Fundamental and progress of Bi2Te3-based thermoelectric materials*

Project supported by the Australian Research Council. Zhi-Gang Chen thanks the USQ start-up grant and strategic research grant.

Hong Min1, 2, Chen Zhi-Gang1, 2, †, Zou Jin2, 3, ‡
       

(color online) (a) Data points of |S| versus nH compared with the calculated nH-dependent |S| curves, and (b) data points of μH versus nH compared with the calculated nH-dependent μH curves for n-type Bi2Te3−xSex single crystals.[121] (c) Data points of S versus nH compared with the calculated nH-dependent S curves and (d) data points of μH versus nH compared with the calculated nH-dependent μH curves for p-type BixSb3−xTe3 single crystals.[132] (e) and (f) Data points of S2σ versus nH compared with the calculated nH-dependent S2σ curves for n-type Bi2Te3−xSex single crystals[121] and p-type BixSb3−xTe3 single crystals,[132] respectively.