Publications

Aaron D. LaLonde, Yanzhong Pei and Heng Wang, G. Jeffrey Snyder “Lead Telluride Alloy Thermoelectrics” MaterialsToday 14, 526 (2011)

D.L. Medlin and G.J. Snyder "Interfaces in Bulk Thermoelectric Materials" Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science 14, 226 (2009).

Susan M. Kauzlarich, Shawna R. Brown and G. Jeffrey Snyder "Zintl phases for thermoelectric devices" Dalton Transactions 2007, 2099 (2007).

G. J. Snyder, "Small Thermoelectric Generators" Interface, Fall 2008, p54.

Christophe Goupil, Wolfgang Seifert, Knud Zabrocki, Eckart Müller, Jeffrey Snyder “Thermodynamics of thermoelectric phenomena and applications” Entropy 13, 1481 (2011)

Book Chapters

Andrew F. May, G. Jeffery Snyder "Introduction to Modeling Thermoelectric Transport at High Temperatures" Chapter 11 in Thermoelectrics and its Energy Harvesting Vol 1, edited by D. M. Rowe. CRC Press (2012).

Snyder, G. J. "Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting" Chapter 11 in "Energy Harvesting Technologies" S. Priya, & D. Inman, Eds (2008).

T. Ikeda, G. J. Snyder "Creation and development of nanostructure in bulk thermoelectric materials" Section 4, Chapter 2 in "Handbook of Thermoelectric Conversion Technology" Takenobu Kajikawa, Ryoji Funahashi, et al. editors (2008, in Japanese)

Snyder, G. J. "Thermoelectric Power Generation: Efficiency and Compatibility" Chapter 9, in Thermoelectrics Handbook: Macro to Nano edited by D. M. Rowe, CRC Press (2006)

E. Müller, K. Zabrocki, C. Goupil, G.J. Snyder, and W. Seifert "Functionally graded thermoelectric generator and cooler elements" Chapter 4 in Thermoelectrics and its Energy Harvesting Vol 1, edited by D. M. Rowe. CRC Press (2012).

Thermoelectric Nanomaterials

Teruyuki Ikeda, Laura Haviez, Youli Li, and G. Jeffrey Snyder “Nanostructuring of thermoelectric Mg2Si via a nonequilibrium intermediate state” Small available online (2012)

PbTe-Ag2Te nanocomposites

Hsin-jay Wu, Sinn-wen Chen, Teruyuki Ikeda, G. Jeffery Snyder "Formation of ordered nano-wire microstructures in thermoelectric Pb-Ag-Sb-Te" Acta Materialia 60, 1129–1138 (2012)

Yanzhong Pei, Jessica Lensch-Falk, Eric S. Toberer, Douglas L. Medlin, and G. Jeffrey Snyder "High Thermoelectric Performance in PbTe due to Large Nanoscale Ag2Te Precipitates and La Doping" Advanced Functional Materials 21, 241 (2010)

Yanzhong Pei, Nicholas A. Heinz, Aaron D. LaLonde and G. Jeffrey Snyder “Combination of Large Nanostructures and Complex Band Structure for High Performance Thermoelectric Lead Telluride” Energy and Environmental Science 4, 3640 (2011)

T. Ikeda, K. Bergum, G. J. Snyder “Solubility and microstructure in the pseudo-binary PbTe-Ag2Te system” Journal of Solid State Chemistry 184, 2543 (2011)

Yanzhong Pei, Nicholas A. Heinz and G. Jeffrey Snyder “Alloying to Increase the Band Gap for Improving Thermoelectric Properties of Ag2Te” Journal of Materials Chemistry 21, 18256 (2011)

PbTe-Sb2Te3 nanocomposites

T. Ikeda, N. J. Marolf, K. Bergum, M. B. Toussaint, N. A. Heinz, V. A. Ravi, G. J. Snyder "Size control of Sb2Te3 Widmanstätten precipitates in thermoelectric PbTe" Acta Mater 59, 2679 (2011)

Nicholas A Heinz, Teruyuki Ikeda, G. J Snyder, Douglas Medlin “Interfacial Disconnections at Sb2Te3 Precipitates in PbTe: Mechanisms of Strain Accommodation and Phase Transformation at a Tetradymite/Rocksalt Telluride Interface” Acta Mater 59, 7724 (2011)

Teruyuki Ikeda, Marcus B. Toussaint, Kristin Bergum, Shiho Iwanaga, G. Jeffrey Snyder "Solubility and formation of ternary Widmanstätten precipitates in PbTe in the pseudo-binary PbTe–Bi2Te3 system" J Mater Sci 46, 3846 (2011)

Xian Chen, Shanshan Cao, Teruyuki Ikeda, Vijay Srivastava, G. J. Snyder, Dominique Schryvers, Richard D. James “A weak compatibility condition for precipitation with application to the microstructure of PbTe-Sb2Te3 thermoelectrics” Acta Materialia 59 6124 (2011)

T. Ikeda, V. A. Ravi, and G. J. Snyder "Formation of Sb2Te3 Widmanstätten precipitates in thermoelectric PbTe" Acta Materialia 57 p. 666 (2009).

T. Ikeda, E. Toberer, V. Ravi, G. Snyder, S. Aoyagi, E. Nishibori, M. Sakata " In situ observation of eutectoid reaction forming a PbTe-Sb2Te3 thermoelectric nanocomposite by synchrotron X-ray diffraction" Scripta Materialia 60, p. 321 (2009)

T. Ikeda, V. A. Ravi, and G. J. Snyder "Microstructure Size Control through Cooling Rate in Thermoelectric PbTe-Sb2Te3 Composites" Met. Mat. Trans. A, 41, p 641 (2010)

F. Yang, T. Ikeda, G. J. Snyder, and C. Dames "Effective thermal conductivity of polycrystalline materials with randomly oriented superlattice grains" J. Appl. Phys. 108, 034310 (2010)

T. Ikeda and G. J. Snyder "Nanostructure formation in bulk thermoelectric compounds in the pseudo binary PbTe-Sb2Te3 system" Mater Res Soc Symp Proc 1267, 1267-DD06-07 (2010)

T. Ikeda, V. A. Ravi, G. J. Snyder "Evaluation of true inter-lamellar spacing from microstructural observations" J. Materials Research. 9, 2538 (2008).

T. Ikeda, L. Collins, V. A. Ravi, F. Gascoin, S. M. Haile and G. J. Snyder "Self-Assembled Nanometer Lamellae of Thermoelectric PbTe and Sb2Te3 with Epitaxy-like Interfaces" Chemistry of Materials 19(4) pp 763 - 767 (2007).

