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

Journal Article · · Energy & Environmental Science
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c8ee00290h· OSTI ID:1540035
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  1. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing; Wuhan University of Technology; Wuhan 430070; China
  2. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing; Wuhan University of Technology; Wuhan 430070; China; Department of Chemistry
  3. Department of Materials Science and Engineering; Northwestern University; Evanston; USA
  4. Department of Physics; University of Michigan; Ann Arbor; USA
  5. 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, Vol. 11, Issue 6; ISSN 1754-5692
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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