SBIR/STTR Research Award
SILICIDES FOR THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION
Award amount
$50,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1992Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Energy
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- HI-Z TECHNOLOGY, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- JU3YFG3VLJ29
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
SOME HEAVY METAL SILICIDES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS VERY PROMISING HIGH TEMPERATURE THERMOELECTRIC MATERIALS THAT SHOULD YIELD MUCH HIGHER FIGURES-OF-MERIT THAN THE PRESENTLY USED SILICON-GERMANIUM-BASED ALLOYS. IT SHOULD ALSO BE POSSIBLE TO ALLOY SOME OF THESE SILICIDES WITH THE KNOWN THERMOELECTRIC ALLOYS TO FURTHER IMPROVE THEIR FIGURES-OF-MERIT AND THEREBY IMPROVE THE TOTAL NUCLEAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM. PHASE I OF THIS PROJECT INCLUDES EVALUATION OF ALLOYS SUCH AS THE SILICIDES OF OSMIUM IN BOTH THE DOPED AND THE UNDOPED CONDITIONS. CHARACTERIZATION OF THESE MATERIALS WILL INCLUDE SEEBECK COEFFICIENT, THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY, AND ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Biofueled Thermoelectric Cookstove
- Biofueled Thermoelectric Cookstove
- Renewable Energy Forward Osmosis Desalination System
- Radioisotope Power Supply
- SBIR Phase I: Ultra Low-Cost Manufacturing Thermoelectric Module
Research funding history
59 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1988–2017). Reported award amounts total $16,069,425. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, National Science Foundation, Department of Transportation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration