Bismuth telluride–copper telluride nanocomposites from heterostructured building blocks
Yu Zhang, Yu Liu, Mariano Calcabrini, Congcong Xing, Xu Han, Jordi Arbiol, Doris Cadavid, María Ibáñez, Andreu Cabot
Abstract
Appropriately designed Bi<sub>2</sub>Te<sub>3</sub>–Cu<sub>2−x</sub>Te nanocomposites allow an improvement of over 50% of the thermoelectric figure of merit of Bi<sub>2</sub>Te<sub>3</sub>.
Topics & Concepts
Bismuth tellurideMaterials scienceTellurideNanocompositeBismuthCopperThermoelectric effectFigure of meritThermoelectric materialsTelluriumNanotechnologyOptoelectronicsMetallurgyComposite materialThermodynamicsThermal conductivityPhysicsAdvanced Thermoelectric Materials and DevicesChalcogenide Semiconductor Thin FilmsHeusler alloys: electronic and magnetic properties