T. Ikeda, S. M. Haile, V. A. Ravi, H. Azizgolshani, F. Gascoin and G. J. Snyder "Solidification processing of alloys in the pseudo-binary PbTe-Sb2Te3 system" Acta Materialia 55, p 1227-1239 (2007).

T. Ikeda, V. A Ravi, L. Collins, S. M. Haile and G. J. Snyder "Development and Evolution of Nanostructure in Thermoelectric Pb-Te-Sb Alloys" J. Electronic Mat. 36, 716-20 (2007).

T. Ikeda, E. S. Toberer, V. A Ravi, S. M. Haile and G. J. Snyder "Lattice thermal conductivity of self-assembled PbTe-Sb2Te3 composites with nanometer lamellae" Twenty-sixth International Conference on Thermoelectrics. Proceedings, ICT'07 (Jeju, Korea) p. 1 (PDF 500KB)

T. Ikeda, V. A Ravi, L. Collins, S. M. Haile and G. J. Snyder "Development of Nanostructures in Thermoelectric Pb-Te-Sb Alloys" Twenty-fifth International Conference on Thermoelectrics. Proceedings, ICT'06 (IEEE, Vienna, Austria) p. 172-175 (PDF 790KB)

T. Ikeda, H. Azizgolshani, S. M. Haile, G. J. Snyder and V. A Ravi "Solidification Processing of Te–Sb–Pb Alloys For Thermoelectric Applications" 24th International Conference on Thermoelectrics. Proceedings, ICT'05 p.132 (IEEE, Clemson, SC, USA, 2005) (PDF 1.6 MB).

Bi2Te3 and Sb2Te3 nanostructures

Nicholas A. Heinz, Teruyuki Ikeda, G. Jeffrey Snyder “Formation of highly oriented large nanoscale In2Te3 precipitates in bulk Bi2Te3” Acta Mater. In press (2012)

Yichi Zhang, Heng Wang, Stephan Kraemer, Yifeng Shi, Fan Zhang, Matt Snedaker, Kunlun Ding, Martin Moskovits, G. Jeffrey Snyder, and Galen D. Stucky “Surfactant-Free Synthesis of Bi2Te3-Te Micro-Nano Heterostructure with Enhanced Thermoelectric Figure of Merit” ACS Nano 5, 3158 (2011)

Jikun Chen, GJ Snyder, LD Chen et al. “Direct tuning of electrical properties in nano-structured Bi(2)Se(0.3)Te(2.7) by reversible electrochemical lithium reactions” Chemical Communications 47, 12173 (2011)

Martin-Gonzalez M, Snyder GJ, Prieto AL, Gronsky R, Sands T, Stacy AM "Direct electrodeposition of highly dense 50 nm Bi2Te3-ySey nanowire arrays" Nano Letters 3(7): 973-977 (2003)

Zn-Sb nanocomposites

Ø. Prytz, A. E. Gunnæs, O. B. Karlsen, T. H. Breivik, E. S. Toberer, G. Jeffrey Snyder, J. Taftø "Nanoscale inclusions in the phonon glass thermoelectric material Zn4Sb3" Philosophical Magazine Letters (2009)

H.J. Kim, E.S. Bozin, S.M. Haile, G.J. Snyder, S.J.L. Billinge "Nanoscale alpha-structural domains in the phonon-glass thermoelectric material beta-Zn4Sb3" Physical Review B 75, 134103 (2007).

P. Rauwel, O. M. Løvvik, E. Rauwel, E. S. Toberer, G. Jeffrey Snyder, J. Taftø "Nanostructuring in Zn4Sb3 with variable starting Zn compositions" Physica Status Solidi (a) 208, 1652 (2011)ll

Cu-Se nanocomposites

Maria Ibáñez, Reza Zamani,  Aaron Lalonde, Doris Cadavid, Wenhua Li, Alexey Shavel, Jordi Arbiol,  Joan Ramon Morante, Stéphane Gorsse, G. Jeffrey Snyder and Andreu Cabot “Synthesis and Thermoelectric Properties of Cu2ZnGeSe4 Nanoparticles” JACS 134, 4060 (2012)

Thermoelectric Bulk Materials

PbTe, PbSe and related Alloys

Yanzhong Pei, Xiaoya Shi, Aaron LaLonde Heng Wang, Lidong Chen and G. Jeffrey Snyder "Convergence of electronic bands for high performance bulk thermoelectrics" Nature 473, 66 (2011)

Heng Wang, Yanzhong Pei, Aaron LaLonde and G. Jeffrey Snyder “Weak Electron-Phonon Coupling Contributing to High Thermoelectric Performance in n-Type PbSe” PNAS available online (2012)

Yanzhong Pei, Aaron D. LaLonde, Nicholas A. Heinz, Xiaoya Shi, Shiho Iwanaga, Heng Wang, Lidong Chen and G. Jeffrey Snyder “Stabilizing the Optimal Carrier Concentration for High Thermoelectric Efficiency” Advanced Materials 23, 5674 (2011)

Yanzhong Pei, Aaron D. LaLonde, Heng Wang and G. Jeffrey Snyder “Low Effective Mass Leading to High Thermoelectric Performance” Energy and Environmental Science in press (2012)

Yanzhong Pei, Aaron D. LaLonde, Nicholas A. Heinz and G. Jeffrey Snyder “High Thermoelectric Figure of Merit in PbTe by Alloying demonstrated in PbTe-CdTe” Advanced Energy Materials in press (2012)

Yanzhong Pei, Aaron LaLonde, Shiho Iwanaga and G. Jeffrey Snyder "High thermoelectric figure of merit in heavy hole dominated PbTe" Energy and Environmental Science 4, 2085 (2011)

Aaron D. LaLonde, Yanzhong Pei and G. Jeffrey Snyder "Reevaluation of PbTe1-xIx as high performance n-type thermoelectric material" Energy and Environmental Science 4, 2090 (2011)

Heng Wang, Yanzhong Pei, Aaron D. LaLonde,and G. Jeffrey Snyder "Heavily doped p-type PbSe with high thermoelectric performance: an alternative of PbTe" Advanced Materials 23, 1366 (2011)

Yanzhong Pei, Andrew F. May, G. Jeffrey Snyder "Self-Tuning the Carrier Concentration of PbTe/Ag2Te Composites with Excess Ag for High Thermoelectric Performance" Advanced Energy Materials 1, 291 (2011)

