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Tetrahedrite-based thermoelectric materials have received much attention in recent years due to their good thermoelectric performance and earth-abundance. The parent compound \({\hbox {Cu}}_{12}{\hbox {Sb}}_{4}{\hbox {S}}_{13}\) exhibits a high power factor and low lattice thermal conductivity. Further enhancement of the thermoelectric figure of merit ZT is expected in substituted compounds, primarily at the Cu site \({\hbox {Cu}}_{12-x}{\hbox {M}}_{x}{\hbox {Sb}}_{4}{\hbox {S}}_{13}\). In this work we have studied the impact of substitution effects on thermoelectric properties using density-functional theory electronic structure calculations in combination with calculation of electrical transport properties by the BoltzTrap program.
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This work was supported by the Project No. 18-12761S of the Czech Science Foundation. Access to computing and storage facilities owned by parties and projects contributing to the National Grid Infrastructure MetaCentrum provided under the programme ‘‘Projects of Large Research, Development, and Innovations Infrastructures’’ (CESNET LM2015042), is greatly appreciated.
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Knížek, K., Levinský, P. & Hejtmánek, J. \({\hbox {LDA}}+{\hbox {U}}\) Calculation of Electronic and Thermoelectric Properties of Doped Tetrahedrite \({\hbox {Cu}}_{12}{\hbox {Sb}}_{4}{\hbox {S}}_{13}\). J. Electron. Mater. 48, 2018–2021 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-019-06960-x
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