Broad temperature plateau for thermoelectric figure of merit ZT>2 in phase-separated PbTe0.7S0.3

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Wu, H J ^a   Zhao, L D ^b   Zheng, F S ^a   Wu, D ^a   Pei, Y L ^c   Tong, X ^a   Kanatzidis, M G ^b   He, J Q ^a  

^a SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD; NANOMATERIAL; TELLURIUM;

BIOENGINEERING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COOLING; ELECTRICAL METHOD; HEAT BALANCE; OPTIMIZATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ENERGY CONVERSION; PHASE SEPARATION; PHONON; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOELECTRICS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84905268874     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5515     Document Type: Article

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