Oxide thermoelectrics: The challenges, progress, and outlook

Most state-of-the-art thermoelectric (TE) materials contain heavy elements Bi, Pb, Sb, or Te and exhibit maximum figure of merit, ZT∼1–2. On the other hand, oxides were believed to make poor TEs because of the low carrier mobility and high lattice thermal conductivity. That is why the discoveries of...

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Published in:Journal of materials research 2011-08, Vol.26 (15), p.1762-1772
Main Authors: He, Jian, Liu, Yufei, Funahashi, Ryoji
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Efficiency
Electricity
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Heat conductivity
Inorganic Chemistry
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Nanostructured materials
Nanotechnology
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