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Retarding Ostwald ripening through Gibbs adsorption and interfacial complexions leads to high-performance SnTe thermoelectrics

Decheng An, Jiangjing Wang, Jie Zhang, Xin Zhai, Zepeng Kang, Wenhao Fan, Jian Yan, Yequn Liu, Lu Lu, Chun‐Lin Jia,

Energy & Environmental Science · 2021 · 131 citations · 73 references

Abstract

Interfacial complexions formed by Gibbs adsorption of Ag retard the Ostwald ripening of CdTe precipitates in SnTe, minimizing the thermal conductivity. Combined with the band convergence, a high and stable zT of 1.5 is obtained in SnAg 0.05 Te-6%CdSe.

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