Heng Wang, Anek Charoenphakdee, Ken Kurosaki, Shinsuke Yamanaka, and G. Jeffrey Snyder "Reduction of thermal conductivity in PbTe:Tl by alloying with TlSbTe2" Phys. Rev. B 83, 024303 (2011)

J. P. Heremans, V. Jovovic, E. S. Toberer, A. Saramat, K. Kurosaki , A. Charoenphakdee, S. Yamanaka and G. J. Snyder "Enhancement of Thermoelectric Efficiency in PbTe by Distortion of the Electronic Density of States" Science 321, 554 (2008)

Bo Yu, Q. Zhang, H. Wang, X. Wang, H. Wang, D. Wang, Heng Wang, G. J. Snyder, Gang Chen, Z. F. Ren, "Thermoelectric property studies on thallium-doped lead telluride prepared by ball milling and hot pressing" J. Appl. Phys. 108, 016104 (2010)

Superionic Selenides and Tellurides and related Materials

Huili Liu, Xun Shi, Fangfang Xu, Linlin Zhang, Wenqing Zhang, Lidong Chen, Qiang Li, Ctirad Uher, and G. Jeffrey Snyder “Liquid-like Copper Ion Thermoelectric Materials” Nature Materials, online (2012)

Wolfgang G. Zeier, Aaron LaLonde, Zachary Gibbs, Christophe Heinrich, Martin Panthoefer, G. Jeffrey Snyder, and Wolfgang Tremel “Influence of a nano phase segregation on the thermoelectric properties of the p-type doped stannite compound Cu2+xZn1-xGeSe4” JACS 134, 7147 (2012)

T. Plirdpring, K. Kurosaki, A. Kosuga, T. Day, V. Ravi, G. J. Snyder,  A. Harnwunggmoung, T. Sugahara, Y. Ohishi. H. Muta, S. Yamanaka, “Chalcopyrite CuGaTe2: A high-efficiency bulk thermoelectric material” Advanced Materials in press (2012)

Yb14MnSb11 structure-type Compounds

C. A. Cox, E. S. Toberer, A. A. Levchenko, S. R. Brown, G. J. Snyder, A. Navrotsky, S. M. Kauzlarich, "Structure, Heat Capacity, and High-Temperature Thermal Properties of Yb14Mn1-xAlxSb11" Chemistry of Materials, 21, 1354 (2009)

E. S. Toberer, C. A. Cox, S. R. Brown, T. Ikeda, A. F. May, S. M. Kauzlarich, G. J. Snyder "Traversing the metal-insulator transition in a Zintl phase: Rational enhancement of thermoelectric efficiency in Yb14Mn1-xAlxSb11" Advanced Functional Materials, 18, 2795 (2008)

E. S. Toberer, S. R. Brown, T. Ikeda, S. M. Kauzlarich, G. J. Snyder "High thermoelectric efficiency in lanthanum doped Yb14MnSb11" Applied Physics Letters, 93, 062110 (2008).

S. R. Brown, E. S. Toberer, T. Ikeda, C. A. Cox, F. Gascoin, S. M. Kauzlarich, G. J. Snyder "Improved Thermoelectric Performance in Yb14Mn1-xZnxSb11 by the Reduction of Spin-Disorder Scattering" Chemistry of Materials, 20, 3412 (2008)

Shawna R. Brown, Susan M. Kauzlarich, Franck Gascoin, and G. Jeffrey Snyder "Yb14MnSb11: New High Efficiency Thermoelectric Material for Power Generation" Chem. Mater. 18, 1873 (2006)

Cui Yu, Yi Chen, Hanhui Xie, G. Jeffrey Snyder, Chenguang Fu, Jinshu Xu, Xinbing Zhao, and Tiejun Zhu “Improved Thermoelectric Properties in Lu-doped Yb14MnSb11 Zintl Compounds” Applied Physics Express 5, 031801 (2012)

J. F. Rauscher, C. A. Cox, T. Yi, P. Klavins, E. S. Toberer, G. J. Snyder, S. M. Kauzlarich, "Synthesis, Structure, Magnetism, and High Temperature Thermoelectric Properties of Ge doped Yb14MnSb11" Dalton Trans.

La3-xTe4 Compounds

A. F. May, J. –P. Fleurial and G. J. Snyder "Optimizing Thermoelectric Efficiency in La3-xTe4 via Yb Substitution" Chemistry of Materials, 22, 2995 (2010)

A.F. May, Espen Flage-Larsen , and G. J. Snyder " Electron and phonon scattering in the high-temperature thermoelectric La3Te4-zMz (M=Sb,Bi)" Physical Review B 81, 125205 (2010)

O. Delaire, A.F. May, M.A. McGuire, W.D. Porter, M. S. Lucas, M. B. Stone, D. L. Abernathy, V. A. Ravi, S. A. Firdosy, and G. J. Snyder "Phonon density of states and heat capacity of La3-xTe4" Physical Review B 80, 184302 (2009)

A. F. May, D. J. Singh, G. J. Snyder "Influence of band structure on the large thermoelectric performance of lanthanum telluride" Physical Review B 79, 153101 (2009)

A. F. May, J.-P. Fleurial, G. J. Snyder "Thermoelectric performance of lanthanum telluride produced via mechanical alloying" Physical Review B 78, 125205 (2008).

Ca-Al-Sb Zintl Compounds

Alex Zevalkink, Gregory S. Pomrehn, Samantha Johnson, Jessica Swallow, Zachary M. Gibbs, and G. Jeffrey Snyder “Influence of the triel elements (M = Al, Ga, In) on the transport properties of Ca5M2Sb6 Zintl compounds” Chem. Mater online (2012)

Wolfgang G. Zeier, Alex Zevalkink, Eugen Schechtel, Wolfgang Tremel, and G. Jeffrey Snyder “Thermoelectric properties of Zn-doped Ca3AlSb3 “ J. Mat. Chem. 22, 9826 (2012)

Alexandra Zevalkink, Eric S. Toberer, Wolfgang Zeier, Espen Flage-Larsen and G. Jeffrey Snyder "Ca3AlSb3: an inexpensive, non-toxic thermoelectric material for waste heat recovery" Energy and Environmental Science 4, 510 (2011)

Alexandra Zevalkink, Eric S. Toberer, Tim Bleith, Espen Flage-Larsen and G. Jeffrey Snyder “Improved carrier concentration control in Zn-doped Ca5Al2Sb6” J. Applied Physics 110, 013721 (2011)

Alexandra Zevalkink, Jessica Swallow and G. Jeffrey Snyder “Thermoelectric properties of Mn-doped Ca5Al2Sb6” J. Electronic Materials in press (2012)

Eric S. Toberer, Alexandra Zevalkink, and G. Jeffrey Snyder "The Zintl compound Ca5Al2Sb6 for low cost thermoelectric power generation" Advanced Functional Materials 20, 4357 (2010)

A-Zn-Sb Zintl Compounds including AZn2Sb2

Eric S. Toberer, A. F. May, Brent C. Melot, Espen Flage-Larsen, G. J. Snyder "Electronic structure and transport in thermoelectric compounds AZn2Sb2 (A = Sr, Ca, Yb, Eu)" Dalton Trans. 39, p1046 (2010).

