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res:
  bibo_abstract:
  - Thermoelectric materials enable the direct conversion between heat and electricity.
    SnTe is a promising candidate due to its high charge transport performance. Here,
    we prepared SnTe nanocomposites by employing an aqueous method to synthetize SnTe
    nanoparticles (NP), followed by a unique surface treatment prior NP consolidation.
    This synthetic approach allowed optimizing the charge and phonon transport synergistically.
    The novelty of this strategy was the use of a soluble PbS molecular complex prepared
    using a thiol-amine solvent mixture that upon blending is adsorbed on the SnTe
    NP surface. Upon consolidation with spark plasma sintering, SnTe-PbS nanocomposite
    is formed. The presence of PbS complexes significantly compensates for the Sn
    vacancy and increases the average grain size of the nanocomposite, thus improving
    the carrier mobility. Moreover, lattice thermal conductivity is also reduced by
    the Pb and S-induced mass and strain fluctuation. As a result, an enhanced ZT
    of ca. 0.8 is reached at 873 K. Our finding provides a novel strategy to conduct
    rational surface treatment on NP-based thermoelectrics.@eng
  bibo_authorlist:
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Cheng
      foaf_name: Chang, Cheng
      foaf_surname: Chang
      foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=9E331C2E-9F27-11E9-AE48-5033E6697425
    orcid: 0000-0002-9515-4277
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Maria
      foaf_name: Ibáñez, Maria
      foaf_surname: Ibáñez
      foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=43C61214-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
    orcid: 0000-0001-5013-2843
  bibo_doi: 10.3390/ma14185416
  bibo_issue: '18'
  bibo_volume: 14
  dct_date: 2021^xs_gYear
  dct_identifier:
  - UT:000700689400001
  dct_isPartOf:
  - http://id.crossref.org/issn/1996-1944
  dct_language: eng
  dct_publisher: MDPI@
  dct_title: Enhanced thermoelectric performance by surface engineering in SnTe-PbS
    nanocomposites@
  fabio_hasPubmedId: '34576640'
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