High thermoelectric performance via hierarchical compositionally alloyed nanostructures

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 135, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 7364-7370

  Zhao, Li Dong ^a   Hao, Shiqiang ^b   Lo, Shih Han ^b   Wu, Chun I ^c   Zhou, Xiaoyuan ^d   Lee, Yeseul ^a   Li, Hao ^a   Biswas, Kanishka ^a   Hogan, Timothy P ^c   Uher, Ctirad ^d   Wolverton, C ^b   Dravid, Vinayak P ^b   Kanatzidis, Mercouri G ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c Michigan State University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND ALIGNMENTS; DESIGN STRATEGIES; LATTICE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; LENGTH SCALE; POWER FACTORS; SUB-LATTICES; THERMOELECTRIC PERFORMANCE; VALENCE BAND ENERGY LEVELS;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOELECTRICITY; VALENCE BANDS; ZINC SULFIDE;

NANOSTRUCTURES;

ALLOY; CADMIUM; LEAD; NANOMATERIAL; TELLURIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84877814073     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja403134b     Document Type: Article

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