Multiphase thermoelectrics : effect of second phase in ex-SITU Cu7Te4-Bi0.4Sb1.6Te3 and in-SITU SnTe-SnSe nanocomposites

• Main Author: Tan, Li Ping
• Other Authors: Hng Huey Hoon
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Energy materials; DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Nanostructured materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/61779
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Thermoelectric (TE) materials are a potential source of alternative energy, and have been the subject of research since the 1950s, with their figure of merit (ZT) fluctuating at about 1. Only recently were breakthroughs made in research, based on approaches like nanostructuring, presence of multiple...