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Chen T, Li S, Chen K, Danish MH, Liu H, Li D, Xin H, Zhang Y, Zhang J, Qin X. Enhancing Thermoelectric Performance of n-Type Bi 2Te 2.7Se 0.3 through Incorporation of Amorphous Si 3N 4 Nanoparticles. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2024. [PMID: 38647228 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c02652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/25/2024]
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Bi2Te3-based thermoelectric (TE) materials are the state-of-the-art compounds for commercial applications near room temperature. Nevertheless, the application of the n-type Bi2Te2.7Se0.3 (BTS) is restricted by the comparatively low figure of merit (ZT) and intrinsic embrittlement. Here, we show that through dispersion of amorphous Si3N4 (a-Si3N4) nanoparticles both 14% increase in power factor (at 300 K) and 48% decrease in lattice thermal conductivity are simultaneously realized. The increased power factor comes from enhanced thermopower and reduced electrical resistivity while the reduced lattice thermal conductivity originates mainly from scattering of middle- and low-frequency phonons at the incorporated a-Si3N4 nanoparticles. As a result, a large ZTmax = 1.19 (at 373 K) and an average ZTave ∼ 1.12 (300-473 K) with better mechanical properties are achieved for the BTS/0.25 wt % Si3N4 sample. Present results demonstrate that the incorporation of a-Si3N4 is a promising way to improve TE performance.
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- Tao Chen
- Key Lab of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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- Key Lab of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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- Key Lab of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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- Key Lab of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Key Lab of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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- Key Lab of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Sciences, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, Shandong 273165, China
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- Key Lab of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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- Key Lab of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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Nisar M, Abbas A, Zhang J, Li F, Zheng Z, Liang G, Fan P, Chen YX. Anion/Cation Co-Doping to Improve the Thermoelectric Performance of Sn-Enriched n-Type SnSe Polycrystals with Suppressed Lattice Thermal Conductivity. Small 2024:e2312003. [PMID: 38644338 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202312003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2023] [Revised: 03/11/2024] [Indexed: 04/23/2024]
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Enhancing the thermoelectric performance of n-type polycrystalline SnSe is essential, addressing challenges posed by elevated thermal conductivity and compromised power factor inherent in its intrinsic p-type characteristics. This investigation utilized solid-state reactions and spark plasma sintering techniques for the synthesis of n-type SnSe. A significant improvement in the figure of merit (ZT) is achieved through strategic reduction in Se concentration and optimization of crystal orientation. The co-doping with Br and Ge further improves the material; Br amplifies carrier concentration, enhancing electrical conductivity, while Ge introduces effective phonon scattering centers. In the Br/Ge co-doped SnSe sample, thermal conductivity dropped to 0.38 Wm⁻¹K⁻¹, yielding a remarkable power factor of 662 µW mK- 2 at 773 K, culminating in a ZT of 1.34. This signifies a noteworthy 605% improvement over the pristine sample, underscoring the pivotal role of Ge doping in enhancing n-type material thermoelectric properties. The enhancement is attributed to Br doping introducing additional electronic states near the valence band, and Ge doping modifying the band structure, fostering resonant states near the conduction band. The Br/Ge co-doping further transforms the band structure, influencing electrical conductivity, Seebeck coefficient, and thermal conductivity, advancing the understanding and application of n-type SnSe materials for superior thermoelectric performance.
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- Mohammad Nisar
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Advanced Thin Films and Applications, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Advanced Thin Films and Applications, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Advanced Thin Films and Applications, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Advanced Thin Films and Applications, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Advanced Thin Films and Applications, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Advanced Thin Films and Applications, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Advanced Thin Films and Applications, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Advanced Thin Films and Applications, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, P. R. China
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Yang S, Ming H, Zhu C, Wang Z, Xin H, Ge Z, Li D, Zhang J, Qin X. High Thermoelectric Performance of n-type BiTeSe-Based Composites Incorporated with Both Inorganic and Organic Nanoinclusions. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2024; 16:16732-16743. [PMID: 38506353 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c02032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/21/2024]
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N-type Bi2Te2.7Se0.3 (BTS) alloy has relatively low thermoelectric performance as compared to its p-type counterpart, which restricts its widespread applications. Herein, we designed and prepared a novel composite system, which consists of an n-type BTS matrix incorporated with both inorganic and organic nanoinclusions. The results indicate that the thermopower of the composite samples can be enhanced by more than 19% upon incorporating inorganic nanophase AgBi3S5 (ABS) due to the energy-dependent carrier scattering, which ensures a high power factor. On the other hand, further incorporation of organic nanophase polypyrrole (PPy) can drastically reduce its lattice thermal conductivity owing to the strong scattering of mid- and low-frequency phonons at these nanoinclusions. As a result, high figures of merit ZTmax = 1.3 at 348 K and ZTave = 1.17 (300-500 K) are achieved with improved mechanical properties in BTS-based composites incorporated with 1.5 wt % ABS and 0.5 wt % PPy, demonstrating that the incorporation of both inorganic and organic nanoinclusions is an effective way to improve its thermoelectric performance.
