title: Understanding Nanostructuring Processes in Thermoelectrics and Their Effects on Lattice Thermal Conductivity.
abstract: Cooling rates of molten PbTe-CdTe compositions play a determinant role in defining the nanoscale precipitate size distribution and the corresponding number densities, resulting in distinct trends of lattice thermal conductivity evolution with varying CdTe fractions.
authors: Department of Physics, South University of Science and Technology of China, Shenzhen, 518055, China.|Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Thermoelectric Materials, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
authors: Di
authors: D
authors: Wu
authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China.|Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA.
authors: Li-Dong
authors: LD
authors: Zhao
authors: Ernst Ruska Centre for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons (ER-C), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, 52425, Germany.|Peter Grünberg Institute, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, 52425, Germany.
authors: Fengshan
authors: F
authors: Zheng
authors: Ernst Ruska Centre for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons (ER-C), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, 52425, Germany.|Peter Grünberg Institute, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, 52425, Germany.
authors: Lei
authors: L
authors: Jin
authors: Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA.
authors: Mercouri G
authors: MG
authors: Kanatzidis
authors: Department of Physics, South University of Science and Technology of China, Shenzhen, 518055, China.|Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Thermoelectric Materials, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
authors: Jiaqing
authors: J
authors: He
keywords: cooling rates; lattice thermal conductivities; nanostructuring processes; thermodynamics; thermoelectrics