Nature Communications (Feb 2020)
Ultralow thermal conductivity from transverse acoustic phonon suppression in distorted crystalline α-MgAgSb
- Xiyang Li,
- Peng-Fei Liu,
- Enyue Zhao,
- Zhigang Zhang,
- Tatiana Guidi,
- Manh Duc Le,
- Maxim Avdeev,
- Kazutaka Ikeda,
- Toshiya Otomo,
- Maiko Kofu,
- Kenji Nakajima,
- Jie Chen,
- Lunhua He,
- Yang Ren,
- Xun-Li Wang,
- Bao-Tian Wang,
- Zhifeng Ren,
- Huaizhou Zhao,
- Fangwei Wang
Affiliations
- Xiyang Li
- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Peng-Fei Liu
- Spallation Neutron Source Science Center
- Enyue Zhao
- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Zhigang Zhang
- Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory
- Tatiana Guidi
- ISIS facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton
- Manh Duc Le
- ISIS facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton
- Maxim Avdeev
- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
- Kazutaka Ikeda
- Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba
- Toshiya Otomo
- Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba
- Maiko Kofu
- Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai
- Kenji Nakajima
- Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai
- Jie Chen
- Spallation Neutron Source Science Center
- Lunhua He
- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Yang Ren
- X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
- Xun-Li Wang
- Department of Physics, City University of Hong Kong
- Bao-Tian Wang
- Spallation Neutron Source Science Center
- Zhifeng Ren
- Department of Physics and TcSUH, University of Houston
- Huaizhou Zhao
- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Fangwei Wang
- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14772-5
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
In order to optimize thermoelectric (TE) materials which are used to convert thermal energy and electrical energy, the underlying physics needs to be understood. Here, the authors show that by exploiting static local structure distortion, transverse acoustic phonons can be suppressed resulting in high performing TE materials.
