Combining alloy scattering of phonons and resonant electronic levels to reach a high thermoelectric figure of merit in PbTeSe and PbTeS alloys

Energy and Environmental Science

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 4155-4162

  Jaworski, Christopher M ^a   Wiendlocha, Bartlomiej ^a,b   Jovovic, Vladimir ^a   Heremans, Joseph P ^a,c  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

^b AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY SCATTERING; DENSITY OF STATE; DOUBLE DOPING; ELECTRONIC LEVELS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE CALCULATIONS; OPTIMAL COMPOSITION; P-TYPE; PBTE; RESONANT BEHAVIOR; THERMOELECTRIC FIGURE OF MERIT;

ALLOYS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; LEAD; SODIUM; THALLIUM; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CERIUM ALLOYS;

ALLOY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON; LEAD; RESONANCE; SCATTERING; TELLURIUM; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 80053327647     PISSN: 17545692     EISSN: 17545706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c1ee01895g     Document Type: Article

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