Nanoscale clusters in the high performance thermoelectric AgPbmSbTem+2

H. Lin; E. S. Boin; S. J L Billinge; Eric Quarez; M. G. Kanatzidis

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.72.174113

Nanoscale clusters in the high performance thermoelectric AgPbmSbTem+2

H. Lin^*, E. S. Boin, S. J L Billinge, Eric Quarez, M. G. Kanatzidis

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Abstract

The local structure of the AgPbmSbTem+2 series of thermoelectric materials has been studied using the atomic pair distribution function (PDF) method. Three candidate-models were attempted for the structure of this class of materials using either a one- or a two-phase modeling procedure. Combining modeling the PDF with HRTEM data we show that AgPbmSbTem+2 contains nanoscale inclusions with composition close to AgPb3SbTe5 randomly embedded in a PbTe matrix.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	174113
Journal	Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume	72
Issue number	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.72.174113
State	Published - Nov 1 2005

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics

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