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- Shuhuan Yang
- Key Lab of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, P. R. China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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- Key Lab of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, P. R. China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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- Key Lab of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, P. R. China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, P. R. China
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- Key Lab of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, P. R. China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, P. R. China
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- Key Lab of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, P. R. China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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- Key Lab of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, P. R. China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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- Key Lab of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, P. R. China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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Dai X, Qiu C, Bi X, Sui C, Chen P, Qin F, Yuan H. Unraveling High Thermal Conductivity with In-Plane Anisotropy Observed in Suspended SiP 2. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2024; 16:13980-13988. [PMID: 38446715 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c19091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/08/2024]
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The anisotropic thermal transport properties of low-symmetry two-dimensional materials play an important role in understanding heat dissipation and optimizing thermal management in integrated devices. Examples of efficient energy dissipation and enhanced power sustainability have been demonstrated in nanodevices based on materials with anisotropic thermal transport properties. However, the exploration of materials with high thermal conductivity and strong in-plane anisotropy remains challenging. Herein, we demonstrate the observation of anisotropic in-plane thermal conductivities of few-layer SiP2 based on the micro-Raman thermometry method. For suspended SiP2 nanoflake, the thermal conductivity parallel to P-P chain direction (κ∥b) can reach 131 W m-1 K-1 and perpendicular to P-P chain direction (κ⊥b) is 89 W m-1 K-1 at room temperature, resulting in a significant anisotropic ratio (κ∥b/κ⊥b) of 1.47. Note that such a large anisotropic ratio mainly results from the higher phonon group velocity along the P-P chain direction. We also found that the thermal conductivity can be effectively modulated by increasing the SiP2 thickness, reaching a value as high as 202 W m-1 K-1 (120 W m-1 K-1) for κ∥b (κ⊥b) at 111 nm thickness, which is the highest among layered anisotropic phosphide materials. Notably, the anisotropic ratio always remains at a high level between 1.47 and 1.68, regardless of the variation of SiP2 thickness. Our observation provides a new platform to verify the fundamental theory of thermal transport and a crucial guidance for designing efficient thermal management schemes of anisotropic electronic devices.
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- Xueting Dai
- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210000, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210000, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210000, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210000, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210000, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210000, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210000, China
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Wang X, Shang H, Gu H, Chen Y, Zhang Z, Zou Q, Zhang L, Feng C, Li G, Ding F. High-Performance p-Type Bi 2Te 3-Based Thermoelectric Materials Enabled via Regulating Bi-Te Ratio. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2024; 16:11678-11685. [PMID: 38386610 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c18595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
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Bi2Te3-based alloys, as the sole commercial thermoelectric (TE) material, play an irreplaceable role in the thermoelectric field. However, the low TE efficiency, poor mechanical properties, and high cost have limited its large-scale applications. Here, high-performance p-type Bi2Te3-based materials were successfully prepared by ball milling and hot pressing. The optimized p-type Bi0.55Sb1.45Te3 + 2.5 wt % Bi shows a peak zT value of 1.45 at 360 K, and the average zT value of up to 1.24 at 300-480 K, which is completely comparable with previously reported Bi2Te3-based alloys with excellent performance. Such performance mainly results from the enhanced electrical conductivity and decreased lattice thermal conductivity via regulating carrier and phonon transport. Furthermore, this material shows good mechanical properties, in which the Vickers hardness and compressive strength are up to 0.95 GPa and 94.6 MPa, respectively. Overall, both the thermoelectric and mechanical performance of the materials fabricated by our processing technology are quite competitive. This may enlighten researchers concentrating on Bi2Te3-based alloys, thus further promoting their industrial applications.
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- Xiaolei Wang
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
- Key Laboratory of Applied Superconductivity and Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Superconductivity and Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Superconductivity and Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
- Key Laboratory of Applied Superconductivity and Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Superconductivity and Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Superconductivity and Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Superconductivity and Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Superconductivity and Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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He X, Kimura S, Katase T, Tadano T, Matsuishi S, Minohara M, Hiramatsu H, Kumigashira H, Hosono H, Kamiya T. Inverse-Perovskite Ba 3 BO (B = Si and Ge) as a High Performance Environmentally Benign Thermoelectric Material with Low Lattice Thermal Conductivity. Adv Sci (Weinh) 2024; 11:e2307058. [PMID: 38145354 PMCID: PMC10933667 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202307058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2023] [Revised: 11/19/2023] [Indexed: 12/26/2023]
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High energy-conversion efficiency (ZT) of thermoelectric materials has been achieved in heavy metal chalcogenides, but the use of toxic Pb or Te is an obstacle for wide applications of thermoelectricity. Here, high ZT is demonstrated in toxic-element free Ba3 BO (B = Si and Ge) with inverse-perovskite structure. The negatively charged B ion contributes to hole transport with long carrier life time, and their highly dispersive bands with multiple valley degeneracy realize both high p-type electronic conductivity and high Seebeck coefficient, resulting in high power factor (PF). In addition, extremely low lattice thermal conductivities (κlat ) 1.0-0.4 W m-1 K-1 at T = 300-600 K are observed in Ba3 BO. Highly distorted O-Ba6 octahedral framework with weak ionic bonds between Ba with large mass and O provides low phonon velocities and strong phonon scattering in Ba3 BO. As a consequence of high PF and low κlat , Ba3 SiO (Ba3 GeO) exhibits rather high ZT = 0.16-0.84 (0.35-0.65) at T = 300-623 K (300-523 K). Finally, based on first-principles carrier and phonon transport calculations, maximum ZT is predicted to be 2.14 for Ba3 SiO and 1.21 for Ba3 GeO at T = 600 K by optimizing hole concentration. Present results propose that inverse-perovskites would be a new platform of environmentally-benign high-ZT thermoelectric materials.
