Boundary Engineering for the Thermoelectric Performance of Bulk Alloys Based on Bismuth Telluride

Synthesis and Thermal Instability of High-Quality Bi2Te3/Sb2Te3 Superlattice Thin Film Thermoelectrics

(2014) Anna-Lena Hansen et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

High ZT in p-Type (PbTe)1–2x(PbSe)x(PbS)x Thermoelectric Materials

(2014) Rachel J. Korkosz et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Significant ZT enhancement in p-type Ti(Co,Fe)Sb–InSb nanocomposites via a synergistic high-mobility electron injection, energy-filtering and boundary-scattering approach

(2013) W.J. Xie et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Thermal conductivity inhibition in phonon engineered core-shell cross-section modulated Si/Ge nanowires

(2013) Denis L. Nika et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Enhanced thermoelectric properties of p-type nanostructured PbTe–MTe (M = Cd, Hg) materials

(2013) Kyunghan Ahn et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Hydrothermal synthesized nanostructure Bi–Sb–Te thermoelectric materials

(2013) Z. Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS

Thermoelectric and mechanical properties of melt spun and spark plasma sintered n-type Yb- and Ba-filled skutterudites

(2013) James R. Salvador et al.   Materials Science and Engineering B-Advanced Functional Solid-State Materials

Spectral Phonon Scattering from Sub-10 nm Surface Roughness Wavelengths in Metal-Assisted Chemically Etched Si Nanowires

(2013) M. G. Ghossoub et al.   NANO LETTERS

Observation of room-temperature ballistic thermal conduction persisting over 8.3 µm in SiGe nanowires

(2013) Tzu-Kan Hsiao et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Preferential Scattering by Interfacial Charged Defects for Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance in Few-layered n-type Bi2Te3

(2013) Pooja Puneet et al.   Scientific Reports

Cu–Bi–Se-based pavonite homologue: a promising thermoelectric material with low lattice thermal conductivity

(2013) Jung Young Cho et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Nanograined thermoelectric Bi2Te2.7Se0.3 with ultralow phonon transport prepared from chemically exfoliated nanoplatelets

(2013) Jieun Ko et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

A study of Yb0.2Co4Sb12–AgSbTe2nanocomposites: simultaneous enhancement of all three thermoelectric properties

(2013) Jiangying Peng et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Phonon Scattering and Thermal Conductivity in p-Type Nanostructured PbTe-BaTe Bulk Thermoelectric Materials

(2012) Shih-Han Lo et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Surfactant-Free Scalable Synthesis of Bi2Te3and Bi2Se3Nanoflakes and Enhanced Thermoelectric Properties of Their Nanocomposites

(2012) Yuho Min et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Controlling Bulk Conductivity in Topological Insulators: Key Role of Anti-Site Defects

(2012) D. O. Scanlon et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

The influence of CNTs on the thermoelectric properties of a CNT/Bi2Te3 composite

(2012) Kyung Tae Kim et al.   CARBON

Thermoelectric characteristics of the p-type (Bi0.2Sb0.8)2Te3 nanocomposites processed with SbTe nanowire dispersion

(2012) Min-Young Kim et al.   Electronic Materials Letters

Enhancing the Thermoelectric Properties of p-Type Bulk Bi-Sb-Te Nanocomposites via Solution-Based Metal Nanoparticle Decoration

(2012) Sungwoo Hwang et al.   JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS

Enhancement of Thermoelectric Figure of Merit for Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3 by Metal Nanoparticle Decoration

(2012) Kyu-Hyoung Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS

Electrical and structural properties of Bi2Te3 and Sb2Te3 thin films grown by the nanoalloying method with different deposition patterns and compositions

(2012) M. Winkler et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Experimental evidence of enhancement of thermoelectric properties in tellurium nanoparticle-embedded bismuth antimony telluride

(2012) Sang Il Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH

Composites of Bi2–xSbxTe3 nanocrystals and fullerene molecules for thermoelectricity

(2012) V.A. Kulbachinskii et al.   JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY

High thermoelectric performance of In, Yb, Ce multiple filled CoSb3 based skutterudite compounds

(2012) Sedat Ballikaya et al.   JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY

Si/Ge Superlattice Nanowires with Ultralow Thermal Conductivity

(2012) Ming Hu et al.   NANO LETTERS

Enhanced Thermoelectric Properties of Solution Grown Bi2Te3–xSex Nanoplatelet Composites

(2012) Ajay Soni et al.   NANO LETTERS

Interface Driven Energy Filtering of Thermoelectric Power in Spark Plasma Sintered Bi2Te2.7Se0.3 Nanoplatelet Composites

(2012) Ajay Soni et al.   NANO LETTERS

Silver-Based Intermetallic Heterostructures in Sb2Te3 Thick Films with Enhanced Thermoelectric Power Factors

