Enhancement of thermoelectric performance in a non-toxic CuInTe<sub>2</sub>/SnTe coated grain nanocomposite
Junphil Hwang, Minju Lee, Byung‐Kyu Yu, Mi‐Kyung Han, Woochul Kim, Jungwon Kim, Rabih Al Rahal Al Orabi, Hongchao Wang, Somnath Acharya, Jiyong Kim, Yingshi Jin, Hwanjoo Park, Sujin Kim, Sujin Kim, So-Hyeon Yang, Sung-Jin Kim, Sung-Jin Kim
Abstract
A new design strategy to synthesize a toxic-free coated grain nanocomposite. Synergetic enhancement of thermoelectric performance by energy filtering and coherent phonon scattering.
Topics & Concepts
NanocompositeThermoelectric effectMaterials scienceGrain sizeScatteringPhonon scatteringThermoelectric materialsPhononOptoelectronicsNanotechnologyComposite materialCondensed matter physicsOpticsThermal conductivityPhysicsThermodynamicsAdvanced Thermoelectric Materials and DevicesThermal Radiation and Cooling TechnologiesThermal properties of materials