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Nanostructured Thermoelectrics (Phys. Status Solidi A 3∕2016)
Publication year - 2016
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.201670616
Subject(s) - thermoelectric effect , thermoelectric materials , characterization (materials science) , nanotechnology , cover (algebra) , materials science , nanocomposite , nanowire , computer science , engineering physics , physics , mechanical engineering , engineering , thermodynamics
The Priority Program SPP1386 “Nanostructured Thermoelectric Materials: Theory, Model Systems and Controlled Synthesis” (cf. the Preface on pp. 495–496 ) substantially contributed to the fundamental understanding of thermoelectric properties of low‐dimensional systems on the international level. The cover image represents the three competence areas of the Priority Program. (i) Synthesis of Nanoscale Thermoelectric Materials: The development of experimental model systems in which the thermoelectric properties can be manipulated by chemical, electrochemical or physical methods. The TEM image shows a Si‐based nanocomposite synthesized by Schierning et al. (see pp. 497–514 ). (ii) Thermoelectric Characterization: The structural and thermoelectric characterization on the nanometer scale to provide a better understanding of the transport phenomena. In the cover picture a measurement platform for the full ZT characterization of nanowires used by Kojda et al. (see pp. 557–570 ) is presented. (iii) Modeling and Theory: The development of solid‐state theoretical models that significantly improve the understanding of transport phenomena in model systems. The shown calculations represent the dependency of the figure of merit of a Bi 2 Te 3 nanowire on the Fermi level and its dimension.