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We report the thermoelectric (TE) properties of Na$_{0.74}$Co$_{0.95}$Nb$_{0.05}$O$_{2}$ in the temperature range $300-1200$ K, as a potential candidate for p-type thermoelectric material. The experimental values of Seebeck coefficient (S)…
To achieve high performance thermoelectric materials and devices, thermoelectric transistors, which integrate thermoelectric effects with transistor technology, represent a promising approach. Here p type Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3 and n type…
The correlated couple of electrical and thermal property is the challenge to realize a substantial leap in thermoelectric materials.Synthesis of semiconductor and metal composites is a significant and versatile design strategy to optimize…
Critical thermoelectric parameters including Seebeck coefficient, electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity and figure of merit ZT of one-dimensional coaxial Bi2Te3/Sb2Te3 nanocomposite were modeled by following the single carrier…
Thermoelectric materials create an electric potential when subject to a temperature gradient and vice versa hence they can be used to harvest waste heat into electricity and in thermal management applications. However, finding highly…
We report on the thermoelectric properties of nickel doped Ag2-xNixTe (x = 0, 0.015, 0.025 & 0.055, 0.115, 0.155) nanostructures in the temperature (T) range of 5 K to 575 K. The electrical resistivity of Ag2Te nanostructure shows metallic…
We report here metal to insulator transition, colossal Seebeck coefficient and ultralow thermal conductivity (0.0057th of its bulk value, significantly smaller than many well-known thermoelectric materials and silicon, showing potential…
The thermoelectric and transport properties of a Fe3O4/SiO2/p-Si(100) heterostructure have been investigated between 100 and 300 K. Both Hall and Seebeck coefficients change sign from negative to positive with increasing temperature while…
The growth and elementary properties of p-type Bi2Se3 single crystals are reported. Based on a hypothesis about the defect chemistry of Bi2Se3, the p-type behavior has been induced through low level substitutions (1 percent or less) of Ca…
p x n-type materials refer to materials with a p-type Seebeck coefficient in one direction and a n-type coefficient in the orthogonal direction. This type of materials allows for a transverse thermoelectric response, which is highly…
Search of new thermoelectric (TE) materials with high \textit{figure-of-merit} (ZT) is always inspired the researcher in TE field. Here, we present a combined experimental and theoretical study of TE properties of Na$_{0.74}$CoO$_{2}$…
Recent studies indicated the interesting metal-to-semiconductor transition when layered bulk GeP3 and SnP3 are restricted to the monolayer or bilayer, and SnP3 monolayer has been predicted to possess high carrier mobility and promising…
We investigate the thermoelectric properties of a hybrid nanodevice composed by a 2D carbon based material and a superconductor. This system presents nonlinear bipolar thermoelectricity as induced by the spontaneous breaking of the…
The efficiency of energy conversion in thermoelectric generators (TEGs) is directly proportional to electrical conductivity and Seebeck coefficient while inversely to thermal conductivity. The challenge is to optimize these interdependent…
The Hall and Seebeck coefficients, electrical resistivity and thermal conductivity of polycrystalline NiSi3P4 were characterized from 2 to 775K. Undoped NiSi3P4 behaves like a narrow gap semiconductor, with activated electrical resistivity…
The electronic, phonon and thermoelectric transport properties of (PbTe)2 layer are systematically investigated by using first-principles pseudopotential method and Boltzmann transport equation. Our calculations demonstrate that there is a…
Thermoelectric devices that utilize the Seebeck effect convert heat flow into electrical energy and are highly desirable for the development of portable, solid state, passively-powered electronic systems. The conversion efficiencies of such…
Using first-principles approaches, we have investigated the thermoelectric properties and the energy conversion efficiency of the paired metal-Br-Al junction. Owing to the narrow states in the vicinity of the chemical potential, the…
Unlike in conventional semiconductors, both the chemical potential and the band gap in bilayer graphene (BLG) can be tuned via application of external electric field. Among numerous device implications, this property also designates BLG as…
A total of 5 different half-Heusler alloys, two p-type and two n-type with the fifth a charge compensated alloy have been designed and synthesized. The thermophysical properties of these alloys have been investigated in the range 10 K to…