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Crystallographically Textured Nanomaterials Produced from the Liquid Phase Sintering of BixSb2–xTe3 Nanocrystal Building Blocks

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Bottom-up approaches for producing bulk nanomaterials have traditionally lacked control over the crystallographic alignment of nanograins. This limitation has prevented nanocrystal-based nanomaterials from achieving optimized performances in numerous applications. Here we demonstrate the production of nanostructured BixSb2–xTe3 alloys with controlled stoichiometry and crystallographic texture through proper selection of the starting building blocks and the adjustment of the nanocrystal-to-nanomaterial consolidation process. In particular, we hot pressed disk-shaped BixSb2–xTe3 nanocrystals and tellurium nanowires using multiple pressure and release steps at a temperature above the tellurium melting point. We explain the formation of the textured nanomaterials though a solution–reprecipitation mechanism under a uniaxial pressure. Additionally, we further demonstrate these alloys to reach unprecedented thermoelectric figures of merit, up to ZT = 1.96 at 420 K, with an average value of ZTave = 1.77 for the record material in the temperature range 320–500 K, thus potentially allowing up to 60% higher energy conversion efficiencies than commercial materials.

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Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices

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FuenteNano Letters
Cuartil año de publicaciónNo disponible
Volumen18
Issue4
Páginas2557 - 2563
pISSNNo disponible
ISSN1530-6984

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