Insights into the design of thermoelectric Mg3Sb2 and its analogs by combining theory and experiment

J Zhang, L Song, BB Iversen - Npj Computational Materials, 2019 - nature.com
Over the past two decades, we have witnessed a strong interest in develo** Mg3Sb2 and
related CaAl2Si2-type materials for low-and intermediate-temperature thermoelectric …

[HTML][HTML] High-performance Mg3Sb2-xBix thermoelectrics: progress and perspective

A Li, C Fu, X Zhao, T Zhu - Research, 2020 - spj.science.org
Since the first successful implementation of n-type do**, low-cost Mg 3 Sb 2-x Bi x alloys
have been rapidly developed as excellent thermoelectric materials in recent years. An …

LOBSTER: Local orbital projections, atomic charges, and chemical‐bonding analysis from projector‐augmented‐wave‐based density‐functional theory

R Nelson, C Ertural, J George… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We present an update on recently developed methodology and functionality in the computer
program Local Orbital Basis Suite Toward Electronic‐Structure Reconstruction (LOBSTER) …

Hydrogen‐Bond Regulation of the Microenvironment of Ni (II)‐Porphyrin Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Efficient Overall Water Splitting

Y Zhang, S Chen, Y Zhang, R Li, B Zhao… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Accurately regulating the microenvironment around active sites is an important approach for
boosting the overall water splitting performance of bifunctional electrocatalysts, which can …

Synergistic Effect of Band and Nanostructure Engineering on the Boosted Thermoelectric Performance of n‐Type Mg3+δ(Sb, Bi)2 Zintls

JS Liang, XL Shi, Y Peng, WD Liu… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Thermoelectric Mg3+ δ (Sb, Bi) 2 Zintls have attracted significant attention because
of their high‐performing, eco‐friendly, and cost‐effective features, but their thermoelectric …

Soft anharmonic phonons and ultralow thermal conductivity in Mg3(Sb, Bi)2 thermoelectrics

J Ding, T Lanigan-Atkins, M Calderón-Cueva… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
The candidate thermoelectric compounds Mg3Sb2 and Mg3Bi2 show excellent performance
near ambient temperature, enabled by an anomalously low lattice thermal conductivity (κl) …

[HTML][HTML] Room-temperature thermoelectric materials: Challenges and a new paradigm

Z Han, JW Li, F Jiang, J **a, BP Zhang, JF Li… - Journal of Materiomics, 2022 - Elsevier
Room-temperature thermoelectric materials provide promising solutions for energy
harvesting from the environment, and deliver a maintenance-free power supply for the …

Development of a robust tool to extract Mulliken and Löwdin charges from plane waves and its application to solid-state materials

C Ertural, S Steinberg, R Dronskowski - RSC advances, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Chemically understanding the electronic structure of a given material provides valuable
information about its chemical as well as physical nature and, hence, is the key to designing …

Rational Manipulation of Epitaxial Strains Enabled Valence Band Convergence and High Thermoelectric Performances in Mg3Sb2 Films

S **e, W Liu, X Wan, J Lyu, F Yan… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Strain engineering is demonstrated to effectively regulate the functionality of materials, such
as thermoelectric, ferroelectric, and photovoltaic properties. As the straightforward approach …

Extraordinary thermoelectric performance, thermal stability and mechanical properties of n-type Mg3Sb1. 5Bi0. 5 through multi-dopants at interstitial site

F Jiang, T Feng, Y Zhu, Z Han, R Shu, C Chen… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
Mg 3 Sb 2-based thermoelectric materials have attracted much interest since the discovery
of their excellent n-type thermoelectric performance with excess Mg content and proper …