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Meeting 2020 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
Symposium Alloys and Compounds for Thermoelectric and Solar Cell Applications VIII
Presentation Title Current Progress on Fabrication and Life Testing of Advanced Skutterudite Thermoelectric Materials in a Proposed Enhanced Multi-mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (eMMRTG) for Space Power Applications
Author(s) Thierry Caillat, Chen-Kuo Huang, Jong-Ah Paik, Ike Chi, Stanley Pinkowski
On-Site Speaker (Planned) Ike Chi
Abstract Scope NASA has used Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators to power a variety of space missions over the past 50 years. In order to enhance the power and thermoelectric conversion efficiency of future RTGs, the Skutterudite Technology Maturation project at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is working to mature advanced TE technology for use in a proposed enhanced Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (eMMRTG). The eMMRTG would use advanced skutterudite (SKD) based thermoelectric unicouples to convert heat from the natural radioactive decay of plutonium-238 into electricity. In order to maintain the lifetime stability of eMMRTG unicouples, SKD thermoelectric materials need to be phase stable to sustain 17 years of operation at a maximum temperature of ~ 600 degree C in an inert gas atmosphere. Here, we will report on the latest progress for demonstrating manufacturability and validating lifetime performance of advanced SKD thermoelectric materials jointly developed and tested by JPL and Teledyne Energy Systems, Inc.
Proceedings Inclusion? Planned: Supplemental Proceedings volume

OTHER PAPERS PLANNED FOR THIS SYMPOSIUM

Ab-initio Study of TiMSn (M= Ni, Pt, Pd) Alloys using the CRYSTAL Ab-initio Package.
Ab initio Calculations of Thermoelectric Materials
Accelerated Discovery of Efficient Solar-cell Materials using Quantum and Machine-learning Methods
Approaches to Manipulate p-n Conduction Transition and High Thermoelectric Performance in Ga-incorporated Bi2Te3
Assessment of Interface in Bi2Te3 and Sb2Te3 Thin Film Thermoelectric Modules
Black Phosphorus and Semiconducting Transition Metal Dichalcogenides in Contact with Transparent Conductive Oxides for High Efficiency Solar Cells
Current Progress on Fabrication and Life Testing of Advanced Skutterudite Thermoelectric Materials in a Proposed Enhanced Multi-mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (eMMRTG) for Space Power Applications
D-4: Assessment of Co-P Diffusion Barrier for Bismuth Telluride-based Thermoelectric Materials
D-6: Phase Diagram of Bi-Cu-Te and Thermoelectric Properties of Cu Doped Bi2Te3 Alloys
D-7: Phase Diagrams of Ag-Pb-Sn-Te System
D-8: Realizing the Microstructure in GeTe-based Thermoelectric Materials and Phase Transition Behavior
D-9: Thermoelectric Properties of Multiply Doped Mg3(Sb, Bi)2
Defect Formation Energies and Effective Masses in the Mg2(Si,Sn) Solid Solutions via DFT Calculations
Enhanced Averaged zT in n-type Bi2Te3 via Solubility Control
Gradient Composition Layered Microstructure Development in Thermoelectric Mg2(Si,Sn) Alloys Based on Phase Equilibrium
Heat Stability of Mg2Si1-xSnx as Affected by Heat Treatment Temperature and Duration
High Reliability Package of Perovskite Solar Cell by SiNx Passivation Layer with Sn-Bi-In Low-melting Solder
Interfacial Reactions Between Bi2Te3 Substrate with Cu, In, Sn and Ni
Laser Additive Manufacturing of Bismuth Telluride and Silicide Thermoelectric Materials
Lattice Hardening Due to Vacancy Diffusion in (GeTe)mSb2Te3 Alloys
Minor Ga Addition in β-Zn4Sb3 Leads to Major Enhancement in Thermoelectric Performance
Multi-band Electronic and Thermal Transport in Fe2VAl Based Full Heusler Thin Films
Novel Thermoelectric Materials for Power Generation
Optimization of Thermoelectric Performance of Nitrogen- and Boron-doped Carbon Nanotubes
Optimizing Power Factor in Rare Earth-free CoSb3-Skutterudite Thin Films
Phase Diagrams of Ag-Cu-Te Ternary System and Ag2Te/Cu Interfacial Reaction
Polar Tintermetallics as High Temperature Thermoelements
Portable Nanostructured Magneto-Thermoelectric Bi-Sb Alloys at Cryogenic Temperatures
Realizing the Compositional Homogeneity in GeTe-based Thermoelectric Materials and Phase Transition Behavior
Severe Plastic Deformation (SPD) via High Pressure Torsion (HPT) a Perfect Tool not Only to Enhance ZT of Thermoelectric Materials but Also to Produce Them
Synthesis, Processing and Characterizations of Functional Materials for Industrial Applications
Thermal Storage Effect on Thermoelectric Module
Thermoelectric Films Deposited by Pulsed Magnetron Sputtering
Thermoelectric Half Heusler Systems {Nb,Ta}FeSb - Ti1+xFe1.33-xSb
Thermoelectric Properties of p-type Mg Doped CuMO2 Delafossite Thin Films and Modules
Transmission Electron Microscopy Study of Hole-selective Contacts Employed in Silicon Solar Cells
Using Energy Filtering to Change the Thermoelectric Design Paradigm
Utilizing Magnetism and Dilute Magnetic Semiconductors to Enhance Thermoelectric Performance

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