CALPHAD accelerated design of advanced full-Zintl thermoelectric device

L Yin, X Li, X Bao, J Cheng, C Chen, Z Zhang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Since thermoelectric materials have different physical and chemical properties, the design of
contact layers requires dedicated efforts, and the welding temperatures are distinctly …

Ab initio study of intrinsic point defects in PbTe: an insight into phase stability

S Bajaj, GS Pomrehn, JW Doak, W Gierlotka, H Wu… - Acta Materialia, 2015 - Elsevier
The stability of intrinsic point defects in PbTe, one of the most widely studied and efficient
thermoelectric material, is explored by means of Density Functional Theory (DFT). The origin …

Modeling Charged Defects Using the Defect Energy Formalism With a Charge Sublattice Within a CALPHAD Framework

AH Adekoya, GJ Snyder - Advanced Functional Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The non‐stoichiometry of material compounds significantly influences their functional
properties. In semiconductors, point defects determine whether a material is n‐type or p …

Determining dilute-limit solvus boundaries in multi-component systems using defect energetics: Na in PbTe and PbS

JW Doak, KJ Michel, C Wolverton - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Defect calculations are standard practice for understanding the electronic structure of
dopants and alloying elements in semiconductors and insulators. However, these …

Interfacial reactions at the joints of PbTe thermoelectric modules using Ag-Ge braze

SW Chen, JC Wang, LC Chen - Intermetallics, 2017 - Elsevier
PbTe-based alloys are important mid-temperature thermoelectric materials. A suitable braze
alloy and reliable joints are the basic requirements of a thermoelectric module. This study …

Thermostructural and Elastic Properties of PbTe and Pb0.884Cd0.116Te: A Combined Low-Temperature and High-Pressure X-ray Diffraction Study of Cd …

R Minikayev, F Safari, A Katrusiak, W Szuszkiewicz… - Crystals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Rocksalt-type (Pb, Cd) Te belongs to IV–VI semiconductors exhibiting thermoelectric
properties. With the aim of understanding of the influence of Cd substitution in PbTe on …

Thermodynamic description of the Ag-Pb-Te ternary system

W Gierlotka, J Łapsa, K Fitzner - Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion, 2010 - Springer
Tellurium is an unwanted admixture in silver thus it is important to optimize tellurium removal
from Ag by controlling its distribution between the liquid, slag and gaseous phases …

The microstructure, liquidus projection and thermodynamic modeling of thermoelectric Ag–Pb–Te system

H Wu, W Foo, W Gierlotka, S Chen… - Materials Chemistry and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract Ag–Pb–Te is an important system in thermoelectric applications. Various Ag–Pb–Te
alloys are prepared and their microstructures are examined. The liquidus projection of …

Thermodynamic modeling of the PbX (X= S, Te) phase diagram using a five sub-lattice and two sub-lattice model

MC Peters, JW Doak, WW Zhang, JE Saal, GB Olson… - Calphad, 2017 - Elsevier
Five-sublattice and two-sublattice models have been built to describe the PbX (X= S, Te)
semiconductors using the CALPHAD method. The five-sublattice model has three additional …

Electrochemical investigation and thermodynamic assessment of the Mg-Pd system

W Gierlotka, S Terlicka, W Gąsior… - Journal of Mining …, 2024 - aseestant.ceon.rs
This work presents the results of electromotive force measurements, by coulometric titration
technique, for liquid and solid Mg-Pd alloys with concentrations up to 0.70 mole fraction of …