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Chemical bonding origin of the thermoelectric power factor in half-Heusler semiconductors

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: Thermoelectric materials are able to interconvert thermal and electrical energy, and thus offer the potential to harvest waste heat through solid-state devices. A particularly interesting class of thermoelectric materials are the cubic intermetallic Half-Heusler semiconductors with XYZ stoichiometry, which show promising high temperature thermoelectric properties commonly attributed to the high degeneracy of carrier pockets in the band structure and weak electron-phonon coupling.

Source: Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances

DOI: 10.1107/s0108767321094046

Author: Kasper Tolborg

Institution: Imperial College London

Language: English

Topic: Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices

Subfield: Materials Chemistry

Field: Materials Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Affordable and clean energy

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W4240921523