Ultralow thermal conductivity and high thermoelectric figure of merit in mixed valence In<sub>5</sub>X<sub>5</sub>Br (X = S, and Se) compounds
Tribhuwan Pandey, Arun S. Nissimagoudar, Avanish Mishra, Abhishek K. Singh
Abstract
We predict that mixed valent indium compounds exhibit a combination of high electrical conductivity, high thermopower, and low thermal conductivity, resulting in a large thermoelectric figure of merit.
Topics & Concepts
Figure of meritSeebeck coefficientThermal conductivityThermoelectric effectThermoelectric materialsValence (chemistry)Materials scienceCondensed matter physicsElectrical resistivity and conductivityIndiumEngineering physicsOptoelectronicsThermodynamicsPhysicsComposite materialQuantum mechanicsAdvanced Thermoelectric Materials and DevicesMachine Learning in Materials ScienceChalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films