RMSSEC
Director(s):
Donald T. Morelli
Lead Institution:
Michigan State University
Years:
2009-2014
Mission:
To investigate the underlying physical and chemical principles of advanced materials for the conversion of heat into electricity.
Research Topics:
solar (thermal), phonons, thermal conductivity, thermoelectric, mechanical behavior, charge transport, materials and chemistry by design, synthesis (novel materials), synthesis (self-assembly), synthesis (scalable processing)
Materials Studied:
MATERIALS: semiconductor, metal
INTERFACES: metal/semiconductor, semiconductor/semiconductor
NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS: 3D, nanocomposites
Experimental and Theoretical Methods:
X-ray diffraction and scattering, X-ray imaging, electron microscopy, neutron diffraction and scattering, molecular dynamics (MD), density functional theory (DFT), quantum mechanics
Partner Institutions:
- University of California, Los Angeles
- University of Michigan
- Michigan State University
- Northwestern University
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Ohio State University
- Wayne State University
