Final Report : STIR : High Performance Thermoelectric Cryo - coolers based on II - VI Low Dimensional Structures Report

Number of Papers published in peer-reviewed journals: Final Report: STIR: High Performance Thermoelectric Cryo-coolers based on II-VI Low Dimensional Structures Report Title This program performed material design for high-performance thermoelectric (TE) cooler with a figure-of-merit ZT > 3. The cooler is fabricated from HgCdTe using a low dimensional superlattice structure. The TE coolers can operate at temperatures ranging from 30K to 300K, thereby providing a fundamentally new and disruptive method for achieving cryogenic cooling. In this STIR program we investigated (1) Modeling of HgCdTe Low Dimensional Structures and (2) Thermoelectric Cooler Design and (3) Partnership with Amethysts Research Inc. and SCD.USA to investigate the feasibility of integrating the TEC into their new TEC FPA/Dewar. (a) Papers published in peer-reviewed journals (N/A for none) Enter List of papers submitted or published that acknowledge ARO support from the start of the project to the date of this printing. List the papers, including journal references, in the following categories: (b) Papers published in non-peer-reviewed journals (N/A for none) 05/26/2015