• Centimeter-Sized Monolayer CVD Graphene with High Power Factor for Scalable Thermoelectric Applications 

      Schrade, Matthias; Xing, Wen; Thorshaug, Knut; Belle, Branson (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Among the many extraordinary qualities of graphene, its thermoelectric properties have attracted significant interest, for example, in active cooling applications. Here, we report on the thermoelectric transport properties ...
    • Chemical stability of Ca3Co4−xO9+δ/CaMnO3−δ p–n junction for oxide-based thermoelectric generators 

      Gunnæs, Anette Eleonora; Tofan, Raluca; Berland, Kristian; Gorantla, Sandeep Madhukar; Storaas, Thomas Aarflot; Desissa, Temesgen Debelo; Schrade, Matthias; Persson, Clas; Einarsrud, Mari-Ann; Wiik, Kjell; Norby, Truls Eivind; Kanas, Nikola (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      An all-oxide thermoelectric generator for high-temperature operation depends on a low electrical resistance of the direct p–n junction. Ca3Co4−xO9+δ and CaMnO3−δ exhibit p-type and n-type electronic conductivity, respectively, ...
    • Direct Observation of Charge Transfer between NOx and Monolayer MoS2 by Operando Scanning Photoelectron Microscopy 

      Jensen, Ingvild Julie Thue; Ali, Ayaz; Zeller, Patrick; Amati, Matteo; Schrade, Matthias; Vullum, Per Erik; Benthem, Marta; Bisht, Prashant; Taniguchi, Takashi; Watanabe, Kenji; Mehta, Bodh R.; Gregoratti, Luca; Belle, Branson (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Atomically thin transition-metal dichalcogenides (MoS2, WSe2, etc.) have long been touted as promising materials for gas detection because of their tunable band gaps; however, the sensing mechanism, based on a charge-transfer ...
    • Fabrication of a Silicide Thermoelectric Module Employing Fractional Factorial Design Principles 

      Graff, Joachim Moe; Schuler, Raphael; Song, Xin; Castillo-Hernandez, Gustavo; Skomedal, Gunstein; Enebakk, Erik; Wright, Daniel Nilsen; Stange, Marit Synnøve Sæverud; de Boor, Johannes; Løvvik, Ole Martin; Schrade, Matthias (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Thermoelectric modules can be used in waste heat harvesting, sensing, and cooling applications. Here, we report on the fabrication and performance of a four-leg module based on abundant silicide materials. While previously ...
    • High entropy alloy CrFeNiCoCu sputter deposited films: Structure, electrical properties, and oxidation 

      Mayandi, Jeyanthinath; Schrade, Matthias; Vajeeston, Ponniah; Stange, Marit Synnøve Sæverud; Lind, Anna Maria; Sunding, Martin Fleissner; Deuermeier, Jonas; Fortunato, Elvira; Løvvik, Ole Martin; Ulyashin, Alexander; Diplas, Spyridon; Almeida Carvalho, Patricia; Finstad, Terje Gunnar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      High entropy alloy (HEA) films of CrFeCoNiCu were deposited by sputtering. Their structure was characterized and their electric transport properties were studied by temperature-dependent Hall and Seebeck measurements. The ...
    • Oxygen nonstoichiometry in (Ca2CoO3)0.62(CoO2): a combined experimental and computational study 

      Schrade, Matthias; Casolo, Simone; Graham, Paul J.; Ulrich, Clemens; Li, Sean; Løvvik, Ole Martin; Finstad, Terje; Norby, Truls (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)
      The oxygen nonstoichiometry in the misfit calcium cobaltite (Ca2CoO3)0.62(CoO2) has been studied experimentally and by density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The standard oxidation enthalpy ΔH0Ox of oxygen deficient ...
    • Shallow Impurity Band in ZrNiSn 

      Schrade, Matthias; Berland, Kristian; Kosinskiy, Andrey; Heremans, Joseph P.; Finstad, Terje (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      ZrNiSn and related half Heusler compounds are candidate materials for efficient thermoelectric energy conversion with a reported thermoelectric figure-of-merit of n-type ZrNiSn exceeding unity. Progress on p-type materials ...
    • Synthesis, microstructure, and thermoelectric properties of Sb-Based high entropy alloys 

      Rahman, Jamil Ur; Almeida Carvalho, Patricia; Soltani, Nayereh; Schrade, Matthias; Gunnæs, Anette Eleonora; Finstad, Terje Gunnar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      In this paper, we explore the synthesis of new antimonide compounds based upon concepts of high entropy alloys (HEA). HEAs are usually multi-element (⪆5) alloys with near the equiatomic composition. They have been given ...
    • Thin films made by reactive sputtering of high entropy alloy FeCoNiCuGe: Optical, electrical and structural properties 

      Mayandi, Jeyanthinath; Finstad, Terje Gunnar; Dahl, Øystein; Ponniah, Vajeeston; Schrade, Matthias; Løvvik, Ole Martin; Diplas, Spyridon; Almeida Carvalho, Patricia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Films were reactively sputtered from a high entropy alloy (HEA) FeCoNiCuGe target in an Ar/O2 plasma. The case of zero O2 gas flow yielded HEA films of FeCoNiCuGe. These as-deposited HEA films have a face centered cubic ...