{"id":174,"date":"2011-04-14T23:03:12","date_gmt":"2011-04-15T03:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/ttxu\/?page_id=174"},"modified":"2026-03-12T15:38:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T19:38:50","slug":"exploration-of-thermoelectric-properties-of-1d-nanostructures","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/ttxu\/exploration-of-thermoelectric-properties-of-1d-nanostructures\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploration of thermoelectric properties of 1D nanostructures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This is a collaborative project with <a href=\"http:\/\/research.vuse.vanderbilt.edu\/MNTFL\/\">Dr. Deyu Li<\/a> at Vanderbilt University, who has an unique technique to measure transport properties of individual 1D nanostructures. We are exploring the relationship between microstructure and thermoelectric property of 1D nanostructures. The ultimate goal of this project is to create a new class of thermoelectric materials for high temperature generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Funding Resources<\/span>: National Science Foundation, Lockheed Martin Corporation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Student Participants<\/span>: Manira Akter (current Ph.D. student),&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #333333\">SiangYee Chang (Ph.D., 2017),&nbsp;<\/span>Zhiguang Cui (Ph.D., 2016), Youfei Jiang (Ph.D., 2015), Zhe Guan (Ph.D., 2013), Xiaoxia Wu (Ph.D., 2012)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Previous Results:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/ttxu\/kinked-boron-carbide-nanowires\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/ttxu\/files\/2017\/11\/Kinked-Boron-Carbide-Nanowires-235x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Kinked Boron Carbide Nanowires\" class=\"wp-image-464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/ttxu\/files\/2017\/11\/Kinked-Boron-Carbide-Nanowires-235x300.jpeg 235w, https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/ttxu\/files\/2017\/11\/Kinked-Boron-Carbide-Nanowires-768x981.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/ttxu\/files\/2017\/11\/Kinked-Boron-Carbide-Nanowires-802x1024.jpeg 802w, https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/ttxu\/files\/2017\/11\/Kinked-Boron-Carbide-Nanowires.jpeg 804w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Kinked Boron Carbide Nanowires; <em>Nano Letters<\/em>, 17(6), p3550, (2017).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/ttxu\/files\/2012\/03\/JMC_TOC_color.jpg\" alt=\"Boron Carbide Nanowires\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Boron Carbide Nanowires; J<em>ournal of Materials Chemistry<\/em>, DOI:10.1039\/C2JM14857A, (2012).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/ttxu\/files\/2012\/01\/Figure-4-in-Nature-Nanotech.jpg\" alt=\"\u03b1-tetragonal boron nanoribbns\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"><\/span>\u03b1-tetragonal boron nanoribbns; <em>Nature Nanotechnology<\/em>, 7, p91, (2012).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a collaborative project with Dr. Deyu Li at Vanderbilt University, who has an unique technique to measure transport properties of individual 1D nanostructures. 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