Superparamagnetic enhancement of thermoelectric performance

Wenyu Zhao, Zhiyuan Liu, Zhigang Sun, Qingjie Zhang (), Ping Wei, Xin Mu, Hongyu Zhou, Cuncheng Li, Shifang Ma, Danqi He, Pengxia Ji, Wanting Zhu, Xiaolei Nie, Xianli Su, Xinfeng Tang, Baogen Shen, Xiaoli Dong, Jihui Yang (), Yong Liu and Jing Shi
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Wenyu Zhao: State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology
Zhiyuan Liu: State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology
Zhigang Sun: State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology
Qingjie Zhang: State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology
Ping Wei: State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology
Xin Mu: State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology
Hongyu Zhou: State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology
Cuncheng Li: State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology
Shifang Ma: State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology
Danqi He: State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology
Pengxia Ji: State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology
Wanting Zhu: State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology
Xiaolei Nie: State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology
Xianli Su: State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology
Xinfeng Tang: State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology
Baogen Shen: Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiaoli Dong: Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jihui Yang: University of Washington
Yong Liu: School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University
Jing Shi: School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University

Nature, 2017, vol. 549, issue 7671, 247-251

Abstract: By embedding superparamagnetic nanoparticles in a thermoelectric matrix, phonon and electron transport within the material can be controlled simultaneously at nanometre and mesoscopic length scales, thereby improving the thermoelectric performance of the material.

Date: 2017
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