Jack Simonson

TL;DR: Through a nanocomposite approach using ball milling and hot pressing, a peak ZT of 0.8 at 700 °C is achieved, which is about 60% higher than the best reported 0.5 and might be good enough for consideration for waste heat recovery in car exhaust systems.

TL;DR: In this paper, the potential of stable (Zr,Hf)Co(Sb,Sn) half-Heusler phases, as p-type thermoelectric materials, for high-temperature power generation has been examined.

TL;DR: In this article, the synthesis of CsTlCl3 and CstlF3 perovskites were reported, and the charge ordering between Tl+ and Tl3+ was confirmed by X-ray absorption and Raman spectroscopy.

TL;DR: Electronic structure calculations and X-ray diffraction measurements presented here challenge long held beliefs, finding that only modest pressures are required to transform LaMnPO, isostructural to superconducting host LaFeAsO, from an antiferromagnetic insulator to a metallic antiferrosagnet, where the Mn moment vanishes in a second pressure-driven transition.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the effect of vanadium-induced thermopower enhancement on polycrystalline half-Heusler alloys and found that vanadium can significantly increase the thermoelectric power of these alloys.