Franck Gascoin, Sandra Ottensmann, Daniel Stark, Sossina M. Haile, G. Jeffrey Snyder "Zintl Phases as Thermoelectric Materials: Tuned Transport Properties of the Compounds CaxYb1-xZn2Sb2" Advanced Functional Materials,Vol 15, p1860 (2005)

E. S. Toberer, A. F. May, C. J. Scanlon and G. J. Snyder "Thermoelectric properties of p-type LiZnSb: Assessment of ab initio calculations" J. Applied. Phys. 105, 063701 (2009)

Ø. Prytz, E. Flage-Larsen,  E. S. Toberer,  G. Jeffrey Snyder, J. Taftø “Reduction of lattice thermal conductivity from planar faults in the layered Zintl compound SrZnSb2” J. Appl. Phys. 109, 043509 (2011)

A. F. May, E. S. Toberer and G. J. Snyder "Transport properties of the layered Zintl compound SrZnSb2" J. Apl. Phys. 106, 013706 (2009)

Cathie L. Condron, Susan M. Kauzlarich, Franck Gascoin, and G. Jeffrey Snyder " Thermoelectric properties and microstructure of Mg3Sb2" J. Solid State Chem. 179, 2252 (2006).

Dan Stark, G. J. Snyder. "The Synthesis of CaZn2Sb2 and its Thermoelectric Properties." Twentyfirst International Conference on Thermoelectrics. Proceedings, ICT'02 (IEEE, Long Beach, California, USA, 2002), p. 181 (PDF 506 kB)

Ba-Ga-Ge Clathrates

A. F. May, Eric S. Toberer, Ali Saramat, G. J. Snyder "Characterization and analysis of thermoelectric transport in n-type BaGaGe" Physical Review B 80, 125205 (2009).

Ali Saramat, Eric S. Toberer, Andrew F. May and G. Jeffery Snyder "Thermal Stability and Phase Purity in Polycrystalline Ba8GaxGe46-x" J. Electronic Mater. 38, p. 1423 (2009).

D. Cederkrantz, Ali Saramat, G. Jeffery Snyder and A. E. C. Palmqvist "Thermal stability and thermoelectric properties of p-type Ba8Ga16Ge30 clathrates" J. Apl. Phys. 106, 074509 (2009)

E. S. Toberer, M. Christensen, B. B. Iversen, G. J. Snyder "High temperature thermoelectric efficiency in Ba8Ga16Ge30" Physical Review B 77, 075203 (2008).

M. Christensen, G.J. Snyder, B.B. Iversen "High temperature thermoelectric properties of Czochralski-pulled Ba8Ga16Ge30" in Twenty-fifth International Conference on Thermoelectrics. Proceedings, ICT'06 (IEEE, Vienna, Austria) p. 40-43 (PDF 566KB)

Silicon Clathrates and Silicides

Sabah K. Bux, Michael T. Yeung, Eric S. Toberer, G. Jeffrey Snyder, Richard B. Kaner, and Jean-Pierre Fleurial “Mechanochemical Synthesis and Thermoelectric Properties of High Quality Magnesium Silicide” Journal of Materials Chemistry 21, 12259 (2011)

Naohito Tsujii, John H. Roudebush, Alex Zevalkink, Catherine A. Cox-Uvarov, G. Jeffery Snyder, Susan M.Kauzlarich "Phase stability and chemical composition dependence of the thermoelectric properties of the type-I clathrate Ba8AlxSi46-x (8 < x < 15)" Journal of Solid State Chemistry 184 1293–1303 (2011)

John H. Roudebush, E. S. Toberer, H. Hope, G. Jeffery Snyder, Susan M.Kauzlarich “Phase stability and chemical composition dependence of the thermoelectric properties of the type-I clathrate Ba8AlxSi46-x (8 < x < 15)” Journal of Solid State Chemistry 184  1293–1303 (2011)

Cathie L. Condron, Susan M. Kauzlarich, Franck Gascoin, and G. Jeffrey Snyder "Thermoelectric Properties and Microstructure of Ba8Al14Si31 and EuBa7Al13Si33" Chem. Mater. 18, 4939 (2006).

C. L. Condron, J. K. Wassei, T. Ikeda, G. J. Snyder, S. M. Kauzlarich "Structure and High Temperature Thermoelectric Properties of SrAl2Si2" J. Solid State Chem, 182, p. 240 (2009).

C. L. Condron, et al. "Synthesis, structure, and high-temperature thermoelectric properties of boron-doped Ba8Al14Si31 clathrate I phases" Inorg. Chem. 47, 8204 (2008).

Zn4Sb3 and other Zinc Animonides

G. Jeffrey Snyder, Mogens Christensen, Eiji Nishibori, Thierry Caillat, Bo Brummerstedt Iversen "Disordered Zinc in Zn4Sb3 with Phonon Glass, Electron Crystal Thermoelectric Properties" Nature Materials, Vol 3, p 458-463 (2004)

Gregory S. Pomrehn, Eric S. Toberer, G. Jeffrey Snyder, and Axel van de Walle "Predicted electronic and thermodynamic properties of a newly discovered Zn8Sb7 phase" JACS 133, 11255 (2011)

Eric S. Toberer, Protima Rauwel, Sylvain Gariel, J. Taftø, and G. Jeffrey Snyder, "Composition and the thermoelectric performance of Zn4Sb3" Journal of Materials Chemistry (2010)

Gregory S. Pomrehn, Eric S. Toberer, G. Jeffrey Snyder, and Axel van de Walle "Entropic stabilization and retrograde solubility in Zn4Sb3" Phys. Rev. B 83, 094106 (2011)

P. H. Michael Böttger, Gregory S. Pomrehn, G. Jeffrey Snyder, Terje G. Finstad “Doping of p-type ZnSb: single parabolic band model and impurity band conduction” Physica status solidi - A, 208, 2753 (2011)

B. Gault, et al. E. S. Toberer, G. J. Snyder "High-resolution nanostructural investigation of Zn4Sb3 alloys" Scripta Materialia, 63, 784 (2010).

