Ingenious atomic manipulation induced plainer lattice makes better thermoelectric cooler and power generator (IMAGE)

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Ingenious atomic manipulation induced plainer lattice makes better thermoelectric cooler and power generator

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(a) The schematic diagram illustrates the optimization mechanism of lattice plainification and band engineering for the n-type BTS+Cu in this study. Comparison of (b) maximum cooling temperature difference ΔTmax and (c) power generation efficiency η between optimized thermoelectric devices and traditional commercial devices.

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