Fully Ab-Initio Determination of the Thermoelectric Properties of Half-Heusler NiTiSn: Crucial Role of Interstitial Ni Defects

For thermoelectric applications, ab initio methods generally fail to predict the transport properties of the materials because of their inability to predict properly the carrier concentrations that control the electronic properties. In this work, a methodology to fill in this gap is applied on the N...

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Main Authors: Alexandre Berche, Philippe Jund
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-05-01
Series:Materials
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/11/6/868