Ultrahigh thermoelectric performance in Cu 2 Se-based hybrid materials with highly dispersed molecular CNTs

Nunna, Raghavendra; Qiu, Pengfei; Yin, Meijie; Chen, Hongyi; Hanus, Riley; Song, Qingfeng; Zhang, Tiansong; Chou, Mei-Yin; Agne, Matthias T.; He, Jiaqing; Snyder, G. Jeffrey; Shi, Xun; Chen, Lidong

doi:10.1039/C7EE01737E

Ultrahigh thermoelectric performance in Cu ₂ Se-based hybrid materials with highly dispersed molecular CNTs

Journal Article · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 2017 · Energy & Environmental Science

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/C7EE01737E· OSTI ID:1469865

Nunna, Raghavendra ^[1]; Qiu, Pengfei ^[1]; Yin, Meijie ^[2]; Chen, Hongyi ^[1]; ^[3]; Song, Qingfeng ^[1]; Zhang, Tiansong ^[1]; Chou, Mei-Yin ^[4]; ^[3]; He, Jiaqing ^[2]; ^[3]; Shi, Xun ^[1]; Chen, Lidong ^[1]

State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure; Shanghai Institute of Ceramics; Chinese Academy of Science; Shanghai 200050; China
Department of Physics; South University of Science and Technology of China; Shenzhen 518055; China
Materials Science and Engineering; Northwestern University; Evanston IL 60208; USA
Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences; Academia Sinica; Taipei 10617; Taiwan

By utilizing the interaction between Cu and CNTs, a record-highzTof 2.4 has been achieved in Cu₂Se/CNT hybrid materials.

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

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

DOE Contract Number:: SC0001299; SC0001299

OSTI ID:: 1469865

Journal Information:: Energy & Environmental Science, Journal Name: Energy & Environmental Science Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 10; ISSN EESNBY; ISSN 1754-5692

Publisher:: Royal Society of Chemistry

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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