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Information × Registration Number 2111U000778, Article popup.category Стаття Title popup.author popup.publication 01-01-2011 popup.source_user Сумський державний університет popup.source http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/22055 popup.publisher Видавництво СумДУ Description The present work reports enhanced power factor and reduced value of room temperature thermal conductivity in undoped PbTe nanocomposite, prepared from PbTe nanocrystals, synthesized via chemical route. The highest power factor is found to be 19.21 ´ 10 –4 Wm –1K –2 with room temperature thermal conductivity of 1.53 Wm –1K –1. The potential barrier at the sharp interfaces of the grains of the nanocomposites, occurred due to the adsorption of oxygen by the grain surfaces, have been found to play the main role to produce the high value of Seebeck coefficient (416 mV/K at 500 K) by preferentially scattering the lower energy electrons and thus enhancing the power factor. The lattice destruction at the grain interfaces has been found to cause the remarkable reduction in thermal conductivity, through scattering a wide spectrum of phonon wavelength. When you are citing the document, use the following link http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/22055 popup.nrat_date 2025-03-24 Close