Resumo:
This work presents a complete study of thermoelectric materials. It starts with a study
of a Solar Concentrator and the development of a Genetic Algorithm and Cross-Entropy
for analyzing experimental data. Contains a study on thermoelectric devices, from a new
experimental setup. It also counts on the development and manufacture of an entire
equipment for measuring thermoelectric materials, both bulks and thin films. It ends
with the preparation of a specific thermoelectric material, the MoS2, and the use of all
the apparatus previously developed for its study.