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Theoretical and experimental advances in Bi2Te3 / Sb2Te3 - based and related superlattice systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2013

M. Winkler ,
X. Liu ,
U. Schürmann ,
J. D. König ,
L. Kienle ,
W. Bensch  and
H. Böttner
M. Winkler
Affiliation:
Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement Techniques IPM, Heidenhofstraße 8, D-79110 Freiburg, Germany
X. Liu
Affiliation:
Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Max-Eyth-Str. 2, 24118 Kiel, Germany
U. Schürmann
Affiliation:
Synthesis and Real Structure, Institute for Materials Science, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kaiserstr. 2, 24143 Kiel, Germany
J. D. König
Affiliation:
Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement Techniques IPM, Heidenhofstraße 8, D-79110 Freiburg, Germany
L. Kienle
Affiliation:
Synthesis and Real Structure, Institute for Materials Science, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kaiserstr. 2, 24143 Kiel, Germany
W. Bensch
Affiliation:
Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Max-Eyth-Str. 2, 24118 Kiel, Germany
H. Böttner
Affiliation:
Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement Techniques IPM, Heidenhofstraße 8, D-79110 Freiburg, Germany
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Abstract

Roughly a decade ago an outstanding thermoelectric figure of merit ZT of 2.4 was reported for nanostructured Bi2Te3/Sb2Te3-based thin film superlattice (SL) structures. The published results strongly fueled and renewed the interest in the development of efficient novel nanostructured thermoelectric materials. This review article shall give an overview over the most recent theoretical and experimental advances on Bi2Te3/Sb2Te3 SLs and related superlattice systems. The presented theoretical models are subdivided into electronic and phononic aspects. The experimental results are summarized with regard to the method used. A more detailed elaboration on structural and transport properties is given in the subsequent sections.

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thermoelectricitynanostructurethin film
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1490: Symposium B – Thermoelectric Materials Research and Device Development for Power Conversion and Refrigeration , 2013 , pp. 205 - 222
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