(2012) Yichi Zhang et al.   NANO LETTERS

n-Type Nanostructured Thermoelectric Materials Prepared from Chemically Synthesized Ultrathin Bi2Te3 Nanoplates

(2012) Jae Sung Son et al.   NANO LETTERS

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

(2012) Bo Yu et al.   NANO LETTERS

Morphology Control of Nanostructures: Na-Doped PbTe–PbS System

(2012) Jiaqing He et al.   NANO LETTERS

Spark erosion: a high production rate method for producing Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3nanoparticles with enhanced thermoelectric performance

(2012) P K Nguyen et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

High-performance bulk thermoelectrics with all-scale hierarchical architectures

(2012) Kanishka Biswas et al.   NATURE

A new class of doped nanobulk high-figure-of-merit thermoelectrics by scalable bottom-up assembly

(2012) Rutvik J. Mehta et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Copper ion liquid-like thermoelectrics

(2012) Huili Liu et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Thermoelectric properties of Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3/C60nanocomposites

(2012) V. D. Blank et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Nanostructured thermoelectric materials: Current research and future challenge

(2012) Zhi-Gang Chen et al.   Progress in Natural Science-Materials International

A review on the enhancement of figure of merit from bulk to nano-thermoelectric materials

(2012) Hilaal Alam et al.   Nano Energy

Observation of Anisotropy in Thermal Conductivity of Individual Single-Crystalline Bismuth Nanowires

(2011) Jong Wook Roh et al.   ACS Nano

Surfactant-Free Synthesis of Bi2Te3−Te Micro−Nano Heterostructure with Enhanced Thermoelectric Figure of Merit

(2011) Yichi Zhang et al.   ACS Nano

Thermoelectric Properties of Lead Chalcogenide Core–Shell Nanostructures

(2011) Marcus Scheele et al.   ACS Nano

In Situ TEM Investigations on Thermoelectric Bi2Te3/Sb2Te3 Multilayers

(2011) Ulrich Schürmann et al.   ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS

Reduction of Lattice Thermal Conductivity in Single Bi-Te Core/Shell Nanowires with Rough Interface

(2011) Joohoon Kang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Enhancement of Seebeck Coefficient in Bi$_{0.5}$Sb$_{1.5}$Te$_{3}$ with High-Density Tellurium Nanoinclusions

(2011) Sang Il Kim et al.   Applied Physics Express

Thermoelectric characteristics of the (Bi,Sb)2(Te,Se)3 nanocomposites processed with nanoparticle dispersion

(2011) M.Y. Kim et al.   CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL

Thermoelectric energy-conversion characteristics of n-type Bi2(Te,Se)3 nanocomposites processed with carbon nanotube dispersion

(2011) Dong-Hyun Park et al.   CURRENT APPLIED PHYSICS

High thermoelectric figure of merit in nanostructured p-type PbTe–MTe (M = Ca, Ba)

(2011) Kanishka Biswas et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Enhancement of thermoelectric figure-of-merit by resonant states of aluminium doping in lead selenide

(2011) Qinyong Zhang et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Enhanced thermoelectric properties of n-type Bi2Te3-based nanocomposite fabricated by spark plasma sintering

(2011) Fei Li et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS

Effects of Cooling Rate on Thermoelectric Properties of n-Type Bi2(Se0.4Te0.6)3 Compounds

(2011) S. Y. Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS

Toward high-performance nanostructured thermoelectric materials: the progress of bottom-up solution chemistry approaches

(2011) Yixin Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Nanostructures Boost the Thermoelectric Performance of PbS

(2011) Simon Johnsen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Thermoelectrics from Abundant Chemical Elements: High-Performance Nanostructured PbSe–PbS

(2011) John Androulakis et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Anomalous Electronic Transport in Dual-Nanostructured Lead Telluride

(2011) J. Q. He et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

High Performance Thermoelectrics from Earth-Abundant Materials: Enhanced Figure of Merit in PbS by Second Phase Nanostructures

(2011) Li-Dong Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

High Performance Na-doped PbTe–PbS Thermoelectric Materials: Electronic Density of States Modification and Shape-Controlled Nanostructures

(2011) Steven N. Girard et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Synthesis of Bi-Sb-Te thermoelectric material by the plasma arc discharge process

(2011) Gil-Geun Lee et al.   METALS AND MATERIALS INTERNATIONAL

Enhanced Thermopower via Carrier Energy Filtering in Solution-Processable Pt–Sb2Te3Nanocomposites

(2011) Dong-Kyun Ko et al.   NANO LETTERS

Seeing Is Believing: Weak Phonon Scattering from Nanostructures in Alkali Metal-Doped Lead Telluride

(2011) Jiaqing He et al.   NANO LETTERS

Strained endotaxial nanostructures with high thermoelectric figure of merit

(2011) Kanishka Biswas et al.   Nature Chemistry

C60-doping of nanostructured Bi-Sb-Te thermoelectrics

(2011) Mikhail Popov et al.   PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A-APPLICATIONS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE

