“…Materials based on the higher manganese silicide MnSi 1.7 have recently attracted the attention of research groups around the world, in particular owing to their promising thermoelectric properties, revealing increasing potential for applications in thermoelectric devices, which provide direct conversion of heat into electricity, or reversely provide cooling (Borisenko, 2000;Fedorov & Zaitsev, 2006;Zhou et al, 2008;Miyazaki & Kikuchi, 2013). Furthermore, a photo diode build with this material is reported (Shukurova et al, 2011).…”