Negative thermal expansion: Mechanisms and materials

E Liang, Q Sun, H Yuan, J Wang, G Zeng, Q Gao - Frontiers of Physics, 2021 - Springer
Negative thermal expansion (NTE) of materials is an intriguing phenomenon challenging the
concept of traditional lattice dynamics and of importance for a variety of applications …

A review of recent progress in thermoelectric materials through computational methods

JJ Gutiérrez Moreno, J Cao, M Fronzi… - Materials for Renewable …, 2020 - Springer
Reducing our overwhelming dependence on fossil fuels requires groundbreaking
innovations in increasing our efficiency in energy consumption for current technologies and …

The origin of the lattice thermal conductivity enhancement at the ferroelectric phase transition in GeTe

Đ Dangić, O Hellman, S Fahy, I Savić - npj Computational Materials, 2021 - nature.com
The proximity to structural phase transitions in IV-VI thermoelectric materials is one of the
main reasons for their large phonon anharmonicity and intrinsically low lattice thermal …

[PDF][PDF] Ferroelectric engineering advances thermoelectric materials

Y Fan, G Tan - Mater. Lab, 2022 - matlab.labapress.com
It is commonly believed that wide band gap ferroelectrics are electrically insulating and can
hardly be promising thermoelectric materials. However, things could be different if their gaps …

Nuanced dilute do** strategy enables high-performance GeTe thermoelectrics

J Zhong, X Yang, T Lyu, G Liang, S Zhang, C Zhang… - Science Bulletin, 2024 - Elsevier
In thermoelectrics, do** is essential to augment the figure of merit. Traditional strategy,
predominantly heavy do**, aims to optimize carrier concentration and restrain lattice …

First-principles study on the thermoelectric properties of Sr2Si and Sr2Ge

HJ You, BY Su, YT Chiang, TH Li, HS Chu, H Lin - Materials Today Physics, 2023 - Elsevier
The development of environmentally friendly thermoelectric materials composed of earth-
abundant, non-toxic elements is highly desirable in thermoelectric technology. In this study …

Negative Thermal Expansion in the Polymorphic Modification of Double Sulfate β-AEu(SO4)2 (A–Rb+, Cs+)

YG Denisenko, MS Molokeev, X Jiang… - Inorganic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
New polymorphic modifications of double sulfates β-AEu (SO4) 2 (A–Rb+, Cs+) were
obtained by the hydrothermal method, the structure of which differs significantly from the …

Cu/Sb codo** for tuning carrier concentration and thermoelectric performance of GeTe-based alloys with ultralow lattice thermal conductivity

L Yue, T Fang, S Zheng, W Cui, Y Wu… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Pristine GeTe shows promising thermoelectric performance but is limited by the high carrier
concentration (n H) from Ge vacancies and thermal conductivity. Herein, Cu/Sb was chosen …

Approximations in first-principles volumetric thermal expansion determination

S Rostami, X Gonze - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
In the realm of thermal expansion determination, the quasiharmonic approximation (QHA)
stands as a widely embraced method for discerning minima of free energies across diverse …

Thermal expansion in insulating solids from first principles

ET Ritz, SJ Li, NA Benedek - Journal of Applied Physics, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
In this Tutorial, we describe the use of the quasiharmonic approximation and first-principles
density functional theory (DFT) to calculate and analyze the thermal expansion of insulating …