High thermoelectric performance in Bi 0.46 Sb 1.54 Te 3 nanostructured with ZnTe

Deng, Rigui; Su, Xianli; Hao, Shiqiang; Zheng, Zheng; Zhang, Min; Xie, Hongyao; Liu, Wei; Yan, Yonggao; Wolverton, Chris; Uher, Ctirad; Kanatzidis, Mercouri G.; Tang, Xinfeng

doi:10.1039/c8ee00290h

High thermoelectric performance in Bi _0.46 Sb _1.54 Te ₃ nanostructured with ZnTe

Journal Article · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 2018 · Energy & Environmental Science

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c8ee00290h· OSTI ID:1540035

Deng, Rigui ^[1]; ^[2]; Hao, Shiqiang ^[3]; Zheng, Zheng ^[4]; Zhang, Min ^[4]; Xie, Hongyao ^[4]; Liu, Wei ^[4]; Yan, Yonggao ^[4]; Wolverton, Chris ^[3]; Uher, Ctirad ^[5]; ^[6]; ^[4]

State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing; Wuhan University of Technology; Wuhan 430070; China; DOE/OSTI
State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing; Wuhan University of Technology; Wuhan 430070; China; Department of Chemistry
Department of Materials Science and Engineering; Northwestern University; Evanston; USA
State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing; Wuhan University of Technology; Wuhan 430070; China
Department of Physics; University of Michigan; Ann Arbor; USA
Department of Chemistry; Northwestern University; Evanston; USA; Department of Materials Science and Engineering

High performance BiSbTe alloy and modules with a conversion efficiency of 5% are achieved through integrating Zn induced defect complexity with nanostructuring.

Research Organization:: Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

DOE Contract Number:: SC0014520

OSTI ID:: 1540035

Journal Information:: Energy & Environmental Science, Journal Name: Energy & Environmental Science Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 11; ISSN EESNBY; ISSN 1754-5692

Publisher:: Royal Society of Chemistry

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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