Praseodymium Telluride: A High-Temperature, High-ZT Thermoelectric Material

• Published in: Joule Vol. 2; no. 4; pp. 698 - 709
• Main Authors: Cheikh, Dean, Hogan, Brea E., Vo, Trinh, Von Allmen, Paul, Lee, Kathleen, Smiadak, David M., Zevalkink, Alexandra, Dunn, Bruce S., Fleurial, Jean-Pierre, Bux, Sabah K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 18.04.2018
• Subjects: electronic transport; lanthanum telluride; mechanochemical synthesis; praseodymium telluride; rare-earth chalcogenide; rare-earth telluride; thermal transport; thermoelectric; thermoelectric; praseodymium telluride; thermal transport; rare-earth chalcogenide; electronic transport; mechanochemical synthesis; rare-earth telluride; lanthanum telluride

Refractory rare-earth tellurides with the Th3P4 structure type have attracted considerable interest as high-performance thermoelectric materials since the 1980s due to their high dimensionless figure of merit (ZT). Extensive work has been conducted on La3−xTe4 with peak ZT values greater than 1.1 at...