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- Xinyi He
- MDX Research Center for Element StrategyInternational Research Frontiers InitiativeTokyo Institute of Technology4259 Nagatsuta, MidoriYokohama226‐8501Japan
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- MDX Research Center for Element StrategyInternational Research Frontiers InitiativeTokyo Institute of Technology4259 Nagatsuta, MidoriYokohama226‐8501Japan
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- MDX Research Center for Element StrategyInternational Research Frontiers InitiativeTokyo Institute of Technology4259 Nagatsuta, MidoriYokohama226‐8501Japan
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- Research Center for Magnetic and Spintronic MaterialsNational Institute for Materials Science1‐2‐1 SengenTsukubaIbaraki305‐0047Japan
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- MDX Research Center for Element StrategyInternational Research Frontiers InitiativeTokyo Institute of Technology4259 Nagatsuta, MidoriYokohama226‐8501Japan
- Research Center for Materials NanoarchitectonicsNational Institute for Materials Science1‐1 NamikiTsukuba, Ibaraki305‐0044Japan
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- Research Institute for Advanced Electronics and PhotonicsNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyTsukubaIbaraki305‐8568Japan
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- MDX Research Center for Element StrategyInternational Research Frontiers InitiativeTokyo Institute of Technology4259 Nagatsuta, MidoriYokohama226‐8501Japan
- Laboratory for Materials and StructuresInstitute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology4259 NagatsutaMidori, Yokohama226‐8501Japan
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- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced MaterialsTohoku UniversitySendai980‐8577Japan
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- MDX Research Center for Element StrategyInternational Research Frontiers InitiativeTokyo Institute of Technology4259 Nagatsuta, MidoriYokohama226‐8501Japan
- Research Center for Materials NanoarchitectonicsNational Institute for Materials Science1‐1 NamikiTsukuba, Ibaraki305‐0044Japan
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- MDX Research Center for Element StrategyInternational Research Frontiers InitiativeTokyo Institute of Technology4259 Nagatsuta, MidoriYokohama226‐8501Japan
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Danish MH, Muhammad N, Chen T, Li S, Wang Q, Li D, Xin H, Zhang J, Li Z, Qin X. Low Thermal Conductivity and High Thermoelectric Performance of Nb-Doped Quarternary Mixed Crystal Nb 0.05W 0.95-xMo x(Se 1-xS x) 2. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2024; 16:4836-4846. [PMID: 38234104 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c17511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2024]
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Transition-metal dichalcogenide WSe2 has attracted increasing interest due to its large thermopower (S), low-cost, and environment-friendly constituents. However, its thermoelectric figure of merit, ZT, of WSe2 is limited due to its large lattice thermal conductivity (κL) and low electrical conductivity. In view of WSe2 and MoS2 having the same crystal structure, here we designed and prepared Nb-doped quarternary mixed crystal (MC) Nb0.05W0.95-xMox(Se1-xSx)2 (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.095). The results indicate that the κL of the MC can reach as low as 0.12 W m K-1 at 850 K, being 93% smaller than that of WSe2. Our analysis reveals that its low κL originates chiefly from intense scattering of both high-frequency phonons from point defects (mainly alloying elements) and mid/low-frequency phonons from MoS2 inclusions residual within MC. In addition, the alloying of WSe2 with MoS2 causes a 5-fold increase in cation vacancies (VW‴'), leading to a large increase in hole concentration and electrical conductivity, which gives rise to a ∼7.5 times increase in power factor (reaching 4.2 μ W cm-1 K-2 at 850 K). As a result, a record high ZTmax = 0.63 is achieved at 850 K for the MC sample with x = 0.076, which is 20 times larger than that of WSe2, demonstrating that MC Nb0.05W0.95-xMox(Se1-xSx)2 is a promising thermoelectric material.
