Non-equilibrium processing leads to record high thermoelectric figure of merit in PbTe–SrTe

The broad-based implementation of thermoelectric materials in converting heat to electricity hinges on the achievement of high conversion efficiency. Here we demonstrate a thermoelectric figure of merit ZT of 2.5 at 923 K by the cumulative integration of several performance-enhancing concepts in a s...

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Main Authors: Tan, Gangjian, Shi, Fengyuan, Hao, Shiqiang, Zhao, Li-Dong, Chi, Hang, Zhang, Xiaomi, Uher, Ctirad, Wolverton, Chris, Dravid, Vinayak P., Kanatzidis, Mercouri G.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4963473/