Title :
Formation of clathrates
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Physikalische Chemie, Univ. Wien, Austria
Abstract :
The present paper focuses on a systematic study of clathrate formation, clathrate structures and bonding in clathrate materials. The analysis shows the difficulties in preparation and design of clathrate compounds at a given electron/atom concentration. Validity and shortcomings of the Zintl concept for clathrates will be outlined. Nevertheless the information obtained, although not complete for many systems, may provide useful in defining compositional regions of interest for further search for novel clathrate materials with interesting thermoelectric properties.
Keywords :
organic compounds; thermoelectricity; Zintl concept; atom concentration; bonding; clathrates; electron concentration; thermoelectric properties; Bonding; Chemicals; Chemistry; Composite materials; Electrons; Intermetallic; Lattices; Solids; Strontium; Thermoelectricity;
Conference_Titel :
Thermoelectrics, 2005. ICT 2005. 24th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9552-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICT.2005.1519981
