Grain Boundary Engineering for Achieving High Thermoelectric Performance in n-Type Skutterudites

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Title: Grain Boundary Engineering for Achieving High Thermoelectric Performance in n-Type Skutterudites

Authors:

Meng, Xianfu ^[1]; Liu, Zihang ^[1]; Cui, Bo ^[2]; Qin, Dandan ^[1]; Geng, Huiyuan ^[1]; Cai, Wei ^[2]; Fu, Liangwei ^[3]; He, Jiaqing ^[3]; Ren, Zhifeng ^[4]; Sui, Jiehe ^[1]

State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001 China
National Key Laboratory for Precision Hot Processing of Metals and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001 China
Department of Physics, South University of Science and Technology of China, Shenzhen 518055 China
Department of Physics and TcSUH, University of Houston, Houston TX 77204 USA

Publication Date:: 2017-02-17

Research Org.:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Solid-State Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion Center (S3TEC)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

OSTI Identifier:: 1388361

DOE Contract Number:: SC0001299; FG02-09ER46577

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Advanced Energy Materials

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 7; Journal Issue: 13; Related Information: S3TEC partners with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (lead); Boston College; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Journal ID: ISSN 1614-6832

Publisher:: Wiley

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: solar (photovoltaic), solar (thermal), solid state lighting, phonons, thermal conductivity, thermoelectric, defects, mechanical behavior, charge transport, spin dynamics, materials and chemistry by design, optics, synthesis (novel materials), synthesis (self-assembly), synthesis (scalable processing)

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                    Meng, Xianfu, Liu, Zihang, Cui, Bo, Qin, Dandan, Geng, Huiyuan, Cai, Wei, Fu, Liangwei, He, Jiaqing, Ren, Zhifeng, and Sui, Jiehe. Grain Boundary Engineering for Achieving High Thermoelectric Performance in n-Type Skutterudites.  United States: N. p., 2017. 
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                    Meng, Xianfu, Liu, Zihang, Cui, Bo, Qin, Dandan, Geng, Huiyuan, Cai, Wei, Fu, Liangwei, He, Jiaqing, Ren, Zhifeng, & Sui, Jiehe. Grain Boundary Engineering for Achieving High Thermoelectric Performance in n-Type Skutterudites.  United States.  doi:10.1002/aenm.201602582.

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                    Meng, Xianfu, Liu, Zihang, Cui, Bo, Qin, Dandan, Geng, Huiyuan, Cai, Wei, Fu, Liangwei, He, Jiaqing, Ren, Zhifeng, and Sui, Jiehe. Fri .  
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  title        = {Grain Boundary Engineering for Achieving High Thermoelectric Performance in n-Type Skutterudites},

  author       = {Meng, Xianfu and Liu, Zihang and Cui, Bo and Qin, Dandan and Geng, Huiyuan and Cai, Wei and Fu, Liangwei and He, Jiaqing and Ren, Zhifeng and Sui, Jiehe},

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