Enhanced figure of merit in antimony telluride thermoelectric materials by In-Ag co-alloying for mid-temperature power generation

Acta Materialia

Volumn 85, Issue , 2015, Pages 270-278

  Hu, L P ^a   Zhu, T J ^a,b   Yue, X Q ^a   Liu, X H ^a   Wang, Y G ^a   Xu, Z J ^a   Zhao, X B ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antimony telluride; In alloying; Point defects; Thermoelectric materials

Indexed keywords

ALLOYING; ALLOYS; DEFECTS; ENERGY GAP; HOLE CONCENTRATION; POINT DEFECTS; SILVER; SILVER ALLOYS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRIC POWER; THERMOELECTRICITY;

ANTIMONY TELLURIDE; BIPOLAR CONDUCTION; EFFECTIVE APPROACHES; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; LATTICE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THERMO-ELECTRIC MATERIALS; THERMOELECTRIC ALLOYS;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84919486715     PISSN: 13596454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2014.11.023     Document Type: Article

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