Valence disproportionation of GeS in the PbS matrix forms Pb₅Ge₅S₁₂ inclusions with conduction band alignment leading to high n-type thermoelectric performance

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Luo, Zhong-Zhen, Cai, Songting, Hao, Shiqiang, Bailey, Trevor P., Xie, Hongyao, Slade, Tyler J., Liu, Yukun, Luo, Yubo, Chen, Zixuan, Xu, Jianwei, Luo, Wenjun, Yu, Yan, Uher, Ctirad, Wolverton, Christopher, Dravid, Vinayak P., Zou, Zhigang, Yan, Qingyu, Kanatzidis, Mercouri G.
• مؤلفون آخرون: School of Materials Science and Engineering
• التنسيق: مقال
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2022
• الموضوعات: Engineering::Materials; Thermoelectric Material; Thermoelectric Performance
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/161744

Converting waste heat into useful electricity using solid-state thermoelectrics has a potential for enormous global energy savings. Lead chalcogenides are among the most prominent thermoelectric materials, whose performance decreases with an increase in chalcogen amounts (e.g., PbTe > PbSe > P...