E. S. Toberer, K. A. Sasaki, C. R. I. Chisholm, S. M. Haile, W. A. Goddard III, G. J. Snyder "Local structure of interstitial Zn in beta-Zn4Sb3" physica status solidi - Rapid Research Letters, 1, 253 (2007)

R. Hermann, F. Grandjean, Tsi-Chi Chen, D. Brown, C. E. Johnson, G. J. Snyder, and Gary J. Long, "An Antimony-121 Mössbauer Spectral Study of alpha-Zn4Sb3" Inorg. Chem., 46, p767 (2007).

Chalfin E, Lu HX, Dieckmann R., "Cation tracer diffusion in the thermoelectric materials Cu3Mo6Se8 and "beta-Zn4Sb3" Solid State Ionics 178, 447-456 (2007)

S. Bhattacharya, R.P. Hermann, V. Keppens, T.M. Tritt, G.J. Snyder "Effect of disorder on the thermal transport and elastic properties in thermoelectric Zn4Sb3" Physical Review B, 74, 134108 (2006).

F. Cargnoni, E. Nishibori, P. Rabiller, L. Bertini, G. J. Snyder, M. Christensen, C. Gatti, B. B. Iversen, "Interstitial Zn Atoms Do the Trick in Thermoelectric Zinc Antimonide, Zn4Sb3: A Combined Maximum Entropy Method X-ray Electron Density and Ab Initio Electronic Structure Study" Chem Eur, Vol 10 p3861 (2004).

E. Nishibori, E.; Snyder, G.J.; Iversen, B.B. "The structure of high-performance thermoelectric material, beta -Zn4Sb3 by maximum entropy method" Journal of the Crystallographic Society of Japan 47, 204-10, (2005).

G. J. Snyder, P. W. Stephens and S. M. Haile "Synchrotron X-ray structure refinement of Zn4Sb3" in Twenty-fourth International Conference on Thermoelectrics. Proceedings, ICT'05 (IEEE, Clemson, SC, 2005), p. 312. (PDF 324 kB)

Caillat, T., J.-P. Fleurial, and A. Borshchevsky "Thermal conductivity of Zn4-xCdxSb3 solid solutions" Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, p. 103-8. (1997). (PDF 80kB)

Caillat, T., J.-P. Fleurial, and A. Borshchevsky "Preparation and thermoelectric properties of semiconducting Zn4Sb3" J. Phys. Chem. Solids,Vol. 58, p. 1119-25. (1997). (PDF 240kB)

Mo3Sb7-xTex

Xiaoya Shi, Yanzhong Pei, G. Jeffrey Snyder, and Lidong Chen “Optimized Thermoelectric Properties of Mo3Sb7-xTex with Significant Phonon Scattering by Electron” Energy and Environmental Science 4, 4086 (2011)

Franck Gascoin, Julia Rasmussen, and G. Jeffrey Snyder "High temperature thermoelectric properties of Mo3Sb7-xTex for x = 1.6 and 1.5" J. Alloys Compounds. 427, 324 (2007).

Sidney Wang,G.Jeff Snyder,and Thierry Caillat. "Thermoelectric Properties of Nb3SbxTe7-x Compounds." Twentyfirst International Conference on Thermoelectrics. Proceedings, ICT'02 (IEEE, Long Beach, California, USA, 2002), p. 170 (PDF 155 kB)

A11MSb9

T. Yi, C. Cox, G. J. Snyder, E. S. Toberer, S. M. Kauzlarich "High temperature transport properties of the Zintl phases Yb11GaSb9 and Yb11InSb9" Chemistry of Materials, 22, 935 (2010)

A11Sb10

Shawna R. Brown, Susan M. Kauzlarich, Franck Gascoin, and G. Jeffrey Snyder "High-temperature thermoelectric studies of A11Sb10 (A=Yb, Ca)" J. Solid State Chem. 180, 1414 (2007)

J F. Rauscher, S M. Kauzlarich,T Ikeda, G. J Snyder "Synthesis, Structure, and High Temperature Thermoelectric Properties of Yb11Sb9.3Ge0.5" Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie 633, 1587-94 (2007).

Skutterudites

P. F. Qiu, J. Yang, R. H. Liu, X. Shi, X. Y. Huang, G. J. Snyder, W. Zhang, and L. D. Chen “High-Temperature electrical and thermal transport properties of fully filled skutterudites RFe4Sb12 (R=Ca,Sr,Ba,La,Ce,Pr,Nd,Eu, and Yb)” J. Appl. Phys. 109, 063713 (2011)

Watcharapasorn, A., R. S. Feigelson, T. Caillat, A. Borshchevsky, G. J. Snyder and J.-P. Fleurial. "Preparation and thermoelectric properties of CeFe4As12." Journal of Applied Physics, Vol 91 p1344 (2002).

Caillat, T., A. Borshchevsky, and J.-P. Fleurial "Properties of single crystalline semiconducting CoSb3" Journal of Applied Physics, Vol 80, p. 4442-9. (1996)

Caillat, T., J.-P. Fleurial, and A. Borshchevsky "Bridgman-solution crystal growth and characterization of the skutterudite compounds CoSb3 and RhSb3" J. Crystal Growth,Vol. 166, p. 722-6. (1996).

J.-P. Fleurial, T. Caillat, and A. Borshchevsky. "Skutterudites: an Update". in 16th International Conference on Thermoelectrics. 1997. Dresden, Germany: IEEE Piscataway, NJ, p 1 (PDF 552 kB)

Watcharapasorn, A., R.C. DeMattei, R.S. Feigelson, T. Caillat, A. Borshchevsky, G.J. Snyder, and J.-P. Fleurial, "Preparation and thermoelectric properties of some phosphide skutterudite compounds". Journal of Applied Physics, 86(11): p. 6213 (1999).

Staneff, G.D.; Asimow, P.D.; Caillat, T. "Synthesis and thermoelectric properties of Ce(Ru0.67Rh0.33)4Sb12" (Mater. Res. Soc. Symposium Proceedings Vol.793) : 101-6, (2004)

Watcharapasorn, A., R. C. DeMattei, R. S. Feigelson, T. Caillat, A. Borshchevsky, G. J. Snyder and J.-P. Fleurial. "Thermoelectric properties of some cobalt phosphide-arsenide compounds" Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings. Z1.4.1 (2000) (PDF 52 kB).

