Browsing Theses by Subject "figure of merit"
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Solid Solution Tetrelides and Pnictides for Thermoelectric Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2023-07-17)Recent major advancements in thermoelectric material performance center around the development and understanding of band structure engineering techniques and phonon scattering mechanisms. Solid solution materials have the ... -
Springless Electromagnetic Vibration Energy Harvesters
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-10)The abundance of environmental kinetic energy combined with advances in the electronics and MEMS industries have opened a window of opportunities for the design and fabrication of self-powered, battery independent, low-power ...