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Chemical Communications

Enhanced thermoelectric performance in TiNiSn-based half-Heuslers†‡

R. A. Downie,a   D. A. MacLaren,b   R. I. Smithc  and  J. W. G. Bos*a  

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a Institute of Chemical Sciences and Centre for Advanced Energy Storage and Recovery, School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
E-mail: j.w.g.bos@hw.ac.uk
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b School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
E-mail: donald.maclaren@glasgow.ac.uk
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c ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, Didcot, UK
E-mail: ron.smith@stfc.ac.uk
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Tel: +44 (0)1235 445 683

Abstract

Thermoelectric figures of merit, ZT > 0.5, have been obtained in arc-melted TiNiSn-based ingots. This promising conversion efficiency is due to a low lattice thermal conductivity, which is attributed to excess nickel in the half-Heusler structure.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC37121A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
30 Gwen. 2012
Accepted
18 Ker. 2012
First published
18 Ker. 2012

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 4184-4186

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R. A. Downie, D. A. MacLaren, R. I. Smith and J. W. G. Bos, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 4184 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC37121A

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