Modifications to the phonon spectrum of nanocomposite thermoelectrics

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Here we propose to use the superior energy resolution of OSIRIS to measure the phonon desnity of states (PDOS) of both nanocomposite and bulk thermoelectric alloys of Si1-xGex. Previous results have shown that upon entering the nanocrystalline regime these systems manifest large increases in their thermoelectric figures of merit (ZT) stemming from a substantial reduction in their thermal conductivity. To date, however, little is understood regarding the precise nature of the interfacial scattering and resulting modifications to the PDOS in these materials. Here we propose to probe the long wavelength phonon modes in Si1-xGex nanocomposites with the superior energy resolution achievable on the OSIRIS spectrometer.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.24079501
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/24079501
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Creator Professor Stephen Wilson
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2013
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Photon- and Neutron Geosciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2010-07-07T08:32:20Z
Temporal Coverage End 2010-07-13T07:53:19Z