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Cubic : Bulk Thermoelectric Materials With High Figure Of Merit, Kuei Hsu, Sim Loo, Fu Guo, Wei Chen, Jeffrey Dyck, Cterid Uher, Tim Hogan, E. Polychroniadis, Mercouri Kanatzidis
Cubic : Bulk Thermoelectric Materials With High Figure Of Merit, Kuei Hsu, Sim Loo, Fu Guo, Wei Chen, Jeffrey Dyck, Cterid Uher, Tim Hogan, E. Polychroniadis, Mercouri Kanatzidis
Jeffrey Dyck
The conversion of heat to electricity by thermoelectric devices may play a key role in the future for energy production and utilization. However, in order to meet that role, more efficient thermoelectric materials are needed that are suitable for high-temperature applications. We show that the material system may be suitable for this purpose. With m = 10 and 18 and doped appropriately, n-type semiconductors can be produced that exhibit a high thermoelectric figure of merit of ~2.2 at 800 kelvin. In the temperature range 600 to 900 kelvin, the material is expected to outperform all reported bulk thermoelectrics, thereby earmarking …