High thermoelectric figure of merit in PbTe alloys demonstrated in PbTe-CdTe

Advanced Energy Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 670-675

  Pei, Yanzhong ^a   LaLonde, Aaron D ^a   Heinz, Nicholas A ^a   Snyder, G Jeffrey ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; IV-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; PHONONS; SOLID SOLUTIONS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL ENGINEERING; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRIC POWER; THERMOELECTRICITY;

ALLOY SCATTERING; BAND STRUCTURE ENGINEERING; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT; LATTICE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; SOLID SOLUTION ALLOY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; THERMOELECTRIC FIGURE OF MERIT; THERMOELECTRIC PERFORMANCE; AVERAGE DISTANCE; CDTE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; P-TYPE; PBTE; UPPER LIMITS;

LEAD ALLOYS; ALLOYS;

EID: 84863698821     PISSN: 16146832     EISSN: 16146840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201100770     Document Type: Article

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