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Funding AnnounementsFrom the NanoFreeze.com website, the Lund, Sweden based company founded in 2005 "develops a thermoelectric coolchip having a high efficiency, 10-15 times higher than so called Peltier-elements working on the same basic principle." Their website assures us they are using nanotechnology, that they have raised some 7.4 MSEK (US$1.15) venture capital and plan to have their first product in 2010. Nanocoolers , the Austin,Texas thermoelectric startup (2002) company with 15 employees founded by form IBM researcher Uttam Ghoshal has closed shop after burning through about US$19M of venture captial and about $3M of Texas state funding as reported by the Austin Statesman. Krishna Srinivasan of Austin Ventures is quoted as saying "we couldn't get it up to the performance level that made it Semiconductor Today reported December 26, 2007: "High-purity metals and alloy producer 5N Plus Inc of Montreal, Québec, Canada has completed its initial public offering on the Toronto Stock Exchange at a price of $3.00 per share, yielding proceeds of $34.5m. In addition, in a parallel secondary offering, minority shareholder II-VI Inc of Saxonburg, PA, USA has sold its stake in 5N Plus for gross proceeds of $32m." 5N Plus has been known to provide both raw elements and thermoelectric grade bismuth telluride alloys. II-VI Inc. is the parent company of Marlow Industries, a major thermoelectric cooling manufacturer. Company info indicates they provide products for the "rapidly expanding" solar market, and a number of other electronic applications. Since their IPO at $3/share on Dec. 20, 2007 the share price has reached $9.45 and is closed yesterday (Jan. 9, 2007) at $6.35. ENECO, the Salt Lake City based R&D company developing what they describe as a "Thermal Diode" for energy conversion and which once held patent rights to the Pons & Fleischmann cold fusion 'discovery', has reportedly (Green Buisness News) landed US$20M from Proterra Energy in a new partnership valued at US$2B (that's 109) over the next seven years. ENECO gets a 10% cut. Post-doc position on Thermoelectric oxides Subject : Synthesis and Characterization of new thermoelectric oxides In the laboratory CRISMAT, an intense research program is dedicated to the investigation of the thermoelectric properties of different families of oxides. We are currently looking for one post-doctoral fellow, for one year. The applicant will be in charge of the synthesis of these oxides by standard solid state chemistry, their structural characterization by X-Ray diffraction, and the measurements of their transport properties (resistivity, thermal conductivity and Seebeck coefficient). This work is closely connected to an industrial contract. Applicant profile : Application form :
Bernard Raveau Clemson, South Carolina, 20040929 (from Dr. Terry Tritt): Department of Energy awards $3 Million to Clemson Clemson University, under the guidance of professor Terry M. Tritt in the department of physics and astronomy (P&A), has just received a major grant from the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a Center of Excellence in Thermoelectric Materials Research. The first phase of the grant (2004-2007) will total almost $3M: $1.32M from DOE and $1.67M from the South Carolina EPSCoR/IDeA Program and Clemson University. The second phase of the grant (2007-2010) is expected to be of similar magnitude. The magnitude of the funds involved in this program will enable Clemson to build a nationally recognized research center focused on the next generation thermoelectric (TE) materials for power conversion and/or refrigeration technologies. more... March 7, 2004 - The Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Ninesigma announced on Feb. 25, 2004 a call for proposals to demonstrate nano-particle manufacturing techniques suitable industrial quantities of bulk thermoelectric materials. According to their website (with all the details, including the full RFP and Abstract template) http://www.ninesigma.com/mx/30337-07-10a/rfp.html Abstracts are due March 26, 2004. Ninesigma is representing Delphi Corporation and believes a ZT=2 PbTe-based material could provide TE cooling systems competitive with current vehicle air conditioners. They anticipate "annual volume could reach 1000 tons/year over the next 10 years.". The US Department of Energy released the following in a News Article on Nov. 12, 2003: Advanced Thermoelectric Materials for Efficient Waste Heat Recovery in |
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