Revisiting some chalcogenides for thermoelectricity

Thermoelectric materials that are efficient well above ambient temperature are needed to convert waste-heat into electricity. Many thermoelectric oxides were investigated for this purpose, but their power factor (PF) values were too small (~10−4 W m−1 K−2) to yield a satisfactory figure of merit zT....

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Main Author: Antoine Maignan, Emmanuel Guilmeau, Franck Gascoin, Yohann Bréard and Vincent Hardy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2012-01-01
Series:Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1468-6996/13/5/053003