Suppressing Ag<sub>2</sub>Te nanoprecipitates for enhancing thermoelectric efficiency of AgSbTe<sub>2</sub>
Zichen Gong, Kıvanç Sağlık, Jing Wu, Ady Suwardi, Jing Cao
Abstract
High performance AgSbTe 2 can be achieved in an off-stoichiometry composition using non-equilibrium thermal annealing, followed by quenching.
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