemba Joshua Marlow Industries, Inc., 10451 Vista Park Road, 75238, Dallas, TX, USA aut Thompson Alan Marlow Industries, Inc., 10451 Vista Park Road, 75238, Dallas, TX, USA aut Sharp Jeffrey Marlow Industries, Inc., 10451 Vista Park Road, 75238, Dallas, TX, USA aut König Jan Fraunhofer-Institut für Physikalische Messtechnik, Heidenhofstr. 8, 79110, Freiburg, Germany aut Maloney Ryan Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University, 48824, East Lansing, MI, USA aut Thompson Travis Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University, 48824, East Lansing, MI, USA aut Sakamoto Jeffrey Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University, 48824, East Lansing, MI, USA aut Wang Hsin Materials Sciences and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 37831, Oak Ridge, TN, USA aut Wereszczak Andrew Materials Sciences and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 37831, Oak Ridge, TN, USA aut Meisner Gregory Chemical & Materials Systems Lab, GM Global Research & Development, 30500 Mound Rd. MC 480-106-224, 48090, Warren, MI, USA aut Journal of Electronic Materials Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 42/7(2013-07-01), 1389-1399 0361-5235 42:7<1389 2013 42 11664 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-012-2261-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-012-2261-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Salvador James Chemical & Materials Systems Lab, GM Global Research & Development, 30500 Mound Rd. MC 480-106-224, 48090, Warren, MI, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cho Jung Optimal Inc., 14492 North Sheldon Road #300, 48170, Plymouth, MI, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ye Zuxin Optimal Inc., 14492 North Sheldon Road #300, 48170, Plymouth, MI, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Moczygemba Joshua Marlow Industries, Inc., 10451 Vista Park Road, 75238, Dallas, TX, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Thompson Alan Marlow Industries, Inc., 10451 Vista Park Road, 75238, Dallas, TX, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sharp Jeffrey Marlow Industries, Inc., 10451 Vista Park Road, 75238, Dallas, TX, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- König Jan Fraunhofer-Institut für Physikalische Messtechnik, Heidenhofstr. 8, 79110, Freiburg, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Maloney Ryan Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University, 48824, East Lansing, MI, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Thompson Travis Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University, 48824, East Lansing, MI, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sakamoto Jeffrey Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University, 48824, East Lansing, MI, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wang Hsin Materials Sciences and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 37831, Oak Ridge, TN, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wereszczak Andrew Materials Sciences and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 37831, Oak Ridge, TN, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Meisner Gregory Chemical & Materials Systems Lab, GM Global Research & Development, 30500 Mound Rd. 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