Antimony telluride nanoplates for thermoelectric applications

• Main Author: Koh, Clarissa Wei Shan.
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Nanotechnology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/15318
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This project focuses on a novel solvothermal synthesis method of Antimony Telluride nanoplates in the pure and doped forms for thermoelectric applications. As compared with its bulk counterpart, Sb2Te3 has numerous added advantages, mainly attributed to its quantum confinement effect. The nanopla...