Recent Advances in Nanostructured Thermoelectric Half-Heusler Compounds

Rattler-seeded InSb nanoinclusions from metastable indium-filled In0.1Co4Sb12 skutterudites for high-performance thermoelectrics

(2012) J. Eilertsen et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Nanosized precipitates in half-Heusler TiNiSn alloy

(2012) Yaw Wang Chai et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Increased electrical conductivity in fine-grained (Zr,Hf)NiSn based thermoelectric materials with nanoscale precipitates

(2012) Han-Hui Xie et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Interrelation between atomic switching disorder and thermoelectric properties of ZrNiSn half-Heusler compounds

(2012) Han-Hui Xie et al.   CRYSTENGCOMM

Enhanced thermoelectric properties of n-type Mg2.16(Si0.4Sn0.6)1−ySby due to nano-sized Sn-rich precipitates and an optimized electron concentration

(2012) Wei Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

High performance half-Heusler thermoelectric materials with refined grains and nanoscale precipitates

(2012) Cui Yu et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH

Structure and transport behavior of In-filled cobalt rhodium antimonide skutterudites

(2012) James Eilertsen et al.   JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY

Enhancement of Thermoelectric Properties by Modulation-Doping in Silicon Germanium Alloy Nanocomposites

(2012) Bo Yu et al.   NANO LETTERS

High figure of merit in (Ti,Zr,Hf)NiSn half-Heusler alloys

(2012) S. Populoh et al.   SCRIPTA MATERIALIA

Thermoelectric Phenomena, Materials, and Applications

(2011) Terry M. Tritt   Annual Review of Materials Research

MICROSTRUCTURE AND THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF (Zr,Hf)NiSn-BASED HALF-HEUSLER ALLOYS BY MELT SPINNING AND SPARK PLASMA SINTERING

(2011) CUI YU et al.   Functional Materials Letters

Effects of Ir Substitution and Processing Conditions on Thermoelectric Performance of p-Type Zr0.5Hf0.5Co1−x Ir x Sb0.99Sn0.01 Half-Heusler Alloys

(2011) Nathan J. Takas et al.   JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS

Thermoelectric nanocomposite from the metastable void filling in caged skutterudite

(2011) Zhen Xiong et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH

Half-Heusler phases and nanocomposites as emerging high-ZT thermoelectric materials

(2011) S. Joseph Poon et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH

Thermal and electronic charge transport in bulk nanostructured Zr0.25Hf0.75NiSn composites with full-Heusler inclusions

(2011) Julien P.A. Makongo et al.   JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY

Simultaneous Large Enhancements in Thermopower and Electrical Conductivity of Bulk Nanostructured Half-Heusler Alloys

(2011) Julien P. A. Makongo et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Thermoelectrics: Direct Solar Thermal Energy Conversion

(2011) Terry M. Tritt et al.   MRS BULLETIN

Power Factor Enhancement by Modulation Doping in Bulk Nanocomposites

(2011) Mona Zebarjadi et al.   NANO LETTERS

Enhanced Thermoelectric Figure of Merit of p-Type Half-Heuslers

(2011) Xiao Yan et al.   NANO LETTERS

Convergence of electronic bands for high performance bulk thermoelectrics

(2011) Yanzhong Pei et al.   NATURE

Nanoscale Joule heating, Peltier cooling and current crowding at graphene–metal contacts

(2011) Kyle L. Grosse et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Introduction of resonant states and enhancement of thermoelectric properties in half-Heusler alloys

(2011) J. W. Simonson et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Simple rules for the understanding of Heusler compounds

(2011) Tanja Graf et al.   PROGRESS IN SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY

Microstructure and Thermoelectric Properties of Mechanically Alloyed Zr0.5Hf0.5Ni0.8Pd0.2Sn0.99Sb0.01/WO3 Half-Heusler Composites

(2011) Dinesh K. Misra et al.   Science of Advanced Materials

Investigation of the Effect of NiO Nanoparticles on the Transport Properties of Zr0.5Hf0.5Ni1–xPdxSn0.99Sb0.01 (x = 0 and 0.2)

(2011) Rumana Yaqub et al.   Science of Advanced Materials

Enhancement in Thermoelectric Figure-Of-Merit of an N-Type Half-Heusler Compound by the Nanocomposite Approach

(2011) Giri Joshi et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Recent advances in thermoelectric nanocomposites

(2011) Weishu Liu et al.   Nano Energy

Vacancy site occupation by Co and Ir in half-Heusler ZrNiSn and conversion of the thermoelectric properties from n-type to p-type

(2010) Yoshisato Kimura et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Simultaneously optimizing the independent thermoelectric properties in (Ti,Zr,Hf)(Co,Ni)Sb alloy by in situ forming InSb nanoinclusions

(2010) W.J. Xie et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

High thermoelectric performance of Yb0.26Co4Sb12/yGaSb nanocomposites originating from scattering electrons of low energy

