Icosahedral silicon boride: a potential hybrid photovoltaic-thermoelectric for energy harvesting

• Main Authors: Xia, Kang, Chen, Qun, Gao, Hao, Feng, Xiaolei, Yuan, JIanan, Liu, Cong, Redfern, Simon Anthony Turner, Sun, Jian
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials; Borides; Ambient Pressures
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/170794
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Boron-rich compounds have attracted significant attention due to their promising and diverse physical properties, which include ultrahardness, resistance to oxidation and corrosion, and even superconductivity. Here, using a crystal structure search method based on first-principles calculations, we f...