T h e r m a l desorption spectroscopy (TDS) based on the mass spectroscopy of thermal ly evolved hydrogen is used for desorption analysis of amorphous hydrogenated silicon (a-Si:H). Two series of glow discharge chemical vapour deposited a-Si:H were investigated by the T D S method . Cons tan t t e m p e r a t u r e growth ra te enabled to determine t empera tu re regions of hydrogen evolution a...

A high thermoelectric (TE) figure of merit zT materials enables a energy conversion efficiency. The quantity is defined by the Seebeck coefficient ( S), electric σ) and thermal κ) conductivity, absolute temperature T). In this paper, we report on computational model Combined ThermoElectric Measurement (CTEM) apparatus, which simultaneous characterization method capable measuring full set above-...

in this paper, the heat balance of an engine was investigated experimentally. the experimental work was conducted on the ef7 natural gas fueled and turbocharged engine. the main goal was to develop an empirical equation to be able to predict the heat balance of the engine at various loads and conditions. the data were collected at four different conditions, two different loads and two different...

in this paper, the nonlinear differential equation for the convection of the temperature distribution of a straight fin  with the thermal conductivity depends on the temperature is solved using adomian decomposition method and padé approximation(padm) for boundary problems. actual results are then compared with results obtained previously  using digital solution by runge–kuttamethod and a diffe...

A photovoltaic-thermoelectric (PV-TE) hybrid system can be used for efficient thermal energy utilization from the generated waste heat in PV devices. In this article, an PV-TE with intelligent power-track switching technique and management based on conversion is proposed. To make output power of stable normalized, incorporated voltage circuit designed conversion. addition, a control-and-monitor...

Using a first-principles cluster expansion, we shed light on the solid-state phase diagram and structure of the recently discovered high-performance Pb-Ag-Sb-Te thermoelectrics. The calculated bulk thermodynamics favors the formation of coherent precipitates of ordered Ag(m)Sb(n)Te(m+n) phases immiscible with rocksalt PbTe, such as AgSbTe2. The solubility is high for Pb in AgSbTe2 and low for (...

The thermoelectric (TE) performance of films of colloidal lead selenide (PbSe) quantum dots (QDs) with metal-chalcogenide complex ligands is seen to change with QD size and temperature. Films of smaller QDs have higher Seebeck coefficient magnitudes, indicating stronger quantum confinement, and lower electrical and thermal conductivities. The thermoelectric figure of merit ZT is ∼0.5 at room te...

We report a systematic, comprehensive set of measurements on the dynamics and noise processes in diffusion and phonon-cooled superconducting hot-electron bolometer mixers which will serve as ultralow noise detectors in THz heterodyne receivers. The conversion efficiency and output noise of devices of varying lengths were measured with radio frequency between 8 and 40 GHz. The devices studied co...