Fast fabrication of SnTe <i>via</i> a non-equilibrium method and enhanced thermoelectric properties by medium-entropy engineering
Haojian Su, Yemao Han, Liancheng Xie, Mingyue Jiang, Zekun Wang, Zhicong Miao, Guoqiang Liu, Min Zhou, Rongjin Huang, Laifeng Li
Abstract
SnTe thermoelectric materials with low lattice thermal conductivity were synthesized by a self-propagating method under high-gravity field.
Topics & Concepts
Materials scienceFabricationThermoelectric effectEntropy (arrow of time)Engineering physicsNanotechnologyThermodynamicsCondensed matter physicsOptoelectronicsEngineeringPathologyAlternative medicinePhysicsMedicineAdvanced Thermoelectric Materials and DevicesThermal Radiation and Cooling TechnologiesThermal properties of materials