Enhancing the thermoelectric performance of SnTe-CuSbSe<sub>2</sub>with an ultra-low lattice thermal conductivity
Huihong Xu, Han Wan, Rui Xu, Zeqing Hu, Xiaolong Liang, Zhou Li, Ji‐Ming Song
Abstract
Multifarious defects are introduced in SnTe by CuSbSe 2 alloying to induce full-scale phonon scattering, which leads to an ultra-low lattice thermal conductivity, reaching the amorphous limit, and achieves prominent thermoelectric performance.
Topics & Concepts
Condensed matter physicsThermoelectric effectThermal conductivityMaterials sciencePhononThermoelectric materialsPhonon scatteringLattice (music)ScatteringAmorphous solidPhysicsThermodynamicsChemistryComposite materialOpticsCrystallographyAcousticsAdvanced Thermoelectric Materials and DevicesThermal properties of materialsThermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies