Significant enhancement in thermoelectric properties of half-Heusler compound TiNiSn by grain boundary engineering
Xiaoling Zhang, Shuang Li, Bo Zou, Pengfei Xu, Yilin Song, Biao Xu, Yifeng Wang, Guodong Tang, Sen Yang
Topics & Concepts
Materials scienceThermoelectric effectGrain boundarySeebeck coefficientThermoelectric materialsFigure of meritThermal conductivitySinteringGrain sizeDopingCondensed matter physicsMetallurgyComposite materialOptoelectronicsThermodynamicsMicrostructurePhysicsAdvanced Thermoelectric Materials and DevicesHeusler alloys: electronic and magnetic propertiesThermal properties of materials