Frontispiece: Topological insulators and thermoelectric materials (Phys. Status Solidi RRL 1–2/2013). Issue 1 (12th February 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Müchler, Lukas; Casper, Frederick; Yan, Binghai; Chadov, Stanislav; Felser, Claudia
• Is Part Of: Physica status solidi. Volume 7:Issue 1/2(2013:Jan.)
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• Publication Date: 2013-02-12
• Subjects: Solid state physics -- Periodicals; 530.4105
• DOI: 10.1002/pssr.201390003
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1862-6254

Abstract

Abstract : Currently known topological insulators (TIs) can possibly be classified into two families of materials: Compounds that derive from the cubic HgTe family and compounds that are similar to the layered Bi2 Se3 family. The signatures found in the electronic structure of TIs also cause these materials to be excellent thermoelectric materials, such as narrow band gaps and heavy constituents. On the other hand, excellent thermoelectric materials can be also topologically trivial, such as PbTe. In their Review @ RRL article, Müchler et al. (pp. 91–100 ) present a short introduction to topological insulators and thermoelectric materials, and give examples of compound classes where both good thermoelectric properties and topological insulators can be found and how their properties correlate.