Chemical bonding origin of the unexpected isotropic physical properties in thermoelectric Mg3Sb2 and related materials

Jiawei Zhang; Lirong Song; Mattia Sist; Kasper Tolborg; Bo Brummerstedt Iversen

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-06980-x

Nature Communications (Nov 2018)

Chemical bonding origin of the unexpected isotropic physical properties in thermoelectric Mg3Sb2 and related materials

Jiawei Zhang,
Lirong Song,
Mattia Sist,
Kasper Tolborg,
Bo Brummerstedt Iversen

Affiliations

Jiawei Zhang: Department of Chemistry and iNANO, Center for Materials Crystallography, Aarhus University
Lirong Song: Department of Chemistry and iNANO, Center for Materials Crystallography, Aarhus University
Mattia Sist: Department of Chemistry and iNANO, Center for Materials Crystallography, Aarhus University
Kasper Tolborg: Department of Chemistry and iNANO, Center for Materials Crystallography, Aarhus University
Bo Brummerstedt Iversen: Department of Chemistry and iNANO, Center for Materials Crystallography, Aarhus University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06980-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The outstanding thermoelectric Mg3Sb2 is currently being intensely scrutinized. Here, the authors reveal a nearly isotropic three-dimensional chemical bonding network as the origin of isotropic physical properties in Mg3Sb2, indicating the breakdown of the simple layered Zintl phase view.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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