Non-equilibrium processing leads to record high thermoelectric figure of merit in PbTe–SrTe

Autor: Gangjian Tan, Fengyuan Shi, Shiqiang Hao, Li-Dong Zhao, Hang Chi, Xiaomi Zhang, Ctirad Uher, Chris Wolverton, Vinayak P. Dravid, Mercouri G. Kanatzidis
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12167
Popis: Alloying lead telluride has proven a good strategy to improve its thermoelectric properties. Here, the authors use a rapid temperature quenching to prepare compounds alloyed above the thermodynamic solubility limit, which results in band convergence and high thermoelectric figures of merit.
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