Effect of selenium deficiency on the thermoelectric properties ofn-type In4Se3−xcompounds

(2011) G. H. Zhu et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Thermoelectric Property Studies on Cu-Doped n-type CuxBi2Te2.7Se0.3 Nanocomposites

(2011) Wei-Shu Liu et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Recent advances in thermoelectric nanocomposites

(2011) Weishu Liu et al.   Nano Energy

Seebeck Tuning in Chalcogenide Nanoplate Assemblies by Nanoscale Heterostructuring

(2010) Rutvik J. Mehta et al.   ACS Nano

ZT Enhancement in Solution-Grown Sb(2−x)BixTe3 Nanoplatelets

(2010) Marcus Scheele et al.   ACS Nano

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

On the Design of High-Efficiency Thermoelectric Clathrates through a Systematic Cross-Substitution of Framework Elements

(2010) Xun Shi et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Nanostructured materials for thermoelectric applications

(2010) Sabah K. Bux et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Universal and Solution-Processable Precursor to Bismuth Chalcogenide Thermoelectrics

(2010) Robert Y. Wang et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Embedded Ag-rich nanodots in PbTe: Enhancement of thermoelectric properties through energy filtering of the carriers

(2010) Biplab Paul et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Recent developments in nanostructured materials for high-performance thermoelectrics

(2010) Paz Vaqueiro et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Enhancement of the thermoelectric properties in nanoscale and nanostructured materials

(2010) Jeannine R. Szczech et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

On the Origin of Increased Phonon Scattering in Nanostructured PbTe Based Thermoelectric Materials

(2010) Jiaqing He et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

In Situ Nanostructure Generation and Evolution within a Bulk Thermoelectric Material to Reduce Lattice Thermal Conductivity

(2010) Steven N. Girard et al.   NANO LETTERS

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

(2010) Wenjie Xie et al.   NANO LETTERS

Experimental Studies on Anisotropic Thermoelectric Properties and Structures of n-Type Bi2Te2.7Se0.3

(2010) Xiao Yan et al.   NANO LETTERS

Semiclassical model for thermoelectric transport in nanocomposites

(2010) Jun Zhou et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

High-performance nanostructured thermoelectric materials

(2010) Jing-Feng Li et al.   NPG Asia Materials

Synthesis and Thermoelectric Characterization of Bi2Te3Nanoparticles

(2009) Marcus Scheele et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Nanostructured Bulk Silicon as an Effective Thermoelectric Material

(2009) Sabah K. Bux et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

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

(2009) Yucheng Lan et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Binary-Phased Nanoparticles for Enhanced Thermoelectric Properties

(2009) Wenwen Zhou et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

New and Old Concepts in Thermoelectric Materials

(2009) Joseph R. Sootsman et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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

(2009) Wenjie Xie et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Interfaces in bulk thermoelectric materials

(2009) D.L. Medlin et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN COLLOID & INTERFACE SCIENCE

High thermoelectric performance BiSbTe alloy with unique low-dimensional structure

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

Resonant level formed by tin inBi2Te3and the enhancement of room-temperature thermoelectric power

(2009) Christopher M. Jaworski et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Increased Phonon Scattering by Nanograins and Point Defects in Nanostructured Silicon with a Low Concentration of Germanium

(2009) G. H. Zhu et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Thermal and Electrical Conductivity of Size-Tuned Bismuth Telluride Nanoparticles

(2009) Matthew R. Dirmyer et al.   Small

Effects of nano-TiO2 dispersion on the thermoelectric properties offilled-skutterudite Ba0.22Co4Sb12

(2009) Zhen Xiong et al.   SOLID STATE SCIENCES

Thermal Stability of Giant Thermoelectric Seebeck Coefficient for SrTiO3/SrTi0.8Nb0.2O3Superlattices at 900 K

(2008) Kyu Hyoung Lee et al.   Applied Physics Express

Syntheses and thermoelectric properties of Bi2Te3∕Sb2Te3 bulk nanocomposites with laminated nanostructure

(2008) Y. Q. Cao et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Enhanced thermoelectric figure of merit in nanostructured n-type silicon germanium bulk alloy

(2008) X. W. Wang et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Low thermal conductivity and high thermoelectric figure of merit in n-type BaxYbyCo4Sb12 double-filled skutterudites

(2008) X. Shi et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Improved thermoelectric performance in polycrystalline p-type Bi2Te3 via an alkali metal salt hydrothermal nanocoating treatment approach

(2008) Xiaohua Ji et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Thermoelectric and transport properties of n-type Bi2Te3 nanocomposites

(2008) N. Gothard et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

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

Silicon nanowires as efficient thermoelectric materials

(2008) Akram I. Boukai et al.   NATURE

Avoided crossing of rattler modes in thermoelectric materials

(2008) Mogens Christensen 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

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

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