Large-scale synthesis and characterization of the size-dependent thermoelectric properties of uniformly sized bismuth nanocrystals

Jae Sung Son, Kunsu Park, Mi Kyung Han, Chanyoung Kang, Sung Geun Park, Jae Hee Kim, Woochul Kim, Sung Jin Kim, Taeghwan Hyeon

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Abstract

Pressed Bi nanocrystals synthesized by a simple colloidal method exhibited very high electrical conductivity of 104-105 S m -1 and extremely low thermal conductivity of 0.35 W m-1 K-1. The synthetic method can be used for the inexpensive preparation of highly efficient thermoelectric materials by engineering the size of nanocrystals (see picture; scale bar 50 nm; ZT=figure of merit).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1363-1366
Number of pages4
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume50
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Feb 2011

Keywords

  • bismuth
  • conducting materials
  • nanoparticles
  • thermoelectric materials

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