title: Natural mineral tetrahedrite as a direct source of thermoelectric materials.
abstract: We show that a simple powder processing procedure using natural mineral tetrahedrite, the most widespread sulfosalt on earth, provides a low cost, high throughput means of producing thermoelectric materials with high conversion efficiency. These earth-abundant thermoelectrics can open the door to many new and inexpensive power generation opportunities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Donald T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Morelli