Enhanced thermoelectric performance of nominal 19-electron half-Heusler compound NbCoSb with intrinsic Nb and Sb vacancies
Lihong Huang, Tong Liu, A. Huang, Guocai Yuan, J. Wang, Jingjie Liao, Xiaobo Lei, Q. Zhang, Zhifeng Ren
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Materials scienceThermoelectric effectImpurityVacancy defectCondensed matter physicsAlloyThermoelectric materialsValence electronElectronSemiconductorSolid solutionDopingThermodynamicsMetallurgyOptoelectronicsPhysicsOrganic chemistryChemistryQuantum mechanicsAdvanced Thermoelectric Materials and DevicesHeusler alloys: electronic and magnetic propertiesChalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films