Bridging structural inhomogeneity to functionality: pair distribution function methods for functional materials development

H Zhu, Y Huang, J Ren, B Zhang, Y Ke… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The correlation between structure and function lies at the heart of materials science and
engineering. Especially, modern functional materials usually contain inhomogeneities at an …

Characterizing thermoelectric stability

LR Jørgensen, BB Iversen - Dalton Transactions, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The limited stability of thermoelectric materials under operating conditions is a major
inhibiting factor in the development of thermoelectric technology. With increasing awareness …

In Operando X-ray Diffraction Study of Thermoelectric Cu2Se

RB Stubkjær, PS Thorup, LR Jo̷rgensen… - Chemistry of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Cu2Se is a mixed ionic–electronic conductor with outstanding thermoelectric properties
originally envisioned for space missions. Applications were discontinued due to material …

Fast ion transport for synthesis and stabilization of β-Zn4Sb3

D Yang, X Su, J He, Y Yan, J Li, H Bai, T Luo… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Mobile ion-enabled phenomena make β-Zn4Sb3 a promising material in terms of the re-
entry phase instability behavior, mixed electronic ionic conduction, and thermoelectric …

Operando X-ray scattering study of segmented thermoelectric Zn 4 Sb 3

PS Thorup, RS Christensen, M Roelsgaard… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The inexpensive and high-performing thermoelectric material β-Zn4Sb3 is a mixed ionic-
electronic conductor, which suffers from stability issues due to Zn migration in the structure …

[PDF][PDF] INSIGHT: in situ heuristic tool for the efficient reduction of grazing-incidence X-ray scattering data

MA Reus, LK Reb, DP Kosbahn, SV Roth… - Journal of applied …, 2024 - journals.iucr.org
INSIGHT is a Python-based software tool for processing and reducing 2D grazing-incidence
wide-and small-angle X-ray scattering (GIWAXS/GISAXS) data. It offers the geometric …

Improving the Operational Stability of Thermoelectric Zn4Sb3 by Segmentation

PS Thorup, CM Zeuthen, KA Borup… - Chemistry of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The mixed ionic–electronic conductor β-Zn4Sb3 is a cheap and high-performing
thermoelectric material, but under operating conditions with a temperature gradient and a …

Stability and Thermoelectric Properties of Zn4Sb3 with TiO2 Nanoparticle Inclusions

KFF Fischer, JH Bjerg, LR Jørgensen… - ACS applied materials …, 2021 - ACS Publications
β-Zn4Sb3 is a cheap nontoxic high-performance thermoelectric material, which
unfortunately suffers from stability issues because of zinc migration in thermal and electrical …

Stability and effect of PbS nanoinclusions in thermoelectric PbTe

CM Zeuthen, LR Jørgensen, LJ Støckler… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years hierarchical thermoelectric materials have been engineered to reach record
breaking thermoelectric figures-of-merit (zT) making them attractive in green transition …

In Situ Methods for Metal-Flux Synthesis in Inert Environments

A Weiland, MG Frith, SH Lapidus… - Chemistry of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Flux growth synthesis is an advantageous synthetic method as it allows for the growth of
single crystals of both congruently melting and metastable phases. The determination of …