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- Mazhar Hussain Danish
- Key Lab of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, P. R. China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Key Lab of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, P. R. China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Key Lab of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, P. R. China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of High-Precision Computation and Application of Quantum Field Theory of Hebei Province, College of Physics Science and Technology, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China
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- Key Lab of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, P. R. China
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- Key Lab of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, P. R. China
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- Key Lab of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of High-Precision Computation and Application of Quantum Field Theory of Hebei Province, College of Physics Science and Technology, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China
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- Key Lab of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, P. R. China
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Li R, Zhang F, Ou W, Tan X, Zhu J, Ren D, Ang R. Multifunctional GeMnTe 2 Synergistically Optimizes Thermoelectric Properties of SnTe-In 2Te 3 Alloys. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2023. [PMID: 38038336 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c13907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2023]
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SnTe-In2Te3 alloys ensure excellent electrical properties in the whole temperature region due to the resonant level. Nevertheless, temperature-sensitive resonance states and single phonon scattering restrict further improvement of thermoelectric performance. Consequently, it is anticipated that additional electrically independent scattering sources should be introduced to impede phonon transport. Here, the SnTe-In2Te3-GeMnTe2 alloy is prepared by further solidifying cubic GeMnTe2, which demonstrates multiple modulation effects. The highly redissolved Mn2+ promotes the valence band convergence, enhances the Seebeck coefficient at higher temperature, and balances the possible weakened resonance level effect at higher carrier concentrations, and a high average power factor (1.94 mW m-1 K-2) is realized over the entire temperature range. Additionally, compensatory vacancies, substitutions, and Ge/Mn precipitates are easily constructed with GeMnTe2 alloying, leading to a further reduction in lattice thermal conductivity, which reaches κl ∼ 0.6 W m-1 K-1 at 850 K. Ultimately, a high peak zT of ∼1.25 (850 K) and a zTave of 0.72 (300-850 K) are realized in (SnTe)2.91(In2Te3)0.03(Ge0.5Mn0.5Te)1.2, and the maximum thermoelectric conversion efficiency of ∼2.8% (ΔT ∼ 450 K) is achieved. The present results indicate multiple effects of GeMnTe2 in enhancing the thermoelectric performance of SnTe-In2Te3 alloys.
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- Ruiheng Li
- Key Laboratory of Radiation Physics and Technology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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- Key Laboratory of Radiation Physics and Technology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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- Key Laboratory of Radiation Physics and Technology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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- Key Laboratory of Radiation Physics and Technology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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- Key Laboratory of Radiation Physics and Technology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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- Key Laboratory of Radiation Physics and Technology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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- Key Laboratory of Radiation Physics and Technology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
- Institute of New Energy and Low-Carbon Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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Bo L, Wang W, Zhu J, Li C, Zuo M, Zhao D. Stepwise Alloying in Liquid-like Solid Solutions to Achieve Crystallographic Distortion for Regulating Thermoelectric Transport Behavior. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2023; 15:54478-54487. [PMID: 37970630 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c12294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2023]
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With the surge of energy consumption, environmental-protection Cu2-xSe thermoelectric materials are increasingly attracting attention. In this work, multilayered structures are constructed in Cu2-xSe solid solutions by alloying (SnSe)0.75(AgBiSe2)0.25, which strongly scatters full-wavelength phonons by carefully regulating the crystallographic distortion. By using the stepwise alloying strategies, crystallographic distortion and the resultant strain fields presented in microstructure were strengthened markedly, which enhanced the phonon scattering. Meanwhile, by adjusting the coalloying content of Ag, Bi, and Sn elements, the carrier and phonon transports were well decoupled in p-type Cu2-xSe, and the thermoelectric performance was significantly enhanced. By optimized power factor as well as depressed heat transport originating from the moderate coalloying, the maximum zT of 1.23 at 750 K was achieved in Cu1.9Se - 1 wt % (SnSe)0.75(AgBiSe2)0.25. This study indicated that the stepwise alloying strategy was a suitable method for optimizing zT of Cu2-xSe.
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- Lin Bo
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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Di A, Schiele C, Hadi SE, Bergström L. Thermally Insulating and Moisture-Resilient Foams Based on Upcycled Aramid Nanofibers and Nanocellulose. Adv Mater 2023; 35:e2305195. [PMID: 37735848 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202305195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Revised: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 09/23/2023]
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Low-density foams and aerogels based on upcycled and bio-based nanofibers and additives are promising alternatives to fossil-based thermal insulation materials. Super-insulating foams are prepared from upcycled acid-treated aramid nanofibers (upANFA ) obtained from Kevlar yarn and tempo-oxidized cellulose nanofibers (CNF) from wood. The ice-templated hybrid upANFA /CNF-based foams with an upANFA content of up to 40 wt% display high thermal stability and a very low thermal conductivity of 18-23 mW m-1 K-1 perpendicular to the aligned nanofibrils over a wide relative humidity (RH) range of 20% to 80%. The thermal conductivity of the hybrid upANFA /CNF foams is found to decrease with increasing upANFA content (5-20 wt%). The super-insulating properties of the CNF-upANFA hybrid foams are related to the low density of the foams and the strong interfacial phonon scattering between the very thin and partially branched upANFA and CNF in the hybrid foam walls. Defibrillated nanofibers from textiles are not limited to Kevlar, and this study can hopefully inspire efforts to upcycle textile waste into high-performance products.
