1. Sustainable Built Environment
Design Computation
Modelling and Design of Thermal Energy
Harvesting Device
PI: Ricky Ang
 To study both theoretically the detailed
interaction between photons, electrons and
phonons, in order to control their interaction
and to improve the energy conversion process
 To improve the efficiency of thermionic
convertor:
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Using new methods and new materials
Limitation of Space charge effects on the
performance
Applications of thermal conversion progress at
400K for power generation in engine and a
cooling method to keep things at 10 to 100K

2. Modelling and Design of Thermal Energy
Harvesting Device
Using new materials: single-layer graphene
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Over barrier side-band electron emission from graphene using time
varying potential
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Published in Carbon, 61, page 294-298 (2013) [2012 IF = 5.868]
By Shijun Liu and L. K. Ang [Key note oral in IVEC May 21-23, 2013, Paris]
Invitation in IEEE Transaction on Electron Device [2012 IF = 2.062]