• Article  

      Design, assembly and characterization of silicide-based thermoelectric modules 

      Skomedal, G.; Holmgren, L.; Middleton, H.; Eremin, I. S.; Isachenko, G. N.; Jaegle, M.; Tarantik, K.; Vlachos, N.; Manoli, M.; Kyratsi, Theodora; Berthebaud, D.; Truong, N. Y. Dao; Gascoin, F. (2016)
      Silicides have attracted considerable attention for use in thermoelectric generators due mainly to low cost, low toxicity and light weight, in contrast to conventional materials such as bismuth and lead telluride. Most ...
    • Conference Object  

      Long-time Stability of Mg2(Si-Sn-Ge) - Based Thermoelectrics Under Large Temperature Gradient Conditions 

      Burkov, A. T.; Konstantinov, P. P.; Fedorov, M. I.; Manoli, M.; Kyratsi, Theodora; Tarantik, K.; Jaegle, M. (Elsevier Ltd, 2015)
      We study the thermoelectric properties and stability of Mg2(Si-Sn-Ge) composite, prepared by a combination of ball milling process and heating treatment followed by Spark Plasma Sintering and densification. The goal of ...
    • Article  

      Recycling Si-kerf from photovoltaics: A very promising route to thermoelectrics 

      Mesaritis, G.; Symeou, E.; Delimitis, A.; Oikonomidis, S.; Jaegle, M.; Tarantik, K.; Nicolaou, Ch.; Kyratsi, Theodora (2019)
      Large scale photovoltaic technology require Si wafers and cutting process has the significant disadvantage of disposing typically more than 50% of high purity material as waste kerf. Recycling silicon kerf is of increasing ...