An IEMN researcher is awarded an ERC Starting Grant !
The project, named UPTEG « Unconventional Principles of ThermoElectric Generation », propose to test two unorthodox ideas to turn silicon into a thermoelectric material ! Indeed, thermal to electric energy conversion via Seebeck effect remains an inefficient process especially for low temperature gradients. In addition, conventional thermoelectric materials are polluting, rare and hardly compatible with microelectronics mainstream technologies… […]