@article{5c9de8253036436f83b1cca5bcb2d1bd,
title = "A facile energy-saving route of fabricating thermoelectric Sb2Te3-Te nanocomposites and nanosized Te",
abstract = "A facile energy-saving route is developed for fabricating Sb2Te3Te nanocomposites and nanosized Te powders. The fabrication route not only avoids using organic chemicals, but also keeps the energy consumption to a minimum. The fabrication procedure involves two steps. Energetic precursors of nanosized powders of Sb and Te are produced at room temperature followed by hot pressing at 4008C under 70 MPa for 1 h. The resulting Sb2Te3-Te nanocomposite exhibits enhanced power factor. The dimensionless figure of merit zT value of the Sb2Te3-Te nanocomposite is 0.29 at 475 K.",
author = "Liu, {En Yu} and Lin, {Fei Hung} and Yang, {Zong Ren} and Liu, {Chia Jyi}",
note = "Funding Information: Ethics. Research of this work, which is focused on preparation of thermoelectric material, may be used in thermoelectric generator, cooler, controller and other fields. Our experiments did not use any parts from humans or any animals. Data accessibility. The datasets, which can be obtained by double clicking the figures in {\textquoteleft}datasets_figure 2, 6, 7, 8, and 9_ESM.docx{\textquoteright} file with OriginPro software, are presented within this article and electronic supplementary material. Authors{\textquoteright} contributions. E.-Y.L. and C.-J.L. conceived and designed the research. E.-Y.L. wrote the experimental procedure, fabricated the material and prepared the figures. F.-H.L. and Z.-R.Y. measured the thermoelectric properties and obtained the microstructure. C.-J.L. summarized the formation mechanism and wrote the main manuscript. All authors approved the final manuscript. Competing interests. The authors declare that they have no competing interests. Funding. This work was supported by Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan under the grant no. 104-2112-M-018-002-MY3.",
year = "2018",
month = oct,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1098/rsos.180698",
language = "English",
volume = "5",
journal = "Royal Society Open Science",
issn = "2054-5703",
publisher = "The Royal Society",
number = "10",
}