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Mismatched Alloys, A Good Match for Thermoelectics
Researchers in the Berkeley Lab's Materials Sciences Division used NERSC'S Franklin supercomputer to demonstrate that the introduction of oxygen atoms to the semiconductor zinc selenide will produce a “highly mismatched alloy” whose thermoelectric performance is substantially enhanced with no loss of electric conductivity. Thermoelectrics are promising technology for green energy production. |
To map our home planet, Google Earth depends mostly on satellite imagery for land surfaces and sonar imagery for the sea floor. Maps of the Universe likewise depend on different kinds of detectors for different kinds of features.When astrophysicist Julian Borrill came to Berkeley Lab's National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) in 1997, his first project was designing computational tools for future CMB experiments, a toolbox capable of handling an expected flood of cosmic data. Learn more |
The National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center is the flagship supercomputer facility for the Office of Science in the U. S. Department of Energy. It carries out unclassified research in many disciplines. Find out more about science at NERSC. Learn more.
ESnet (Energy Sciences Network) is a high-speed network serving scientists and their collaborators supported by the U.S. Department of Energy. Learn more.
The Computational Research Division (CRD) creates computational tools and techniques that enable scientific breakthroughs by conducting applied research and development in computer science, computational science and applied mathematics. Learn more.
