Applying Quantitative Microstructure Control in Advanced Functional Composites

Atomic-Scale Interfacial Structure in Rock Salt and Tetradymite Chalcogenide Thermoelectric Materials

(2013) D. L. Medlin et al.   JOM

Formation of highly oriented large nanoscale In2Te3 precipitates in bulk Bi2Te3

(2012) Nicholas A. Heinz et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

The Criteria for Beneficial Disorder in Thermoelectric Solid Solutions

(2012) Heng Wang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Band Engineering of Thermoelectric Materials

(2012) Yanzhong Pei et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Ternary eutectic growth of nanostructured thermoelectric Ag-Pb-Te materials

(2012) Hsin-jay Wu et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Influence of a Nano Phase Segregation on the Thermoelectric Properties of the p-Type Doped Stannite Compound Cu2+xZn1–xGeSe4

(2012) Wolfgang G. Zeier et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Hot pressing and nanostructuring of Bi90Sb10alloys to concurrently improve mechanical and thermoelectric properties

(2012) Nicholas A. Heinz et al.   PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A-APPLICATIONS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE

Nanostructuring of Thermoelectric Mg2Si via a Nonequilibrium Intermediate State

(2012) Teruyuki Ikeda et al.   Small

High Thermoelectric Figure of Merit in PbTe Alloys Demonstrated in PbTe-CdTe

(2012) Yanzhong Pei et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Thermopower enhancement in Pb1−xMn x Te alloys and its effect on thermoelectric efficiency

(2012) Yanzhong Pei et al.   NPG Asia Materials

Interfacial disconnections at Sb2Te3 precipitates in PbTe: Mechanisms of strain accommodation and phase transformation at a tetradymite/rocksalt telluride interface

(2011) N.A. Heinz et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

A weak compatibility condition for precipitation with application to the microstructure of PbTe–Sb2Te3 thermoelectrics

(2011) Xian Chen et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Size control of Sb2Te3 Widmanstätten precipitates in thermoelectric PbTe

(2011) Teruyuki Ikeda et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Solidification interface morphology pattern in the undercooled Co–24.0at.% Sn eutectic melt

(2011) L. Liu et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Formation of ordered nano-wire microstructures in thermoelectric Pb–Ag–Sb–Te

(2011) H.-J. Wu et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Stabilizing the Optimal Carrier Concentration for High Thermoelectric Efficiency

(2011) Yanzhong Pei et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Combination of large nanostructures and complex band structure for high performance thermoelectric lead telluride

(2011) Yanzhong Pei et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Perspectives on thermoelectrics: from fundamentals to device applications

(2011) M. Zebarjadi et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Role of oxygen on microstructure and thermoelectric properties of silicon nanocomposites

(2011) G. Schierning et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

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

Alloying to increase the band gap for improving thermoelectric properties of Ag2Te

(2011) Yanzhong Pei et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

(Bi,Sb)2Te3-PbTe chalcogenide alloys: Impact of the cooling rate and sintering parameters on the microstructures and thermoelectric performances

(2011) Alexandre Jacquot et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH

Solubility and formation of ternary Widmanstätten precipitates in PbTe in the pseudo-binary PbTe–Bi2Te3 system

(2011) Teruyuki Ikeda et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE

Solubility and microstructure in the pseudo-binary PbTe–Ag2Te system

(2011) Kristin Bergum et al.   JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY

Convergence of electronic bands for high performance bulk thermoelectrics

(2011) Yanzhong Pei et al.   NATURE

Entropic stabilization and retrograde solubility in Zn4Sb3

(2011) Gregory S. Pomrehn et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Thermophysical properties of BaTiO3 ceramics prepared by aerodynamic levitation

(2011) Ki-Ju Lee et al.   THERMOCHIMICA ACTA

Thermoelectric Nanostructures: From Physical Model Systems towards Nanograined Composites

(2011) Kornelius Nielsch et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

How Far Are We from Making Metamaterials by Self-Organization? The Microstructure of Highly Anisotropic Particles with an SRR-Like Geometry

(2010) Dorota A. Pawlak et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

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

(2010) Jiaqing He et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

High Thermoelectric Performance in PbTe Due to Large Nanoscale Ag2Te Precipitates and La Doping

(2010) Yanzhong Pei et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Nanostructured Thermoelectrics: Big Efficiency Gains from Small Features

(2010) Christopher J. Vineis et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Nanostructured materials for thermoelectric applications

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

Morphological evolution of Ag2Te precipitates in thermoelectric PbTe

(2010) J.L. Lensch-Falk et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS

Microstructure Size Control through Cooling Rate in Thermoelectric PbTe-Sb2Te3 Composites

(2010) Teruyuki Ikeda et al.   METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE

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

Microstructure Engineering Design for Thermoelectric Materials: An Approach to Minimize Thermal Diffusivity†

(2009) S. Gorsse et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Nanostructured Thermoelectrics: The New Paradigm?†

(2009) Mercouri G. Kanatzidis   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Interfaces in bulk thermoelectric materials

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

Bulk nanostructured thermoelectric materials: current research and future prospects

(2009) A. J. Minnich et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

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

An inconvenient truth about thermoelectrics

(2009) Cronin B. Vining   NATURE MATERIALS

Interfacial defect structure at Sb2Te3 precipitates in the thermoelectric compound AgSbTe2

(2009) D.L. Medlin et al.   SCRIPTA MATERIALIA

Formation of Sb2Te3 Widmanstätten precipitates in thermoelectric PbTe

(2008) T IKEDA et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

FactSage thermochemical software and databases — recent developments

(2008) C.W. Bale et al.   CALPHAD-COMPUTER COUPLING OF PHASE DIAGRAMS AND THERMOCHEMISTRY

Thermoelectric properties of La0.9CoFe3Sb12–CoSb3 skutterudite nanocomposites

(2008) P. N. Alboni et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

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

Modeling the Thermal Conductivity and Phonon Transport in Nanoparticle Composites Using Monte Carlo Simulation

(2008) Ming-Shan Jeng et al.   JOURNAL OF HEAT TRANSFER-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME

Evaluation of true interlamellar spacing from microstructural observations

(2008) Teruyuki Ikeda et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH

First-principles theory of the coherency strain, defect energetics, and solvus boundaries in thePbTe-AgSbTe2system

(2008) S. V. Barabash et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

First-Principles Theory of Competing Order Types, Phase Separation, and Phonon Spectra in ThermoelectricAgPbmSbTem+2Alloys

(2008) S. V. Barabash et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

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

(2008) Lon E. Bell   SCIENCE