Strategies for optimizing the thermoelectricity of PbTe alloys
Zhai Jinze †, Wang Teng †, Wang Hongchao ‡, Su Wenbin, Wang Xue, Chen Tingting, Wang Chunlei §
(color online) (a) Lattice thermal conductivities and (b) zT values for (c) samples with different sizes nano-precipitates which are handled with different processes (QH: hot-pressing; AH: annealing followed by hot-pressing; QAH: quenching and annealing followed by hot-pressing).[16]