Chevrel Phases and Other Metal Cluster

Anneliese M. Schmidt, Michael A. McGuire, Franck Gascoin, G.Jeffrey Snyder and Francis J. DiSalvo "Synthesis and thermoelectric properties of (CuyMo6Se8)1-x(Mo4Ru2Se8)x alloys" J. Alloys Compounds.431, 262-8 (2007).

McGuire MA, Schmidt AM, Gascoin F, Snyder GJ, DiSalvo FJ "Thermoelectric and structural properties of a new Chevrel phase: Ti0.3Mo5RuSe8" J. Solid State Chem. 179, 2158 (2006).

Caillat, T., J.-P. Fleurial, and G.J. Snyder, "Potential of Chevrel phases for thermoelectric applications". Solid State Sciences, 1: p. 535 (1999).

Caillat, T., S. Chung, J.-P. Fleurial, G.J. Snyder, and A. Borshchevsky. "Some properties of Re2Te5-based materials". in 17th international conference on Thermoelectrics. Nagoya, Japan: IEEE Piscataway, NJ (1998) p298. (PDF 460 kB)

Caillat, T., and J.-P. Fleurial "Thermoelectric properties of the semiconducting Chevrel phase Mo2Re4Se8" J. Phys. Chem. Solids,Vol. 59, p. 1139-44. (1998).

Tetradymite Tellurides

A. S. Guloy, F. Gascoin, A. Chamoire, J. C. Tedenac, G. J. Snyder "Synthesis and thermoelectric properties of YbSb2Te4" physica status solidi - Rapid Research Letters, (2007)

N.Gerovac,G.J.Snyder,and T.Caillat. "Thermoelectric Properties of n-type Polycrystalline BixSb2-xTe3 Alloys." Twentyfirst International Conference on Thermoelectrics. Proceedings, ICT'02 (IEEE, Long Beach, California, USA, 2002), p. 31 (PDF 78.7 kB)

Caillat, T., C.K. Huang, J.-P. Fleurial, G.J. Snyder, and A. Borshchevsky. "Thermoelectric properteies of PbBi4Te7 type compounds". in 19th International Conference on Thermoelectrics. 2000. Cardiff, UK: IEEE Piscataway, NJ, p 151 (PDF 444 kB)

Nancy Chen, Franck Gascoin, Eckhard Müller, Gabriele Karpinski, Christian Stiewe,G. Jeffrey Snyder, "Macroscopic Thermoelectric Inhomogeneities in (AgSbTe2)x(PbTe)1-x Materials" Appl. Phys. Lett. Vol 87, p.171903 (2005)

Selenides

G. J. Snyder, T. Caillat, and J.-P. Fleurial. "Thermoelectric Properties of Chalcogenides with the Spinel Structure". Materials Research Innovations, Vol. 5, p. 67. (2001).

G. J. Snyder, T. Caillat, and J.-P. Fleurial. "Thermoelectric Transport and Magnetic Properties of the Polaron Semiconductor FexCr3-xSe4" Physical Review B Vol. 62, p. 10185 (2000).

Snyder, G.J., T. Caillat, and J.-P. Fleurial. "Thermoelectric properties of Cr3S4 type selenides". Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, 545 p. 333. (1999). (PDF 1.22 MB)

Snyder, G. J., T. Caillat and J.-P. Fleurial. "Thermoelectric properties of selenide spinels" Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings. Z3.3.1 (2000).(PDF 228 kB)

Other thermoelectric compounds

G. J. Snyder, T. Caillat, and J.-P. Fleurial. "Thermoelectric properties of the incommensurate layered semiconductor GexNbTe2" Journal of Materials Research. Vol. 15, p. 2789 (2000).

Snyder, G. J., T. Caillat and J.-P. Fleurial . "Thermoelectric properties of the incommensurate layered semiconductor GexNbTe2". in 18th international conference on Thermoelectrics. Proceedings, ICT'99 IEEE p.541 (1999)

Caillat, T.; Fleurial, J.-P.; Borshchevsky, A. "Growth and some properties of Cr11Ge19" Journal of Alloys and Compounds vol.252, no.1-2 : 12-15, (1997)

Thermoelectric Physics

Snyder, G. J. "Thermoelectric Power Generation: Efficiency and Compatibility" Chapter 9, CRC Handbook on Thermoelectrics. (2005)

Snyder, G. J. "Application of the Compatibility Factor to the Design of Segmented and Cascaded Thermoelectric Generators" Appl. Phys. Lett. Vol 84, p. 2436 (2004)

G. Jeffrey Snyder, Tristan Ursell. "Thermoelectric efficiency and compatibility" Physical Review Letters, Vol 91 p. 148301 (2003)

W. Seifert, V. Pluschke, C. Goupil, K. Zabrocki, E. Müller, G. J. Snyder, "Maximum performance in self-compatible thermoelectric elements" J. Materials Research 26, 1933 (2011)

W. Seifert, K Zabrocki, E. Müller, G. J. Snyder, "Power-related compatibility and maximum electrical power output of a thermogenerator" Physica status solidi - A, 207, 2399 (2010)

W. Seifert, K Zabrocki, G. J. Snyder, E. Müller, "Compatibility approach and self-compatibility from the perspective of variational calculus" Physica status solidi - A, 207, 760 (2010)

W. Seifert, E. Müller, G. J. Snyder, S. Walczak "Compatibility factor for the power output of a thermogenerator" physica status solidi - Rapid Research Letters, 1, 250-2, (2007)

G. J. Snyder and T. Caillat, "Using The Compatibility Factor To Design High Efficiency Segmented Thermoelectric Generators" Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Vol 793, p 37 (2003) (PDF 892 kB)

T. S. Ursell and G. J. Snyder. "Compatibility of Segmented Thermoelectric Generators. "Twentyfirst International Conference on Thermoelectrics. Proceedings, ICT'02 (IEEE, Long Beach, California, USA, 2002), p. 412 (PDF 214 kB)

G. J. Snyder, J.-P. Fleurial, R-G Yang, T. Caillat, and G. Chen. "Supercooling Of Peltier Cooler Using A Current Pulse". Journal of Applied Physics, Vol 92, p. 1564. (2002).

"Current Pulses Momentarily Enhance Thermoelectric Cooling" NASA Tech Briefs, (May 2004), NPO-30553.

