title: Low-cost high-performance zinc antimonide thin films for thermoelectric applications.
abstract: Zinc antimonide thin films with high thermoelectric performance are produced by a simple sputtering method. The phase-pure Zn(4)Sb(3) and ZnSb thin films fulfill the key requirements for commercial TE power generation: cheap elements, cheap fabrication method, high performance and thermal stability. In addition, two completely new meta-stable crystalline phases of zinc antimonide have been discovered.
authors.affiliation: Center for Materials Crystallography, Department of Chemistry and iNANO, Aarhus University, Denmark.
authors.forename: Ye
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Mogens
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Christensen
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Johnsen
authors.forename: Ngo V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Nong
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sillassen
authors.forename: Eryun
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Anders E C
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Palmqvist
authors.forename: Jørgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bøttiger
authors.forename: Bo B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Iversen
mesh_terms: D000965:Antimony / Q000737:chemistry*; D003460:Crystallization; D011211:Electric Power Supplies / Q000191:economics; D004560:Electricity; D013696:Temperature; D015032:Zinc / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000965:Antimony; D015032:Zinc