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- Andi Di
- Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, Stockholm, 10691, Sweden
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- Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, Stockholm, 10691, Sweden
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- Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, Stockholm, 10691, Sweden
- Wallenberg Wood Science Center, Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, Stockholm, 10691, Sweden
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- Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, Stockholm, 10691, Sweden
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Ali W, Liu Y, Huang M, Xie Y, Li Z. Temperature-Dependent Phonon Scattering and Photoluminescence in Vertical MoS 2/WSe 2 Heterostructures. Nanomaterials (Basel) 2023; 13:2349. [PMID: 37630934 PMCID: PMC10459064 DOI: 10.3390/nano13162349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2023] [Revised: 08/08/2023] [Accepted: 08/09/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023]
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Transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) monolayers and their heterostructures have attracted considerable attention due to their distinct properties. In this work, we performed a systematic investigation of MoS2/WSe2 heterostructures, focusing on their temperature-dependent Raman and photoluminescence (PL) characteristics in the range of 79 to 473 K. Our Raman analysis revealed that both the longitudinal and transverse modes of the heterostructure exhibit linear shifts towards low frequencies with increasing temperatures. The peak position and intensity of PL spectra also showed pronounced temperature dependency. The activation energy of thermal-quenching-induced PL emissions was estimated as 61.5 meV and 82.6 meV for WSe2 and MoS2, respectively. Additionally, we observed that the spectral full width at half maximum (FWHM) of Raman and PL peaks increases as the temperature increases, and these broadenings can be attributed to the phonon interaction and the expansion of the heterostructure's thermal coefficients. This work provides valuable insights into the interlayer coupling of van der Waals heterostructures, which is essential for understanding their potential applications in extreme temperatures.
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- Wajid Ali
- Hunan Institute of Optoelectronic Integration, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China; (W.A.)
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- Hunan Institute of Optoelectronic Integration, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China; (W.A.)
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- Hunan Institute of Optoelectronic Integration, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China; (W.A.)
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- Hunan Institute of Optoelectronic Integration, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China; (W.A.)
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- Hunan Institute of Optoelectronic Integration, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China; (W.A.)
- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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Li S, Chen T, Yang S, Chen K, Danish MH, Xin H, Song C, Dou Y, Li D, Zhang J, Qin X. Attaining High Figure of Merit in the N-Type Bi 2Te 2.7Se 0.3-Ag 2Te Composite System via Comprehensive Regulation of Its Thermoelectric Properties. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2023. [PMID: 37470782 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c08294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/21/2023]
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n-Type Bi2Te2.7Se0.3 (BTS) is the state-of-the-art thermoelectric material near room temperature. However, the figure of merit ZT of commercial BTS ingots is still limited and further improvement is imperative for their wide applications. Here, the results show that through dispersion of the Ag2Te nanophase in BTS, one can not only elevate its power factor (PF) by as high as 14% (at 300 K) but also reduce its thermal conductivity κtot to as small as ∼29% (at 300 K). Experimental evidences show that the improved PF comes from both increased electron mobility via inhibited Te vacancies and enhanced thermopower due to energy filtering effect, while the reduction of κtot originates from the drop of both electronic thermal conductivity largely owing to the reduced number of vacancy VTe·· and intensified phonon scattering chiefly from the dispersed Ag2Te nanophase. Consequently, the largest ZTmax = 1.31 (at 350 K) and average ZTave = 1.16 (300-500 K) are achieved for the Bi2Te2.7Se0.3-0.3 wt % Ag2Te composite sample, leading to a projected conversion efficiency η = 8.3% (300-500 K). The present results demonstrate that incorporation of nanophase Ag2Te is an effective approach to boosting the thermoelectric performance of BTS.
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- Shujin Li
- Key Lab of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230601, P. R. China
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- Key Lab of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230601, P. R. China
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- Key Lab of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230601, P. R. China
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- Key Lab of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230601, P. R. China
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- Key Lab of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230601, P. R. China
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- Key Lab of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Key Lab of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai 200235, China
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- Key Lab of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230601, P. R. China
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- Key Lab of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230601, P. R. China
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- Key Lab of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230601, P. R. China
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Zhang Z, Luo S, Yu L, Wei S, Ji Z, Li W, Ang LK, Zheng S. AgCl Addition to Chalcopyrite Compound for Ultra-Low Thermal Conductivity in Realizing High ZT Thermoelectric Materials. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2023. [PMID: 37432880 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c05929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/13/2023]
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Optimizing the performance of thermoelectric materials by reducing its thermal conductivity is crucial to enhance its thermoelectric efficiency. Novel thermoelectric materials like the CuGaTe2 compound are hindered by high intrinsic thermal conductivity, which negatively impacts its thermoelectric performance. In this paper, we report that the introduction of AgCl by the solid-phase melting method will influence the thermal conductivity of CuGaTe2. The generated multiple scattering mechanisms are expected to reduce the lattice thermal conductivity while maintaining sufficient good electrical properties. The experimental results were supported by first-principles calculations confirming that the doping of the Ag will decrease the elastic constants, bulk modulus, and shear modulus of CuGaTe2, which makes the mean sound velocity and Debye temperature of Ag-doped samples lower than those of CuGaTe2, indicating the lower lattice thermal conductivity. In addition, the Cl elements within the CuGaTe2 matrix escaping during the sintering process will create holes of various sizes within the sample. These combined effects of holes and impurities will induce phonon scattering, which further reduces the lattice thermal conductivity. Based on our findings, we conclude that the introduction of AgCl into CuGaTe2 has shown a lower thermal conductivity without compromising the electrical performance, resulting in an ultra-high ZT value of 1.4 in the (CuGaTe2)0.96(AgCl)0.04 sample at 823 K.
