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Tunable quantum gaps to decouple carrier and phonon transport leading to high-performance thermoelectrics

Authors :
Yong Yu
Xiao Xu
Yan Wang
Baohai Jia
Shan Huang
Xiaobin Qiang
Bin Zhu
Peijian Lin
Binbin Jiang
Shixuan Liu
Xia Qi
Kefan Pan
Di Wu
Haizhou Lu
Michel Bosman
Stephen J. Pennycook
Lin Xie
Jiaqing He
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2022)
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2022.

Abstract

Defects are believed to always scatter carriers. Here, the authors find that the quantum gaps in GeTe-based materials do not scatter carriers, which decouple the carriers and phonons transport leading to high thermoelectric performance.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
13
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.6d0ffa717d12455fa511500133f63aa5
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33330-9