{"id":71498,"date":"2017-08-02T16:44:03","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T23:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/scientists-discover-unique-thermoelectric-properties-in-cesium-tin-iodide"},"modified":"2017-08-04T04:28:40","modified_gmt":"2017-08-04T11:28:40","slug":"scientists-discover-unique-thermoelectric-properties-in-cesium-tin-iodide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/scientists-discover-unique-thermoelectric-properties-in-cesium-tin-iodide","title":{"rendered":"Scientists discover unique thermoelectric properties in cesium tin iodide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/scientists-discover-unique-thermoelectric-properties-in-cesium-tin-iodide2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A newly discovered collective rattling effect in a type of crystalline semiconductor blocks most heat transfer while preserving high electrical conductivity \u2014 a rare pairing that scientists say could reduce heat buildup in electronic devices and turbine engines, among other possible applications.<\/p>\n<p>A team led by scientists at the Department of Energy\u2019s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) discovered these exotic traits in a class of materials known as halide perovskites, which are also considered promising candidates for next-generation solar panels, nanoscale lasers, electronic cooling, and electronic displays.<\/p>\n<p>These interrelated thermal and electrical (or \u201cthermoelectric\u201d) properties were found in nanoscale wires of cesium tin iodide (CsSnI<sub>3<\/sub>). The material was observed to have one of the lowest levels of heat conductivity among materials with a continuous crystalline structure.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2017-07-scientists-unique-thermoelectric-properties-cesium.html\">https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2017&#45;07-scientists-unique-thermoel...esium.html<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A newly discovered collective rattling effect in a type of crystalline semiconductor blocks most heat transfer while preserving high electrical conductivity \u2014 a rare pairing that scientists say could reduce heat buildup in electronic devices and turbine engines, among other possible applications. A team led by scientists at the Department of Energy\u2019s Lawrence Berkeley National [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1633,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nanotechnology","category-solar-power","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71498"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71670,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71498\/revisions\/71670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}