Significant ZT enhancement in p-type Ti(Co,Fe)Sb-InSb nanocomposites via a synergistic high-mobility electron injection, energy-filtering and boundary-scattering approach

Acta Materialia

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2087-2094

  Xie, W J ^a,b   Yan, Y G ^a   Zhu, S ^c   Zhou, M ^c   Populoh, S ^b   Galazka K ^b   Poon, S J ^d   Weidenkaff, A ^b   He, J ^c   Tang, X F ^a   Tritt, T M ^c  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Half Heusler; Nanocomposites; Thermoelectric

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY SCATTERING; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENERGY FILTERING; FIGURE OF MERITS; HALF-HEUSLER; HALF-HEUSLER ALLOYS; HALF-HEUSLER COMPOUND; HALL COEFFICIENT MEASUREMENTS; HIGH-MOBILITY ELECTRONS; LATTICE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; LOW ENERGY ELECTRONS; MATERIALS DESIGN; NANO INCLUSION; NANO-STRUCTURING; P-TYPE; THERMO-ELECTRIC MATERIALS; THERMOELECTRIC; THERMOELECTRIC DEVICES; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

ANTIMONY COMPOUNDS; CERIUM ALLOYS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON INJECTION; INDIUM ANTIMONIDES; NANOCOMPOSITES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY;

COBALT COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84874000904     PISSN: 13596454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2012.12.028     Document Type: Article

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