Thermal and Electrical Conductivity of Size‐Tuned Bismuth Telluride Nanoparticles

Abstract

Size-tuned thiol-capped bismuth telluride nanoparticles (see image) are synthesized and annealed to make phase-pure nanostructured material. These materials exhibit relatively high thermoelectric power and unusually low temperature-independent thermal conductivity, the latter due to phonon scattering. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.