Effect of ball-milling on the phase formation and enhanced thermoelectric properties in zinc antimonides

P Balasubramanian, M Battabyal, AC Bose… - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
We report the phase formation mechanism and the enhanced thermoelectric properties of
zinc antimonide (ZnSb) thermoelectric material. The phase pure ZnSb thermoelectric …

Promoting Reversibility of Multielectron Redox in Alkali-Rich Sulfide Cathodes through Cryomilling

SS Kim, DN Agyeman-Budu, JJ Zak… - Chemistry of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conventional cathodes for Li-ion batteries (LIBs) are reaching their theoretical capacity
limits. One way to meet the growing demands for high-capacity LIBs is by develo** so …

Ge‐Doped ZnSb/β‐Zn4Sb3 Nanocomposites with High Thermoelectric Performance

A Ostovari Moghaddam, A Shokuhfar… - Advanced Materials …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract ZnSb/β‐Zn4Sb3 nanocomposites are produced from Zn1. 1− xGexSb mixtures
using a two‐step process. First, proper amounts of the three elements are mixed, melted …

Enhancement of thermoelectric properties by energy filtering: Theoretical potential and experimental reality in nanostructured ZnSb

K Berland, X Song, PA Carvalho, C Persson… - Journal of Applied …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Energy filtering has been suggested by many authors as a means to improve thermoelectric
properties. The idea is to filter away low-energy charge carriers in order to increase Seebeck …

Preparation and properties of ZnSb thermoelectric material through mechanical-alloying and Spark Plasma Sintering

R Pothin, RM Ayral, A Berche, D Granier… - Chemical Engineering …, 2016 - Elsevier
Mechanical alloying was used in order to synthesize nanocrystallized ZnSb powder. It has
been shown that after 3 h of milling and with an excess of zinc in the mixture of Zn+ Sb …

Thermoelectric and mechanical properties of ZnSb/SiC nanocomposites

F Tseng, S Li, C Wu, Y Pan, L Li - Journal of Materials Science, 2016 - Springer
Intermetallic compound ZnSb is a promising thermoelectric (TE) material with the
advantages of low toxicity, abundance, and low cost; however, the relatively low figure of …

Influence of zinc content and grain size on enhanced thermoelectric performance of optimally doped ZnSb

R Biswas, S Vitta, T Dasgupta - Materials Research Bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
ZnSb is a promising mid-temperature, low-cost thermoelectric (TE) material. Lowering lattice
thermal conductivity by grain-size reduction or introducing low thermal-conducting phases (β …

Nanostructured thermoelectric films synthesised by spark ablation and their oxidation behaviour

HJ van Ginkel, L Mitterhuber, MW van de Putte… - Nanomaterials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Reducing the thermal conductivity of thermoelectric materials has been a field of intense
research to improve the efficiency of thermoelectric devices. One approach is to create a …

Zn vacancy formation, Zn evaporation and decomposition of ZnSb at elevated temperatures: Influence on the microstructure and the electrical properties

X Song, M Schrade, N Masó, TG Finstad - Journal of Alloys and …, 2017 - Elsevier
The influence of annealing on the microstructure and electrical properties of undoped
polycrystalline ZnSb samples has been investigated by different experimental techniques. In …

Ultralow thermal conductivity and low charge carrier scattering potential in Zn1-xCdxSb solid solutions for thermoelectric application

R Biswas, S Mukherjee, RC Mallik, S Vitta… - Materials Today …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Zinc Antimonide (ZnSb) is a promising p-type thermoelectric (TE) material for mid-
temperature (room temperature to 673 K) power generation application due to its high TE …