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NPG ASIA MATERIALS
Volume 4, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/am.2012.52
Keywords
band engineering; resonant states; thermoelectric
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- NASA-JPL
- DARPA Nano Materials Program
- Tongji University
- state key discipline construction special fund
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The Seebeck coefficient of p-type PbTe can be enhanced at 300 K, either due to the addition of Tl-resonant states or by manipulation of the multiple valence bands by alloying with isovalent compounds, such as MgTe. PbTe alloyed with MnTe shows a similar thermopower enhancement that could be due to either mechanism. Here we investigate the characteristics that distinguish the resonant state mechanism from that due to multiple valence bands and their effect on the thermoelectric figure of merit, zT. Ultimately, we find that the transport properties of PbTe alloyed with MnTe can be explained by alloy scattering and multiple band model that result in a zT as high as 1.6 at 700 K, and additionally a similar to 30% enhancement of the average zT. NPG Asia Materials (2012) 4, e28; doi:10.1038/am.2012.52; published online 21 September 2012
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