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Entropy engineering enabled atomically dispersed Cu doping leading to an exceptionally high thermoelectric figure of merit in n-type lead chalcogenides

Energy & Environmental Science, vol. 17, pp. 2921–2934

Abstract

Entropy engineering fully dissolved extra Cu atoms into the interstitial lattice sites of lead chalcogenides, yielding high charge carrier mobility and ZT values in a wide temperature range.

Authors 17

  1. Northwestern Polytechnical University · State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing · Ministry of Industry and Information Technology

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    State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, and Key Laboratory of Radiation Detection Materials and Devices, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China

  2. Northwestern Polytechnical University · State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing · Ministry of Industry and Information Technology

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    State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, and Key Laboratory of Radiation Detection Materials and Devices, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China

  3. Northwestern Polytechnical University · State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing · Ministry of Industry and Information Technology

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    State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, and Key Laboratory of Radiation Detection Materials and Devices, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China

  4. Chinese Academy of Sciences · China Spallation Neutron Source · Institute of High Energy Physics

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    Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

    Spallation Neutron Source Science Center, Dongguan 523803, China

  5. Kunming University of Science and Technology

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    Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650093, China

  6. Northwestern Polytechnical University · State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing · Ministry of Industry and Information Technology

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    State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, and Key Laboratory of Radiation Detection Materials and Devices, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China

  7. Northwestern Polytechnical University · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology · State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics · State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing · Ministry of Industry and Information Technology

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    State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Micro-System and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 200050 Shanghai, China

    State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, and Key Laboratory of Radiation Detection Materials and Devices, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China

  8. Northwestern Polytechnical University · State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing · Ministry of Industry and Information Technology

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    State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, and Key Laboratory of Radiation Detection Materials and Devices, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China

  9. Northwestern Polytechnical University · State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing · Ministry of Industry and Information Technology

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    State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, and Key Laboratory of Radiation Detection Materials and Devices, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China

  10. Qufu Normal University

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    Laboratory of High-Pressure Physics and Material Science (HPPMS), School of Physics and Physical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, 273165, China

  11. Qufu Normal University

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    Laboratory of High-Pressure Physics and Material Science (HPPMS), School of Physics and Physical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, 273165, China

  12. Qufu Normal University

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    Laboratory of High-Pressure Physics and Material Science (HPPMS), School of Physics and Physical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, 273165, China

  13. RWTH Aachen University

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    Institute of Physics (IA), RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany

  14. Northwestern Polytechnical University · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology · State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics · State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing · Ministry of Industry and Information Technology

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    State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Micro-System and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 200050 Shanghai, China

    State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, and Key Laboratory of Radiation Detection Materials and Devices, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China

  15. Chao Li corresponding

    China Electronic Product Reliability and Environmental Test Institute · Ministry of Industry and Information Technology

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    The Fifth Electronics Research Institute of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China

  16. Yuan Yu corresponding Aachen Institute of Physics (IA)

    RWTH Aachen University

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    Institute of Physics (IA), RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany

  17. Chongjian Zhou corresponding

    Northwestern Polytechnical University · State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing · Ministry of Industry and Information Technology

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    State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, and Key Laboratory of Radiation Detection Materials and Devices, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China

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