Performance advancements in P-type TaFeSb-based thermoelectric materials through composition and composite optimizations
Modifying grain boundary chemistry boosts carrier mobility and electrical conductivity while reducing thermal conductivity via alloying and defect engineering, yielding a record-setting average zT of 1 among p-type half-Heusler thermoelectrics.
Authors
- Kornelius Nielsch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2271-7726)
- Ruben Bueno Villoro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6398-8229)
- Samaneh Bayesteh
- Dominique Alexander Mattlat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-4767-9970)
- Raana Hatami Naderloo
- Ran He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0295-6837)
- Pingjun Ying (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4034-2474)
- Hangtian Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9324-1206)
- Zhifeng Ren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8233-3332)
- Shaowei Song (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4774-4889)
- Christina Scheu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7916-1533)
- Siyuan Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7045-0865)
Institutions
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (DE)
- Max-Planck-Institut für Nachhaltige Materialien (DE)
- Institute of Physics (CN)
- University of Houston (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Energy & Environmental Science
- Published
- 2024-11-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1039/d4ee04819a
- Citations
- 16
- Primary Topic
- Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.87
Funders
- Northwestern University
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- National Key Research and Development Program of China