Discovery of low-temperature GeTe-based thermoelectric alloys with high performance competing with Bi<sub>2</sub>Te<sub>3</sub>
Longquan Wang, Junqin Li, Chunxiao Zhang, Chunxiao Zhang, Teng Ding, Yucheng Xie, Yu Li, Fusheng Liu, Weiqin Ao, Chaohua Zhang, Chaohua Zhang
Abstract
A kind of low-temperature thermoelectric material is discovered in quenched GeTe-based alloys with high performance superior to Bi<sub>2</sub>Te<sub>3</sub>-based alloys.
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Thermoelectric effectMaterials scienceThermoelectric materialsEngineering physicsCondensed matter physicsMetallurgyThermodynamicsPhysicsAdvanced Thermoelectric Materials and DevicesAdvanced Thermodynamics and Statistical MechanicsThermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies