Enhanced power factor and reduced thermal conductivity of a half-Heusler 
derivative Ti9Ni7Sn8: A bulk nanocomposite thermoelectric material

Misra, D. K.; Rajput, A.; Bhardwaj, A.; Chauhan, N. S.; Singh, S.

doi:10.1063/1.4914504

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Enhanced power factor and reduced thermal conductivity of a half-Heusler derivative Ti₉Ni₇Sn₈: A bulk nanocomposite thermoelectric material

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Singh, S.
Inorganic Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society;

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Misra, D. K., Rajput, A., Bhardwaj, A., Chauhan, N. S., & Singh, S. (2015). Enhanced power factor and reduced thermal conductivity of a half-Heusler derivative Ti₉Ni₇Sn₈: A bulk nanocomposite thermoelectric material. Applied Physics Letters, 106(10): 103901, pp. 1-5. doi:10.1063/1.4914504.

Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0026-BF8D-E

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We report a half-Heusler (HH) derivative Ti9Ni7Sn8 with VEC = 17.25 to investigate the structural changes for the optimization of high thermoelectric performance. The structural analysis reveals that the resulting material is a nanocomposite of HH and full-Heusler with traces of Ti6Sn5 type-phase. Interestingly, present nanocomposite exhibits a significant decrease in thermal conductivity due to phonon scattering and improvement in the power factor due to combined effect of nanoinclusion-induced electron injection and electron scattering at interfaces, leading to a boost in the ZT value to 0.32 at 773 K, which is 60% higher than its bulk counterpart HH TiNiSn. (C) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC.