WS2 as an excellent high-temperature thermoelectric material

Appala Gandi, Udo Schwingenschlögl

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Abstract

The potential of WS2 as a thermoelectric material is assessed. The electronic contribution to the thermoelectric properties is calculated within the constant relaxation time approximation from the electronic band structure, whereas the lattice contribution is evaluated using self-consistently calculated phonon lifetimes. In addition, the dependence of the lattice thermal conductivity on the mean free path of the phonons is determined.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)6628-6637
Number of pages10
JournalChemistry of Materials
Volume26
Issue number22
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 13 2014

Bibliographical note

KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledgements: Research reported in this publication was supported by the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Computational resources were provided by the Supercomputing Laboratory of KAUST.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Materials Chemistry
  • General Chemical Engineering
  • General Chemistry

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