In situ nanostructure generation and evolution within a bulk thermoelectric material to reduce lattice thermal conductivity

Steven N. Girard; Jiaqing He; Changpeng Li; Steven Moses; Guoyu Wang; Ctirad Uher; Vinayak P. Dravid; Mercouri G. Kanatzidis

doi:10.1021/nl100743q

In situ nanostructure generation and evolution within a bulk thermoelectric material to reduce lattice thermal conductivity

Steven N. Girard, Jiaqing He, Changpeng Li, Steven Moses, Guoyu Wang, Ctirad Uher, Vinayak P. Dravid, Mercouri G. Kanatzidis

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Abstract

We show experimentally the direct reduction in lattice thermal conductivity as a result of in situ nanostructure generation within a thermoelectric material. Solid solution alloys of the high-performance thermoelectric PbTe-PbS 8% can be synthesized through rapid cooling and subsequent high-temperature activation that induces a spontaneous nucleation and growth of PbS nanocrystals. The emergence of coherent PbS nanostructures reduces the lattice thermal conductivity from ∼1 to ∼0.4 W/mK between 400 and 500 K.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2825-2831
Number of pages	7
Journal	Nano letters
Volume	10
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/nl100743q
State	Published - Aug 11 2010

Keywords

Thermoelectric materials
nucleation and growth
semiconductors
thermal conductivity

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Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanical Engineering
Bioengineering
General Chemistry
General Materials Science

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