first MIcro-Thermoelectric module based on Oxides – MITO

The project MITO is an ambitious applied research project which aims to integrate for the first time promising thermoelectric (TE) materials based on oxides into micrometric TE modules for efficient thermal management onto micro-opto-electronic platforms. The TE oxides will be based on perovskite structures (ABO3) that are chemically stable and tunable, non toxic and integrable on Si by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) with single-crystalline quality. The main objectives of the project are i) to enhance the TE figure of merit (ZT) of the developed oxide films beyond the state-of-the-art by chemical and structural engineering strategies, ii) to obtain optimal p-type dopant, and finally iii) to build a micrometric TE module as a demonstrator, composed of electrically connected p-n leg pairs. The project will be led by R. Bachelet at INL - Nanolyon where the supporting team has all the required complementary skills.