Measurement and Processing Methods

Rapid Hot Press (at Caltech): Aaron LaLonde, Teruyuki Ikeda and G. Jeffrey Snyder "Rapid consolidation of powdered materials by induction hot pressing" Review of Scientific Instruments 82, 025104 (2011)

High temperature Seebeck (in operation at Caltech): Shiho Iwanaga, Eric S. Toberer, Aaron LaLonde, and G. Jeffrey Snyder ”A high temperature apparatus for measurement of the Seebeck coefficient” Review of Scientific Instruments 82 (2011)

Shiho Iwanaga and G. Jeffrey Snyder “The scanning Seebeck coefficient measurement system for homogeneity characterization of bulk and thin film thermoelectric materials” J. Electronic Materials in press (2012)

High temperature Seebeck (in operation at JPL): C. Wood, L. D. Zoltan, and G. Stapfer, "Measurement of Seebeck coefficient using a light pulse" Review of scientific instruments 56, 719 (1985).

High temperature combined Seebeck/resistivity (in operation at JPL): L.D. Zoltan, C. Wood, J.-P. Fleurial and Y. Liu, Proceedings of the IXth International Conference on Thermoelectrics, Pasadena, California, March 19-21, (1), 323-330 (1990).

High temperature Hall effect (early JPL version no longer in use): C. Wood, A. Lockwood, A. Chmielewski, J. Parker, and A. Zoltan, "High temperature Hall-effect apparatus" Review of Scientific Instruments 55, 110 (1984).

High temperature Hall effect (in operation at JPL): J. A. McCormack and J.-P. Fleurial, "Electrical Characterization Of SiGe Thin Films" in Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings Vol 234, 135, (1991)

High temperature Thermal Diffusivity (modified IR detector system in operation at JPL): C. Wood and A. Zoltan, "Simple high-temperature thermal diffusivity apparatus" Review of Scientific Instruments 55, 235 (1984).

High temperature Seebeck (similar version in operation at JPL): Z. H. Zhou and C. Uher, "Apparatus for Seebeck coefficient and electrical resistivity measurements of bulk thermoelectric materials at high temperature" Review of Scientific Instruments 76 (2005).

J. W. Vandersande, A. Zoltan, and C. Wood, "Accurate determination of specific heat at high temperatures using the flash diffusivity method" International Journal of Thermophysics 10, 251 (1989).

C. Wood, A. Chmielewski, and D. Zoltan, "Measurement of Seebeck coefficient using a large thermal gradient" Review of Scientific Instruments 59, 951 (1988)

Thermoelectric Engineering

N.R Kristiansen, G.J. Snyder, H.K. Nielsen, L. Rosendahl “Waste heat recovery from a marine waste incinerator using a thermoelectric generator” J. Electronic Materials (submitted) *Best Applications Paper Award 2011 International Conference on Thermoelectrics

G. J. Snyder, "Design and Optimization of Compatible, Segmented Thermoelectric Generators" in Twenty-second International Conference on Thermoelectrics. Proceedings, ICT'03 (IEEE, La Grande Motte, France, 2003), p. 443.(PDF 468 kB)

"Miniature Radioisotope Thermoelectric Power Cubes" NASA Tech Briefs, Feb. 2004 NPO-30328

"Aerogels for Thermal Insulation of Thermoelectric Devices" NASA Tech Briefs, July 2006, NPO-40630

G.J.Snyder, A.Borshchevsky, A.Zoltan, T.Caillat, J.-P.Fleurial, B.Nesmith ,J.Mondt, T.McBirney, D.Allen, J.C.Bass, S.Ghamaty, N.Elsner, L.Anatychuk. "Testing of Milliwatt Power Source Components." Twentyfirst International Conference on Thermoelectrics. Proceedings, ICT'02 (IEEE, Long Beach, California, USA, 2002), p. 463 (PDF 4.58 MB)

Fleurial, J.-P.; Johnson, K.; Mondt, J.; Sakamoto, J.; Snyder, J.; et al. “Development of segmented thermoelectric multicouple converter technology” 2006 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 4-11 March 2006, Big Sky, MT, USA

"Thermoelectric Air/Soil Energy Harvesting Device" NASA Tech Briefs, Oct. 2005, NPO-30831.

E.E.Lawrence and G.J.Snyder. "A Study of Heat Sink Performance in Air and Soil for Use in a Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting Device." Twentyfirst International Conference on Thermoelectrics. Proceedings, ICT'02 (IEEE, Long Beach, California, USA, 2002), p. 446 (PDF 586 KB)

Fleurial, J.-P., G. J. Snyder, J. Patel, C.-K. Huang, M. A. Ryan, R. Averback, C. Hill and G. Chen. "Solid-state power generation and cooling micro/nanodevices for distributed system architectures" 20th International Conference on Thermoelectrics. P. 24, IEEE (2001)

J.-P. Fleurial, G.J. Snyder, J. Patel, J.A.Herman,T. Caillat, B. Nesmith and E.A. Kolawa, "Miniaturized Radioisotope Solid State Power Sources" Space Technology and Applications International Forum Proceedings, Albuquerque, New Mexico, January 2000, (2000).(PDF 720 kB)

J.-P. Fleurial, G.J. Snyder, J.A. Herman, M. Smart and P. Shakkottai, P.H. Giauque and M.A. Nicolet "Miniaturized Thermoelectric Power Sources" 34th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference Proc., Vancouver, BC, Canada, IECEC99CD, 992569 (1999). (PDF 592 kB)

"Improved Thermoelectric Converter Units and Power Generators" NASA Tech Briefs, Dec. 1999 NPO-16556

Vladimir Semeniouk, J.-P. Fleurial, "Novel High Performance Thermoelectric Microcoolers with Diamond Substrates" Proc. 16th Int. Conf. Thermoelectrics, Dresden, Germany, August 26-29, (1997), 683. (PDF 400 kB)

J.-P. Fleurial, A. Borshchevsky, M.A. Ryan, W. Phillips, E. Kolawa, T. Kacisch and R. Ewell, "Thermoelectric Microcoolers for Thermal Management Applications" Proc. 16th Int. Conf. Thermoelectrics, Dresden, Germany, August 26-29, (1997), 641. (PDF 276 kB)

J.-P. Fleurial, A. Borshchevsky, T. Caillat and R. Ewell, 32nd Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference Proc., July 27-August 1, Honolulu, Hawaii, (1997) 1080.

"Skutterudite Thermoelectric Unicouples for Generating Power" NASA Tech Briefs, Vol. 25, No. 12 (December 2001), NPO-30128.

"Highly Efficient Thermoelectric Unicouples" NASA Tech Briefs, Vol. 24, No. 10 (October 2000), NPO-20872.

