Achieving high-performance n-type PbTe via synergistically optimizing effective mass and carrier concentration and suppressing lattice thermal conductivity
Hang-Tian Liu, Qiang Sun, Yan Zhong, Chengliang Xia, Yue Chen, Zhi‐Gang Chen, Ran Ang
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Thermoelectric effectMaterials sciencePhonon scatteringDopingThermal conductivityThermoelectric materialsEffective mass (spring–mass system)Condensed matter physicsGrain boundaryPhononScatteringAtmospheric temperature rangeFigure of meritMicroscale chemistryNanotechnologyOptoelectronicsComposite materialMicrostructureThermodynamicsOpticsPhysicsQuantum mechanicsMathematics educationMathematicsAdvanced Thermoelectric Materials and DevicesThermal properties of materialsThermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies