High-performance p-type elemental Te thermoelectric materials enabled by the synergy of carrier tuning and phonon engineering
Decheng An, Shaoping Chen, Xin Zhai, Yuan Yu, Wenhao Fan, Tingting Zhang, Yequn Liu, Yucheng Wu, Wenxian Wang, G. Jeffrey Snyder
Abstract
An outstanding figure-of-merit <italic>zT</italic> ≈ 1.06 at 600 K for p-type elemental Te thermoelectrics is realized by synergistically tuning their carrier and phonon transport behaviors <italic>via</italic> a multicomponent alloying strategy.
Topics & Concepts
Figure of meritThermoelectric materialsPhononThermoelectric effectMaterials scienceCharge-carrier densityOptoelectronicsEngineering physicsCondensed matter physicsNanotechnologyPhysicsDopingThermodynamicsAdvanced Thermoelectric Materials and DevicesChalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films2D Materials and Applications