TY - JOUR
T1 - High-temperature thermoelectric performance of heavily doped PbSe
AU - Parker, David
AU - Singh, David J.
PY - 2010/7/8
Y1 - 2010/7/8
N2 - We present a model calculation, employing first-principles calculations as well as empirical data, which suggests that properly hole-doped bulk PbSe may show a Seebeck coefficient as high as 230 μV/K, in a temperature regime in which the lattice thermal conductivity is rather small. It may therefore show a figure-of-merit ZT as high as 2 for temperatures of 1000 K. Heavily doped p-type PbSe may offer better thermoelectric performance than the sister material, optimized PbTe, for high-temperature applications such as power generation.
AB - We present a model calculation, employing first-principles calculations as well as empirical data, which suggests that properly hole-doped bulk PbSe may show a Seebeck coefficient as high as 230 μV/K, in a temperature regime in which the lattice thermal conductivity is rather small. It may therefore show a figure-of-merit ZT as high as 2 for temperatures of 1000 K. Heavily doped p-type PbSe may offer better thermoelectric performance than the sister material, optimized PbTe, for high-temperature applications such as power generation.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.035204
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.035204
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77956678049
SN - 1098-0121
VL - 82
JO - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
JF - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
IS - 3
M1 - 035204
ER -