Reducing Lattice Thermal Conductivity of the Thermoelectric Compound AgSbTe2 (P4/mmm) by Lanthanum Substitution: Computational and Experimental Approaches

Journal of Electronic Materials

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3772-3779

  Amouyal, Yaron ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

first principles calculations; lattice dynamics; silver antimony telluride; thermal conductivity; Thermoelectricity; vibrational properties

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY COMPOUNDS; CALCULATIONS; LANTHANUM ALLOYS; LATTICE VIBRATIONS; TERNARY ALLOYS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; THERMOELECTRICITY;

ANTIMONY TELLURIDE; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; LATTICE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOELECTRIC COMPOUND; VIBRATIONAL DENSITY OF STATE; VIBRATIONAL PROPERTIES; WIDE TEMPERATURE RANGES;

PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84909958969     PISSN: 03615235     EISSN: 1543186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11664-014-3145-y     Document Type: Article

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