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- Zipei Zhang
- College of New Energy and Materials, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, PR China
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- College of New Energy and Materials, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, PR China
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- College of New Energy and Materials, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, PR China
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- College of New Energy and Materials, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, PR China
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- College of New Energy and Materials, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, PR China
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- College of Science, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, PR China
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- Science, Mathematics and Technology, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore 487372, Singapore
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- College of New Energy and Materials, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, PR China
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Danish MH, Yang S, Ming H, Chen T, Wang Q, Zhang J, Li D, Li Z, Qin X. Simultaneous Enhancement of the Power Factor and Phonon Blocking in Nb-Doped WSe 2. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2023; 15:22167-22175. [PMID: 37125742 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c02983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Transition-metal dichalcogenide WSe2 is a potentially good thermoelectric (TE) material due to its high thermopower (S). However, the low electrical conductivity (σ), power factor (PF), and relatively large lattice thermal conductivity (κL) of pristine WSe2 degenerate its TE performance. Here, we show that through proper substitution of Nb for W in WSe2, its PF can be increased by ∼10 times, reaching 5.44 μW cm-1 K-2 (at 850 K); simultaneously, κL lowers from 1.70 to 0.80 W m-1 K-1. Experiments reveal that the increase of PF originates from both increased hole concentration due to the replacement of W4+ by Nb3+ and elevated thermopower (S) caused by the enhanced density of states effective mass, while the reduced κL comes mainly from phonon scattering at point defects NbW. As a result, a record high figure of merit ZTmax ∼0.42 is achieved at 850 K for the doped sample W0.95Nb0.05Se2, which is ∼13 times larger than that of pristine WSe2, demonstrating that Nb doping at the W site is an effective approach to improve the TE performance of WSe2.
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- Mazhar Hussain Danish
- Key Laboratory of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of High-precision Computation and Application of Quantum Field Theory of Hebei Province, College of Physics Science and Technology, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Key Laboratory of High-precision Computation and Application of Quantum Field Theory of Hebei Province, College of Physics Science and Technology, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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Han J, Zeng Q, Chen K, Yu X, Dai J. Lattice Thermal Conductivity of Monolayer InSe Calculated by Machine Learning Potential. Nanomaterials (Basel) 2023; 13:nano13091576. [PMID: 37177121 PMCID: PMC10180940 DOI: 10.3390/nano13091576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2023] [Revised: 05/05/2023] [Accepted: 05/07/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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The two-dimensional post-transition-metal chalcogenides, particularly indium selenide (InSe), exhibit salient carrier transport properties and evince extensive interest for broad applications. A comprehensive understanding of thermal transport is indispensable for thermal management. However, theoretical predictions on thermal transport in the InSe system are found in disagreement with experimental measurements. In this work, we utilize both the Green-Kubo approach with deep potential (GK-DP), together with the phonon Boltzmann transport equation with density functional theory (BTE-DFT) to investigate the thermal conductivity (κ) of InSe monolayer. The κ calculated by GK-DP is 9.52 W/mK at 300 K, which is in good agreement with the experimental value, while the κ predicted by BTE-DFT is 13.08 W/mK. After analyzing the scattering phase space and cumulative κ by mode-decomposed method, we found that, due to the large energy gap between lower and upper optical branches, the exclusion of four-phonon scattering in BTE-DFT underestimates the scattering phase space of lower optical branches due to large group velocities, and thus would overestimate their contribution to κ. The temperature dependence of κ calculated by GK-DP also demonstrates the effect of higher-order phonon scattering, especially at high temperatures. Our results emphasize the significant role of four-phonon scattering in InSe monolayer, suggesting that combining molecular dynamics with machine learning potential is an accurate and efficient approach to predict thermal transport.
