Abstract
Thermal conductivities of polycrystalline thermoelectric materials are satisfactorily calculated by replacing the commonly used Casimir model (freqeuncy-independent) with grain boundary dislocation strain model (frequency-dependent) of Klemens. It is demonstrated that the grain boundaries are better described as a collection of dislocations rather than perfectly scattering interfaces.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 234-240 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Materials Horizons |
Volume | 3 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 2016 |