Crystal structure and atomic vacancy optimized thermoelectric properties in gadolinium selenides

• Main Authors: Qin, Feiyu, Nikolaev, Sergey A., Suwardi, Ady, Wood, Maxwell, Zhu, Yingcai, Tan, Xianyi, Aydemir, Umut, Ren, Yang, Yan, Qingyu, Hu, Lei, Snyder, G. Jeffrey
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Engineering; Engineering::Materials; Phonons; Crystal Structure
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/148336
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Thermoelectric materials enable the mutual energy conversion of waste heat and electricity, critical to relieve global energy crisis. Hightemperature thermoelectric materials are special species due to their high-temperature stability and noticeable energy conversion efficiency. Here, we report a sy...