Engineering half-Heusler thermoelectric materials using Zintl chemistry

WG Zeier, J Schmitt, G Hautier, U Aydemir… - Nature Reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
Half-Heusler compounds based on XNiSn and XCoSb (X= Ti, Zr or Hf) have rapidly become
important thermoelectric materials for converting waste heat into electricity. In this Review …

Zintl phases: From curiosities to impactful materials

SM Kauzlarich - Chemistry of Materials, 2023 - ACS Publications
The synthesis of new compounds and crystal structures remains an important research
endeavor in pursuing technologically relevant materials. The Zintl concept is a guidepost for …

Nomenclature of the perovskite supergroup: A hierarchical system of classification based on crystal structure and composition

RH Mitchell, MD Welch… - Mineralogical …, 2017 - cambridge.org
On the basis of extensive studies of synthetic perovskite-structured compounds it is possible
to derive a hierarchy of hettotype structures which are derivatives of the arisotypic cubic …

High-throughput screening of rattling-induced ultralow lattice thermal conductivity in semiconductors

J Li, W Hu, J Yang - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022 - ACS Publications
Thermoelectric (TE) materials with rattling model show ultralow lattice thermal conductivity
for high-efficient energy conversion between heat and electricity. In this work, by analysis of …

Characterization of rattling in relation to thermal conductivity: Ordered half-Heusler semiconductors

Z Feng, Y Fu, Y Zhang, DJ Singh - Physical Review B, 2020 - APS
The factors that affect the thermal conductivity of semiconductors is a topic of great scientific
interest, especially in relation to thermoelectrics. Key developments have been the concept …

Enhanced thermoelectric performance of Yb-single-filled skutterudite by ultralow thermal conductivity

W Li, J Wang, Y ** in Thermoelectric CoSb3-Skutterudite: A Way Toward a Beneficial Composite Effect
C Bourgès, W Zhang, KK Raut, Y Owada… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We report here the first in-depth theoretical and experimental investigations of Mn
substitution within the CoSb3-skutterudite. A systematic and comprehensive approach was …

Thermoelectric properties and low thermal conductivity of Zintl compound Yb 10 MnSb 9

L Borgsmiller, GJ Snyder - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The recently discovered Zintl compound Yb10MnSb9 is a thermoelectric material very close
in compositional space to high performing thermoelectric materials such as Yb14MnSb11 …