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

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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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