Browsing Chemistry by Supervisor "Kleinke, Holger"
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Crystal Structures and Optical Properties of Group 14 Chalcogenides
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-26)The crystal structures and physical properties of several new tetrel and chalcogenide compounds have been investigated in this thesis. The crystal structures, syntheses, and electronic structures of the three centrosymmetric ... -
Investigation of Thermoelectric Thallium Chalcogenides
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-24)Thermoelectric materials have drawn extensive attention because of their potential to provide assistance in reducing the usage of fossil fuel sources and the greenhouse effect. Throughout this thesis, the purpose was to ... -
Magnesium Silicide Based Thermoelectric Nanocomposites
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-15)The major objective of this thesis was to investigate how far the thermoelectric (TE) properties of magnesium silicide based materials can be enhanced via doping, alloying, and nanostructuring. The investigation of Sb and ... -
Ni₀.₀₅Mo₃Sb₅.₄Te₁.₆ Based Thermoelectric Nanocomposites
(University of Waterloo, 2016-05-04)Thermoelectric (TE) materials have the capability to convert thermal energy into useful electrical energy. Sustainable energy production and its utilization are among the many challenges that humankind is facing today. ... -
Optimization of Tin Selenide Thermoelectric Properties
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-27)The high performance thermoelectric material tin selenide is of notable interest to the field of thermoelectric materials; since breaking the record for being the most efficient thermoelectric material due to the ultralow ... -
Sustainable Semiconductor Materials for the Thermoelectric Energy Conversion
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-19)Thermoelectric materials can be employed for converting waste energy into feasible electricity through a temperature gradient by utilizing the Seebeck effect (power generation), and vice versa, as coolers by utilizing the ... -
Thallium Tellurides as Thermoelectrics
(University of Waterloo, 2015-12-11)Noting the steadily worsening problem of depleted fossil fuel sources, alternate energy sources become increasingly important, such as thermoelectrics that may use waste heat to generate electricity. To be economically ... -
Thermoelectric Properties and Stability of Barium Copper Chalcogenides
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-25)The objective of this thesis was to study the thermoelectric properties of copper chalcogenide-based materials with mixed chalcogen atom sites. Herein, the effect of different concentrations of chalcogen atoms on the ... -
Thermoelectric Properties of Ti₀.₅Zr₀.₂₅Hf₀.₂₅CoₓNi₁₋ₓSn, Ti₀.₅Zr₀.₂₅Hf₀.₂₅NiSn₁₋ₓSbₓ Half-Heusler Alloys
(University of Waterloo, 2016-06-17)Energy is essential in today’s world as it is used in society on a day to day basis for a variety of applications. However, more than half of the energy produced in the world today is wasted as heat. Due to the climate ... -
Thermoelectric Properties of Coinage Metal Chalcogenides
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-25)Research into the development of high performance thermoelectric materials has been gaining interest because of the potential for various applications. In the public eye, thermoelectric devices are readily recognized, ... -
Thermoelectric properties of Higher Manganese Silicides
(University of Waterloo, 2015-12-10)This work aims to cover a variety of aspects relating to the Higher Manganese Silicide (HMS) system, e.g. composites, substitutions, synthesis methods, and structural evolutions. The composites made of HMS-based compounds ...