摘要： Thermoelectric materials have attracted much attention due to the current interest in energy conversion and recent advancements in nano-engineering. A simple approach to synthesize BiTe and Bi 2 Te 3 micro/nanowires was developed by combining solution chemistry reactions and catalyst-free vaporsolid growth. A pathway to transform the as-grown BiTe nanostructures into Bi 2 Te 3 can be identified through the BiTe phase diagram. Structural characterization of these products was identified using standard microscopy practices. Meanwhile, thermoelectric properties of individual BiTe compound micro/nanowires were determined by the suspended microdevice technique. This approach provides an applicable route to synthesize advanced high performance thermoelectric materials in quantities and can be used for a wide range of low-dimensional structures. A Bi 2 Te 3 nanowire transformed from a BiTe nanowire with enhanced thermoelectric performance. 出版日期： 2013-05-16 識別號： ISSN: 2040-3364 識別號： EISSN: 2040-3372 識別號： DOI: 10.1039/c3nr00876b
