High thermoelectric performance of oxyselenides: Intrinsically low thermal conductivity of Ca-doped BiCuSeO

NPG Asia Materials

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Pei, Yan Ling ^a   He, Jiaqing ^b   Li, Jing Feng ^c   Fuli, ^c   Liu, Qijun ^d,e   Pan, Wei ^c   Barreteau, Celine ^f   Berardan, David ^f   Dragoe, Nita ^f   Zhao, Li Dong ^f  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Bicuseo; Electrical conductivity; Seebeck coefficient; Thermal conductivity; Thermoelectric

Indexed keywords

BICUSEO; CONCENTRATION CALCULATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; LOW THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; NATURAL SUPERLATTICES; THERMOELECTRIC; THERMOELECTRIC PERFORMANCE;

CALCIUM; CHEMICAL BONDS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; SEEBECK COEFFICIENT; THERMOELECTRICITY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84878970897     PISSN: 18844049     EISSN: 18844057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/am.2013.15     Document Type: Article

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