Thermoelectric Performance Enhancement in BiSbTe Alloy by Microstructure Modulation via Cyclic Spark Plasma Sintering with Liquid Phase

• Published in: Advanced functional materials Vol. 31; no. 15
• Main Authors: Zhuang, Hua‐Lu, Pei, Jun, Cai, Bowen, Dong, Jinfeng, Hu, Haihua, Sun, Fu‐Hua, Pan, Yu, Snyder, Gerald Jeffrey, Li, Jing‐Feng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.04.2021
• Subjects: Antimony; bismuth telluride; Bismuth tellurides; Carrier mobility; Commercialization; Current carriers; Deformation effects; Dislocations; Eutectic temperature; Grains; Liquid phase sintering; Liquid phases; Materials science; Microstructure; Performance enhancement; Phase (cyclic); Plasma sintering; Plastic deformation; Power factor; Precipitates; Spark plasma sintering; Thermal conductivity; thermoelectric; Thermoelectric materials

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