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Bismuth, antimony and tellurium alloy nanoparticles with controllable shape and composition for efficient thermoelectric devices
Author(s) -
Mott Derrick,
Mai Nguyen T.,
Thuy Nguyen T. B.,
Maeda Youjiro,
Linh Tran P. T.,
Koyano Mikio,
Maenosono Shinya
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
physica status solidi (a)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.532
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1862-6319
pISSN - 1862-6300
DOI - 10.1002/pssa.201026485
Subject(s) - antimony , bismuth , tellurium , materials science , thermoelectric effect , nanoparticle , thermoelectric materials , alloy , composition (language) , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , metallurgy , composite material , thermal conductivity , linguistics , philosophy , physics , engineering , thermodynamics
The wet chemical synthesis of organic molecule encapsulated Bi x Sb y Te 100‐ x ‐ y nanoparticles (NPs) has been demonstrated to be shape and composition controllable as a function of the organic capping species used, the particles serve as intriguing materials towards thermoelectric (TE) devices with enhanced and controllable activity.