Preparation and caracterization of thermoelectric materials

Abstract

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.