Enhanced thermoelectric properties of n-type NbCoSn half-Heusler by improving phase purity

Here we report the thermoelectric properties of NbCoSn-based n-type half-Heuslers (HHs) that were obtained through arc melting, ball milling, and hot pressing process. With 10% Sb substitution at the Sn site, we obtained enhanced n-type properties with a maximum power factor reaching ∼35 μW cm−1 K−2...

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Main Authors: Ran He, Lihong Huang, Yumei Wang, Georgy Samsonidze, Boris Kozinsky, Qinyong Zhang, Zhifeng Ren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2016-10-01
Series:APL Materials
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4952994