(2010) Zhen Xiong et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Microstructure-Lattice Thermal Conductivity Correlation in Nanostructured PbTe0.7S0.3Thermoelectric Materials

(2010) Jiaqing He et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Effect of antisite defects on band structure and thermoelectric performance of ZrNiSn half-Heusler alloys

(2010) Pengfei Qiu et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Improved thermoelectric properties of AgSbTe2 based compounds with nanoscale Ag2Te in situ precipitates

(2010) S.N. Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS

Effects of yttrium doping on the thermoelectric properties of Hf0.6Zr0.4NiSn0.98Sb0.02 half-Heusler alloys

(2010)   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Microstructure of ZrNiSn-base Half-Heusler Thermoelectric Materials Prepared by Melt-spinning

(2010) Cui YU et al.   JOURNAL OF INORGANIC MATERIALS

Synthesis and thermoelectric properties of fine-grained FeVSb system half-Heusler compound polycrystals with high phase purity

(2010) Minmin Zou et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS

Nanostructured thermoelectrics

(2010) Paothep Pichanusakorn et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING R-REPORTS

Identifying the Specific Nanostructures Responsible for the High Thermoelectric Performance of (Bi,Sb)2Te3Nanocomposites

(2010) Wenjie Xie et al.   NANO LETTERS

High-performance half-Heusler thermoelectric materials Hf1−x ZrxNiSn1−ySby prepared by levitation melting and spark plasma sintering

(2009) Cui Yu et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Enhancement of Thermoelectric Figure-of-Merit by a Bulk Nanostructuring Approach

(2009) Yucheng Lan et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Unique nanostructures and enhanced thermoelectric performance of melt-spun BiSbTe alloys

(2009) Wenjie Xie et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Nanostructured Thermoelectrics: The New Paradigm?†

(2009) Mercouri G. Kanatzidis   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Nanoscale design to enable the revolution in renewable energy

(2009) Jason Baxter et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

New composite thermoelectric materials for energy harvesting applications

(2009) M. S. Dresselhaus et al.   JOM

Enhanced thermoelectric performance by the combination of alloying and doping in TiCoSb-based half-Heusler compounds

(2009) Pengfei Qiu et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

High thermoelectric performance BiSbTe alloy with unique low-dimensional structure

(2009) Wenjie Xie et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Reduced Grain Size and Improved Thermoelectric Properties of Melt Spun (Hf,Zr)NiSn Half-Heusler Alloys

(2009) Cui Yu et al.   JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS

Nanostructured bulk YbxCo4Sb12with high thermoelectric performance prepared by the rapid solidification method

(2009) Han Li et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS

On-chip cooling by superlattice-based thin-film thermoelectrics

(2009) Ihtesham Chowdhury et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Microstructure and a Nucleation Mechanism for Nanoprecipitates inPbTe−AgSbTe2

(2009) Xuezhi Ke et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Features of the structural, electrokinetic, and magnetic properties of the heavily doped ZrNiSn semiconductor: Dy acceptor impurity

(2009) V. A. Romaka et al.   SEMICONDUCTORS

Preparation and thermoelectric properties of high-performance Sb additional Yb0.2Co4Sb12+y bulk materials with nanostructure

(2008) Han Li et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

(Zr,Hf)Co(Sb,Sn) half-Heusler phases as high-temperature (>700°C) p-type thermoelectric materials

(2008) Slade R. Culp et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Substitution effect on the thermoelectric properties of p-type half-Heusler compounds: ErNi1−xPdxSb

(2008) Kenta Kawano et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

The preparation and thermoelectric properties of Ti0.5Zr0.25Hf0.25Co1−xNixSb half-Heusler compounds

(2008) Wenjie Xie et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Experimental study on low-temperature waste heat thermoelectric generator

(2008) Xing Niu et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

Enhanced Thermoelectric Figure-of-Merit in p-Type Nanostructured Bismuth Antimony Tellurium Alloys Made from Elemental Chunks

(2008) Yi Ma et al.   NANO LETTERS

Enhanced Thermoelectric Figure-of-Merit in Nanostructured p-type Silicon Germanium Bulk Alloys

(2008) Giri Joshi et al.   NANO LETTERS

Enhanced thermoelectric performance of rough silicon nanowires

(2008) Allon I. Hochbaum et al.   NATURE

Complex thermoelectric materials

(2008) G. Jeffrey Snyder et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Theory of enhancement of thermoelectric properties of materials with nanoinclusions

(2008) Sergey V. Faleev et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

High-Thermoelectric Performance of Nanostructured Bismuth Antimony Telluride Bulk Alloys

(2008) B. Poudel et al.   SCIENCE

Cooling, Heating, Generating Power, and Recovering Waste Heat with Thermoelectric Systems

(2008) Lon E. Bell   SCIENCE

Enhancement of Thermoelectric Efficiency in PbTe by Distortion of the Electronic Density of States

(2008) J. P. Heremans et al.   SCIENCE