Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Sharma, Peter A
• Sugar, Joshua D

Titel

Obstacles to applications of nanostructured thermoelectric alloys

Ist Teil von

• Frontiers in chemistry, 2014-01, Vol.2, p.111-111

Ort / Verlag

Switzerland: Frontiers Research Foundation

Erscheinungsjahr

2014

Quelle

Free E-Journal (出版社公開部分のみ）

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• A major theme in thermoelectric research is based on controlling the formation of nanostructures that occur naturally in bulk intermetallic alloys through various types of thermodynamic phase transformation processes (He et al., 2013). The question of how such nanostructures form and why they lead to a high thermoelectric figure of merit (zT) are scientifically interesting and worthy of attention. However, as we discuss in this opinion, any processing route based on thermodynamic phase transformations alone will be difficult to implement in thermoelectric applications where thermal stability and reliability are important. Attention should also be focused on overcoming these limitations through advanced post-processing techniques.