ULTRATHIN NANOWIRE-BASED AND NANOSCALE HETEROSTRUCTURE-BASED THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION STRUCTURES AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME

摘要

A nanoscale heterostructure tellurium-based nanowire structure, including a rod-like tellurium nanowire structure and a metal telluride agglomeration connected to the rod-like nanowire structure. The metal telluride agglomeration may have an octahedral shape or a platelet shape. The agglomeration structures are selected from the group comprising lead telluride, cadmium telluride, bismuth telluride, and combinations thereof.