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Annica M Blackschaffer - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Kaue R Alves - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

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Kornelius Nielsch - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • quantum materials for Thermoelectricity
    Mrs Bulletin, 2018
    Co-Authors: Johannes Gooth, Gabi Schierning, Claudia Felser, Kornelius Nielsch
    Abstract:

    Research in thermoelectric (TE) quantum structures was greatly propelled by the prediction in the early 1990s of a significant boost in TE efficiency by quantum size effects. Recently, research interest has shifted from quantum size effects in conventional semiconductors toward new types of quantum materials (e.g., topological insulators [TIs], Weyl and Dirac semimetals) characterized by their nontrivial electronic topology. Bi2Te3, Sb2Te3, and Bi2Se3, established TE materials, are also TIs exhibiting a bulk bandgap and highly conductive and robust gapless surface states. The signature of the nontrivial electronic band structure on TE transport properties can be best verified in transport experiments using nanowires and thin films. However, even in nanograined bulk, the typical peculiarities in the transport properties of TIs can be seen. Finally, the remarkable transport properties of Dirac and Weyl semimetals are discussed.

Chandra Sekhar Tiwary - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Thermoelectricity Enhanced Electrocatalysis
    Nano Letters, 2017
    Co-Authors: Tiva Sharifi, Sadegh Yazdi, Cristiano F. Woellner, Gelu Costin, Xiang Zhang, Chandra Sekhar Tiwary
    Abstract:

    We show that thermoelectric materials can function as electrocatalysts and use thermoelectric voltage generated to initiate and boost electrocatalytic reactions. The electrocatalytic activity is promoted by the use of nanostructured thermoelectric materials in a hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) by the Thermoelectricity generated from induced temperature gradients. This phenomenon is demonstrated using two-dimensional layered thermoelectric materials Sb2Te3 and Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3 where a current density approaching ∼50 mA/cm2 is produced at zero potential for Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3 in the presence of a temperature gradient of 90 °C. In addition, the turnover frequency reaches to 2.7 s–1 at 100 mV under this condition which was zero in the absence of temperature gradient. This result adds a new dimension to the properties of thermoelectric materials which has not been explored before and can be applied in the field of electrocatalysis and energy generation.