Improving the thermoelectric efficiency is one of the greatest challenges in materials science. The recent discovery of excellent thermoelectric performance in simple orthorhombic SnSe crystal offers new promise in this prospect [Zhao et al. Nature 508, 373 (2014)]. By calculating the thermoelectric properties of orthorhombic IV-VI compounds GeS,GeSe,SnS, and SnSe based on the first-principles ...

In this paper we examined the problem of steady flow of a second order slightly thermo-viscous incompressible fluid through a porous slab bounded between two infinitely spread permeable parallel plates. The effects of various material parameters like Darcy’s porosity parameter, Thermo-mechanical stress interaction coefficient, Strain thermal conductivity coefficient and Suction/injection parame...

We used three-dimensional (3-D) images of snow microstructure to carry out numerical estimations of the full tensor of the intrinsic permeability of snow (K). This study was performed on 35 snow samples, spanning a wide range of seasonal snow types. For several snow samples, a significant anisotropy of permeability was detected and is consistent with that observed for the effective thermal cond...

effect of nanosilver (ns) on the heat-transferring rate to the core section of medium density fiberboard (mdf) mat was studied here. a 400 ppm aqueous nanosilver suspension was used at three consumption levels of 100, 150, and 200 ml/kg, based on the weight of dry wood fibers; the results were then compared with the control mdf panels. the size range of nanosilver was 30-80 nm. results showed t...

2014 The transport coefficients (total thermal conductivity, viscosity, and electrical conductivity) of N2-H2 mixtures have been calculated in the temperature range 2 000 K-20 000 K. The results have been obtained by means of higher Chapman-Enskog approximations after an appropriate selection of the collision integrals. The accuracy of the results is then discussed and some of the results have ...

In general, in thermoelectric materials the electrical conductivity σ and thermal conductivity κ are related and thus cannot be controlled independently. Previously, to maximize the thermoelectric figure of merit in state-of-the-art materials, differences in relative scaling between σ and κ as dimensions are reduced to approach the nanoscale were utilized. Here we present an approach to thermoe...

Group IIIA elements (B, Ga, In, and Tl) have been doped into PbSe for enhancement of thermoelectric properties. The electrical conductivity, Seebeck coefficient, and thermal conductivity were systematically studied. Room-temperature Hall measurements showed an effective increase in the electron concentration upon both Ga and In doping and the hole concentration upon Tl doping to ~7 × 10(19) cm(...

The electronic properties of disordered systems at the Anderson metal-insulator transition (MIT) have been the subject of intense study for several decades. Thermoelectric properties at the MIT, such as thermopower and thermal conductivity, however, have been relatively neglected. Using the recursive Green’s function method and the Chester-Thellung-Kubo-Greenwood formalism, we calculate numeric...

Serials of Mn doping by substituting Cd sites on Cu2CdSnSe4 are prepared by the melting method and the spark plasma sintering (SPS) technique to form Cu2Cd1-xMnxSnSe4. Our experimental and theoretical studies show that the moderate Mn doping by substituting Cd sites is an effective method to improve the thermoelectric performance of Cu2CdSnSe4. The electrical resistivity is decreased by about a...