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- Jinsen Han
- Department of Physics, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
- Hunan Key Laboratory of Extreme Matter and Applications, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
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- Department of Physics, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
- Hunan Key Laboratory of Extreme Matter and Applications, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
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- Department of Physics, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
- Hunan Key Laboratory of Extreme Matter and Applications, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
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- Department of Physics, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
- Hunan Key Laboratory of Extreme Matter and Applications, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
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- Department of Physics, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
- Hunan Key Laboratory of Extreme Matter and Applications, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
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Aminorroaya Yamini S, Santos R, Fortulan R, Gazder AA, Malhotra A, Vashaee D, Serhiienko I, Mori T. Room-Temperature Thermoelectric Performance of n-Type Multiphase Pseudobinary Bi 2Te 3-Bi 2S 3 Compounds: Synergic Effects of Phonon Scattering and Energy Filtering. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2023; 15:19220-19229. [PMID: 37014987 PMCID: PMC10119860 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c01956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2023] [Accepted: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Bismuth telluride-based alloys possess the highest efficiencies for the low-temperature-range (<500 K) applications among thermoelectric materials. Despite significant advances in the efficiency of p-type Bi2Te3-based materials through engineering the electronic band structure by convergence of multiple bands, the n-type pair still suffers from poor efficiency due to a lower number of electron pockets near the conduction band edge than the valence band. To overcome the persistent low efficiency of n-type Bi2Te3-based materials, we have fabricated multiphase pseudobinary Bi2Te3-Bi2S3 compounds to take advantages of phonon scattering and energy filtering at interfaces, enhancing the efficiency of these materials. The energy barrier generated at the interface of the secondary phase of Bi14Te13S8 in the Bi2Te3 matrix resulted in a higher Seebeck coefficient and consequently a higher power factor in multiphase compounds than the single-phase alloys. This effect was combined with low thermal conductivity achieved through phonon scattering at the interfaces of finely structured multiphase compounds and resulted in a relatively high thermoelectric figure of merit of ∼0.7 over the 300-550 K temperature range for the multiphase sample of n-type Bi2Te2.75S0.25, double the efficiency of single-phase Bi2Te3. Our results inform an alternative alloy design to enhance the performance of thermoelectric materials.
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- Sima Aminorroaya Yamini
- Department
of Engineering and Mathematics, Sheffield
Hallam University, Sheffield S1 1 WB, U.K.
- Materials
and Engineering Research Institute, Sheffield
Hallam University, Sheffield S1 1WB, U.K.
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- Australian
Institute for Innovative Materials (AIIM), University of Wollongong, North
Wollongong, New South Wales 2500, Australia
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- Materials
and Engineering Research Institute, Sheffield
Hallam University, Sheffield S1 1WB, U.K.
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- Australian
Institute for Innovative Materials (AIIM), University of Wollongong, North
Wollongong, New South Wales 2500, Australia
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, North
Carolina State University, Raleigh, Raleigh, North Carolina 27606, United States
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, North
Carolina State University, Raleigh, Raleigh, North Carolina 27606, United States
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- International
Centre for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
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- International
Centre for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
- Graduate
School of Pure and Applied Science, University
of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8577, Japan
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Rao X, Zhong Y, Feng H, Wang Y, Tan X, Zhu J, Ang R. Structure Optimization and Multi-frequency Phonon Scattering Boosting Thermoelectrics in Self-Doped CoSb 3-Based Skutterudites. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2023; 15:5301-5308. [PMID: 36662503 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c20292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The utilization of thermoelectric devices that directly convert waste heat to electricity is an effective approach to alleviate the global energy crisis. However, the low efficiency of thermoelectric materials has puzzled the widespread applications. The CoSb3-based skutterudites are favored by device integration due to the excellent thermal stability, while the development of pristine CoSb3 materials is limited by the ultra-high thermal conductivity and the poor Seebeck coefficient. In this work, we demonstrate that both structural improvement and strong phonon interaction are realized simultaneously in In-filled CoSb3 coordinated with excessive Sb. The extra Sb compensates the deficiency on the Sb4 ring, improving the Seebeck coefficient, and cooperates with In to further advance the carrier concentration. Therefore, the structure optimization and chemical potential regulation maximize the electrical properties. Thermally, the residual InSb nanoparticles and partial In/Sb-alloying, along with vibration of In in voids, jointly shorten the multi-frequency phonon relaxation time, leading to a dramatic decline in the lattice thermal conductivity. As a result, a maximum zTmax of ∼1.27 at 650 K and an average zTavg of ∼0.9 from 300 to 750 K was obtained in In1.4Co4Sb12 + 8%Sb, respectively. Our findings provide valuable guidance for the selection of CoSb3-based skutterudite dopants to achieve high-performance thermoelectric materials.
