Structure and thermoelectric properties of the n-type clathrate Ba8Cu5.1Ge40.2Sn0.71. Issue 37 (7th October 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Xu, Jingtao; Wu, Jiazhen; Shao, Hezhu; Heguri, Satoshi; Tanabe, Yoichi; Liu, Yongfu; Liu, Guo-Qiang; Jiang, Jun; Jiang, Haochuan; Tanigaki, Katsumi
• Is Part Of: Journal of materials chemistry. Volume 3:Issue 37(2015)
• Page Start: 19100
• Page End: 19106
• Publication Date: 2015-10-07
• Subjects: Materials -- Research -- Periodicals; Chemistry, Analytic -- Periodicals; Environmental sciences -- Research -- Periodicals; 543.0284
• DOI: 10.1039/c5ta04168f
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2050-7488

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="toc"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p> <graphic position="anchor" id="ga" xlink:href="ark:/27927/pgj2qrrhc5x" xlink:type="simple" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" />We study type I clathrate Ba₈Cu_5.1Ge_40.2Sn_0.7 single crystals (space group <italic>Pm</italic>3̄<italic>n</italic>, no. 223, <italic>a</italic> = 10.7151(3)) grown using a Sn flux method, and the thermoelectric figure of merit ZT of single crystals reaches a maximum value of 0.6 at 773 K.</p> </abstract>