Synergistic carrier and phonon transport advance Ag dynamically-doped n-type PbTe thermoelectrics <i>via</i> Mn alloying
Wei Yuan, Qian Deng, Dong Pan, Xiang An, Canyang Zhao, Wenjun Su, Zhengmin He, Qiang Sun, Ran Ang
Abstract
Optimizing n-type PbTe thermoelectric materials to match their better-performing p-type counterparts is critical for realizing their practical applications.
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