Type-I clathrate compounds have attracted a great deal of interest in connection with the
search for efficient thermoelectric materials. These compounds constitute networked cages …

A program for calculating the semi-classic transport coefficients is described. It is based on a
smoothed Fourier interpolation of the bands. From this analytical representation we …

Ten years ago, DM Rowe introduced the bestselling CRC Handbook of Thermoelectrics to
wide acclaim. Since then, increasing environmental concerns, desire for long-life electrical …

Zintl phases and related compounds are promising thermoelectric materials; for instance,
high zT has been found in Yb14MnSb11, clathrates, and the filled skutterudites. The rich …

Electronic transport in materials is governed by a series of tensorial properties such as
conductivity, Seebeck coefficient, and effective mass. These quantities are paramount to the …

The thermoelectric transport properties of polycrystalline, n-type Ba 8 Ga 16− x Ge 30+ x
were characterized from 300 to 1000 K. The carrier density was found to vary precisely with …

An automated band structure calculation based on the inorganic crystal structure database
and the augmented plane wave method for electronic structure calculations is presented …

Single crystals of Ba8Au5. 3Ge40. 7 [space group Pm 3̅ n (No. 223), a= 10.79891 (8) Å]
were prepared by a Bridgman technique. The crystal structure refinement based on single …

Chalcogenide crystals have a wide range of applications, especially as thermoelectric
materials for energy conversion. Thermoelectric materials can be used to generate an …

We report structural, transport, and thermal properties of carrier-tuned Ba 8 Ga 16 Sn 30
single crystals with the type-1 clathrate structure (β phase), demonstrating that Ba 8 Ga 16 …