Caillat, T., J.-P. Fleurial, G. J. Snyder and A. Borshchevsky. "Development of high efficiency segmented thermoelectric unicouples". 20th International Conference on Thermoelectrics. IEEE p. 282, (2001) (PDF 720 KB)

Caillat, T., J.-P. Fleurial, A. Zoltan, L.D. Zoltan, G.J. Snyder, and A. Borshchevsky. "Development of a high efficiency thermoelectric unicouple for power generation applications" in 18th international conference on Thermoelectrics. p. 473 (1999).

Caillat, T., J.-P. Fleurial, G.J. Snyder, and A. Borshchevsky. "Progress in Segmented Thermoelectric Unicouple". Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings Z11.6.1 (2000).

T. Caillat, J.- P. Fleurial, G. J. Snyder, A. Zoltan, D. Zoltan, and A. Borshchevsky "A New High Efficiency Segmented Thermoelectric Unicouple" 34th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference p. 2567 (1999). (PDF 212 kB)

Thermoelectric Microdevice

G. Jeffrey Snyder, James R. Lim, Chen-Kuo Huang, and Jean-Pierre Fleurial, "Thermoelectric microdevice fabricated by a MEMS-like electrochemical process." Nature Materials, Vol 2, p 528-531 (2003)

G. Jeffrey Snyder, Marco Soto, Randy Alley, David Koester, Bob Conner “Hot Spot Cooling using Embedded Thermoelectric Coolers” in SEMI-THERM 21 Symposium Proceedings, (IEEE, Dallas TX, 2006). (PDF 924KB)

Koester, D.; Venkatasubramanian, R.; Conner, B.; Snyder, G.J "Embedded thermoelectric coolers for semiconductor hot spot cooling" in 10th Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronics Systems, (IEEE, San Diego, CA, 2006).

R-G Yang, G. Chen, G. J. Snyder, and J.-P. Fleurial. "Multistage thermoelectric microcoolers". Journal of Applied Physics, Vol 95, p. 8226. (2004). ITherm 2002. Eighth Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems (Cat. No.02CH37258), pp. 323-329, 2002.

R-G Yang, G. Chen, A. R. Kumar, G. J. Snyder, and J.-P. Fleurial. "Transient Cooling of Thermoelectric Coolers and Its Applications for Microdevices". Energy Conversion and Management 46, 1407 (2005) (PDF 664 kB).

J. R. Lim, J. F. Whitacre, J. P. Fleurial, C. K. Huang, M. A. Ryan, and N. V. Myung, "Fabrication method for thermoelectric nanodevices" Advanced Materials 17, 1488 (2005).

J. Fu, R. Yang, G. Chen., J. P. Fleurial, and G. J. Snyder, "Integrated Electroplated Heat Spreaders for High Power Semiconductor Lasers," J. Applied Physics 104 064907 (2008); Proceedings of the 6th ASME-JSME Thermal Engineering Joint Conference, pp. 53, 2003 (PDF 288kB)

Fleurial, J.-P., J. A. Herman, G. J. Snyder, M. A. Ryan, A. Borshchevsky and C.-K. Huang. "Electrochemical deposition of (Bi,Sb)2Te3 for thermoelectric microdevices". Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Z11.3.1 (2000).

M.A. Ryan, N. V. Myung, J.-P. Fleurial, C.-K. Huang, J.A. Herman and J.F. Whitacre. "Electrochemically Deposited Semiconductor Nanowires." ECS Spring 2003 (PDF 357 KB)

J.R. Lim, G.J. Snyder, C.-K. Huang, J.A. Herman, M.A. Ryan and J.-P. Fleurial, "Thermoelectric Microdevice Fabrication Process and Evaluation at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)." Twentyfirst International Conference on Thermoelectrics. Proceedings, ICT'02 (IEEE, Long Beach, California, USA, 2002), p. 535. (PDF 614 KB)

J.-P. Fleurial, G. J. Snyder, C.-K. Huang, M.A. Ryan, and A. Borshchevsky, “Microfabricated Thermoelectric Generator Devices for Integrated High Voltage Power Sources", Space Technology and Applications International Forum Proceedings, Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 2002

"Microfabricated Thermoelectric Power Generation Devices" United States Patent 6,787,691 (PDF 2.1 MB);6,288,321 (PDF 868 KB)

B. Y. Yoo, C. K. Huang, J. R. Lim, J. Herman, M. A. Ryan, J. P. Fleurial, and N. V. Myung, "Electrochemically deposited thermoelectric n-type Bi2Te3 thin films" Electrochimica Acta 50, 4371 (2005).

D. J. Yao, C. J. Kim, G. Chen, J. L. Liu, K. L. Wang, J. Snyder, and J. P. Fleurial, "MEMS thermoelectric microcooler," Proceedings ICT2001. 20 International Conference on Thermoelectrics (Cat. No.01TH8589), pp. 401-404, 2001 (PDF 360 kB)

J.-P. Fleurial, G.J. Snyder, M.A. Ryan, C.-K. Huang, A. Borshchevsky, J.A. Herman, T. Caillat, Thermoelectric Microdevices for On-Chip Power Generation and Cooling, Fourth Pacific Rim International Conference on Advanced Materials and Processing Proceedings, Honolulu, Hawaii, December 2001

"Submillimeter-Sized Bi2-xSbxTe3 Thermoelectric Devices" NASA Tech Briefs, Vol. 24, No. 5 (May 2000), NPO-20472

"MEMS/ECD Method for Making Bi2-xSbxTe3 Thermoelectric Devices " NASA Tech Briefs, Vol. 32, No. 7 (July 2008), NPO-30797

NASA Tech Briefs and Technology reports

"Mechanical alloying for making thermoelectric compounds" NASA Tech Briefs, Sept 2007, NPO-44356.

"Coating Thermoelectric Devices To Suppress Sublimation" NASA Tech Briefs, Sept 2007, NPO-40040.

"Macroscopic Thermoelectric Inhomogeneities in (AgSbTe2)x(PbTe)1-x Materials” NASA Tech Briefs, Oct. 2006 NPO-42657.

"Alphavoltaic Sources Using Liquid Ga as Conversion Medium" NASA Tech Briefs, July 2006, NPO-30322.

"Chevrel Phases as Potential Thermoelectric Materials" NASA Tech Briefs, Vol. 26, No. 5 (May 2002), NPO-21012.

"Filled Skutterudites as Thermoelectric Materials" NASA Tech Briefs, (June 2001), NPO-19909.

"Zn4Sb3: A High-Performance Thermoelectric Material" NASA Tech Briefs (Feb. 1999) NPO-19677 and

"High-Performance Thermoelectric Materials Based on (Zn,Cd)4Sb3" NASA Tech Briefs (Feb. 1999) NPO-19851