Nature Communications (Aug 2021)
High thermoelectric performance enabled by convergence of nested conduction bands in Pb7Bi4Se13 with low thermal conductivity
- Lei Hu,
- Yue-Wen Fang,
- Feiyu Qin,
- Xun Cao,
- Xiaoxu Zhao,
- Yubo Luo,
- Durga Venkata Maheswar Repaka,
- Wenbo Luo,
- Ady Suwardi,
- Thomas Soldi,
- Umut Aydemir,
- Yizhong Huang,
- Zheng Liu,
- Kedar Hippalgaonkar,
- G. Jeffrey Snyder,
- Jianwei Xu,
- Qingyu Yan
Affiliations
- Lei Hu
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
- Yue-Wen Fang
- Materials and Structures Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology
- Feiyu Qin
- Materials and Structures Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology
- Xun Cao
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
- Xiaoxu Zhao
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
- Yubo Luo
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
- Durga Venkata Maheswar Repaka
- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research)
- Wenbo Luo
- Institute for Advanced Materials, North China Electric Power University
- Ady Suwardi
- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research)
- Thomas Soldi
- Department of Materials and Science Engineering, Northwestern University
- Umut Aydemir
- Department of Chemistry, Koc University, Sariyer
- Yizhong Huang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
- Zheng Liu
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
- Kedar Hippalgaonkar
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
- G. Jeffrey Snyder
- Department of Materials and Science Engineering, Northwestern University
- Jianwei Xu
- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research)
- Qingyu Yan
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25119-z
- Journal volume & issue
-
Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 10
Abstract
Lillianite materials usually have low thermoelectric efficiency due to the inherently inferior electrical properties. Here, the authors evaluate thermoelectric performances in Pb7Bi4Se13 based lillianites enabled by convergence of nested conduction bands.
