Nature Communications (Jun 2016)

Thermoelectric materials by using two-dimensional materials with negative correlation between electrical and thermal conductivity

  • Myoung-Jae Lee,
  • Ji-Hoon Ahn,
  • Ji Ho Sung,
  • Hoseok Heo,
  • Seong Gi Jeon,
  • Woo Lee,
  • Jae Yong Song,
  • Ki-Ha Hong,
  • Byeongdae Choi,
  • Sung-Hoon Lee,
  • Moon-Ho Jo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12011
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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The improvement of the thermoelectric figure of merit ZT has been hindered by the challenges associated with the independent control of the electrical and thermal conductivity. Here the authors show that SnS2nanosheets can lead to an increased ZT via negative correlation between electrical and thermal conductivity.