Graphene-assisted synergistic electronic DOS modulation and phonon scattering to improve the thermoelectric performance of Mg<sub>3</sub>Sb<sub>2</sub>-based materials
Qiang Zhang, Jiadang Li, Nagendra S. Chauhan, Lifei Wang, Zhicheng Huang, Wenhao Fan, Kei Hayashi, Shaoping Chen, Jianfeng Fan, Yuzuru Miyazaki
Abstract
A large electronic density of states (DOS) coupled with homogeneous charge distribution can effectively improve the electrical conductivity σ and thus, the thermoelectric figure of merit ZT .
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Thermoelectric effectPhononFigure of meritGrapheneMaterials scienceThermoelectric materialsCondensed matter physicsHomogeneousPhonon scatteringScatteringModulation (music)Electrical resistivity and conductivityOptoelectronicsThermal conductivityNanotechnologyPhysicsOpticsComposite materialQuantum mechanicsStatistical physicsAcousticsAdvanced Thermoelectric Materials and DevicesThermal properties of materialsTopological Materials and Phenomena