Second-phase precipitation in nanocrystalline silicon may lead to improved thermoelectric power factors (up to ≈15 mW K-2 m-1 at room temperature) and high figures of merit. In this review, energy filtering is shown to provide an explanatory framework for these findings, helping predict strategies to further improve nanocrystalline silicon efficiency in thermal harvesters.

Narducci, D., Frabboni, S., Zianni, X. (2015). Silicon de novo: Energy filtering and enhanced thermoelectric performances of nanocrystalline silicon and silicon alloys. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY. C, 3(47), 12176-12185 [10.1039/c5tc01632k].

Silicon de novo: Energy filtering and enhanced thermoelectric performances of nanocrystalline silicon and silicon alloys

Narducci, D
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2015

Abstract

Second-phase precipitation in nanocrystalline silicon may lead to improved thermoelectric power factors (up to ≈15 mW K-2 m-1 at room temperature) and high figures of merit. In this review, energy filtering is shown to provide an explanatory framework for these findings, helping predict strategies to further improve nanocrystalline silicon efficiency in thermal harvesters.
Articolo in rivista - Review Essay
Electric power factor; Nanocrystalline alloys; Nanocrystals; Silicon; Silicon alloys; Thermoelectric power; Thermoelectricity; Energy filtering; Figures of merits; Second-phase precipitations; Thermoelectric performance; Thermoelectric power factors; Nanocrystalline silicon;
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3-nov-2015
2015
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47
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Narducci, D., Frabboni, S., Zianni, X. (2015). Silicon de novo: Energy filtering and enhanced thermoelectric performances of nanocrystalline silicon and silicon alloys. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY. C, 3(47), 12176-12185 [10.1039/c5tc01632k].
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