HYPERTHERM · HYbrid organic-inorganic PERovskite THERMoelectrics
Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
- Duration
- 2019-02-04 → 2021-02-03
- EU contribution
- €183,455
- Participants
- 1
- Scheme
- MSCA-IF-EF-ST
Lines connect the coordinator with its partners.
Results in brief
HYbrid organic-inorganic PERovskite THERMoelectrics
Issue. Thermoelectric technology that allows the recovery of wasted heat at low temperatures is still in its infancy. One of the reasons for the slow take-up of thermoelectric technology is the manufacturing cost, which includes costly materials, waste, and cumbersome manufacturing processes. Additionally, the recovery of the heat below 100 °C is still ineffective. The project aimed to develop solution-processable thermoelectric materials, to yield highly efficient thermoelectric generators at a low-temperature regime. Impact. The development of new high-performance materials could lead to the creation of efficient devices for transforming waste heat into electricity. Recycling this heat would make society more sustainable. The results obtained could also be exploited to design flexible thermal sensors to be integrated into e-skin (e.g., smart prosthesis). The study of charge transport phenomena in quasi-0D perovskites will provide new stimuli to the research sector. Overall objectives. HYPERTHERM aimed to advance the quasi-0D hybrid perovskites by controlling their composition, doping and nanostructure. Moreover, the materials have been designed to be solution assembled, using easily accessible components, and deposited by automated printing processes with a high reduction of the manufacturing costs.
Data: CORDIS, © European Union
Project objective
HYPERTHERM is a career-development project for an outstanding experienced researcher which will enable her to develop new ideas and prepare for an independent research career. In this context, HYPERTHERM will develop new materials for thermoelectric generators – devices which can generate electrical energy from waste heat. These devices have huge potential as part of the future sustainable European energy portfolio, but their deployment is currently limited by material toxicity, cost of production, scarcity of key elements (such as tellurium), and incompatibility of the materials with advanced manufacturing techniques such as printing. HYPERTHERM will investigate new thermoelectric materials, specifically hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites, which are solution processable (printable), abundant and low cost. These materials are well-known in their undoped form in solar cells, and there are good indications that their superb electrical and thermal properties are well-suited to thermoelectric applications. However, to become good thermoelectric materials, they must be electrically doped to increase their conductivity. The principle scientific aim of this proposal is therefore to learn how to control doping in these exciting materials to boost their thermoelectric performance.A successful outcome of HYPERTHERM will deliver new doped perovskite materials and a deeper understanding of their electronic and physical properties. It will train a very promising researcher in an emerging research field and provide her with the skills boost and enhanced independence she needs to become a research leader of the future.
Original text from CORDIS.
Participants
- QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON · LONDONCoordinatorUnited Kingdom
Links
Data: CORDIS, © European Union