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- Xuri Rao
- Key Laboratory of Radiation Physics and Technology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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- Key Laboratory of Radiation Physics and Technology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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- Key Laboratory of Radiation Physics and Technology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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- Key Laboratory of Radiation Physics and Technology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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- Key Laboratory of Radiation Physics and Technology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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- Key Laboratory of Radiation Physics and Technology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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- Key Laboratory of Radiation Physics and Technology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
- Institute of New Energy and Low-Carbon Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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Li S, Zhao W, Cheng Y, Chen L, Xu M, Guo K, Pan F. Thermoelectric Performance Enhancement in Commercial Bi 0.5Sb 1.5Te 3 Materials by Introducing Gradient Cu-Doped Grain Boundaries. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2023; 15:1167-1174. [PMID: 36546598 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c18575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Modulated doping has always been a conventional and effective way to optimize thermoelectric (TE) materials. Unfavorably, the efficiency of conventional doping is always restricted by the strong interdependence of thermoelectric parameters. Here, an unconventional grain boundary doping strategy is reported to solve the above problem using commercial p-type Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3 as matrix materials. Decoupling of the three key TE parameters and large net get of the figure of merit (ZT) could be achieved in Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3 materials by introducing the gradient Cu-doped grain boundary. A high ZT of ∼1.40 at 350 K and a superior average ZT of ∼1.24 (300-475 K) are obtained in the as-prepared samples, projecting a maximum conversion efficiency of ∼8.25% at ΔT = 200 K, which are considerably greater than those of the commercial Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3 matrix and the traditional Cu-doped Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3 sample. This study gives deep insights to understand the relationships between the microstructure and the carrier/phonon transport behaviors and promotes a new strategy for improving the thermoelectric performance of commercial p-type Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3 materials.
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- Shuankui Li
- School of Physics and Materials Science, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- School of Advanced Materials, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- School of Physics and Materials Science, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- School of Physics and Materials Science, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Science Academy, Nanchang RD 509, Lanzhou, Gansu 730030, China
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- School of Physics and Materials Science, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- School of Advanced Materials, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China
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Shi W, Du Q, Niu C, Qin D, Sun Y, Zhu J, Li F, Xie L, Liu Z, Zhang Q, Cai W, Guo F, Li X, Sui J. Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance of Yb-Filled Skutterudite with Bottom-Up Formed CoSi 2 Nanoparticles. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2022; 14:56948-56956. [PMID: 36520047 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c15413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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It is known that Yb-filled skutterudite with excellent thermoelectric performance is promising for a power generation device in the intermediate temperature region. Here we created a new approach to obtain nanostructured materials by adding Si to Co-overstoichiometric Yb-filled skutterudite through high-energy ball milling, which embedded bottom-up formed CoSi2 nanoparticles into grain-refining Yb0.25Co4Sb12, synergistically resulting in the enhanced thermoelectric properties and room-temperature hardness. On one hand, the abundant grain boundaries and phase interfaces effectively blocked the propagation of medium-low frequency phonons, resulting in a lower lattice thermal conductivity. On the other hand, phase interfaces barrier nicely screened a portion of low-energy electrons, leading to an improved power factor. As a result, an enhanced peak ZT value of ∼1.43 at 823 K and a promising average ZT of ∼1.00 between 300 and 823 K were achieved in the Yb0.25Co4Sb12/0.05CoSi2 sample. Meanwhile, such nanostructures also enhanced the hardness through the collective contributions of second phase and fine grain strengthening, which made skutterudite more competitive in practical application.
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- Wenjing Shi
- National Key Laboratory for Precision Hot Processing of Metals, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin150001, China
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- Center of Analysis Measurement and Computing, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin150001, China
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- Department of Nuclear Technology and Application, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing102413, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Dalian Jiaotong University, Dalian116028, China
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- National Key Laboratory for Precision Hot Processing of Metals, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin150001, China
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- National Key Laboratory for Precision Hot Processing of Metals, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin150001, China
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- National Key Laboratory for Precision Hot Processing of Metals, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin150001, China
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- National Key Laboratory for Precision Hot Processing of Metals, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin150001, China
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- National Key Laboratory for Precision Hot Processing of Metals, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin150001, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong518055, China
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- National Key Laboratory for Precision Hot Processing of Metals, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin150001, China
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- National Key Laboratory for Precision Hot Processing of Metals, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin150001, China
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- Department of Nuclear Technology and Application, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing102413, China
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- National Key Laboratory for Precision Hot Processing of Metals, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin150001, China
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Kim J, Kim JY, Ahn H, Jeong MH, Lee E, Cho K, Lee SM, Shim W, Pee JH. Direct Evidence on Effect of Oxygen Dissolution on Thermal and Electrical Conductivity of AlN Ceramics Using Al Solid-State NMR Analysis. Materials (Basel) 2022; 15:8125. [PMID: 36431611 PMCID: PMC9695506 DOI: 10.3390/ma15228125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2022] [Revised: 11/10/2022] [Accepted: 11/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Aluminum nitride, with its high thermal conductivity and insulating properties, is a promising candidate as a thermal dissipation material in optoelectronics and high-power logic devices. In this work, we have shown that the thermal conductivity and electrical resistivity of AlN ceramics are primarily governed by ionic defects created by oxygen dissolved in AlN grains, which are directly probed using 27Al NMR spectroscopy. We find that a 4-coordinated AlN3O defect (ON) in the AlN lattice is changed to intermediate AlNO3, and further to 6-coordinated AlO6 with decreasing oxygen concentration. As the aluminum vacancy (VAl) defect, which is detrimental to thermal conductivity, is removed, the overall thermal conductivity is improved from 120 to 160 W/mK because of the relatively minor effect of the AlO6 defect on thermal conductivity. With the same total oxygen content, as the AlN3O defect concentration decreases, thermal conductivity increases. The electrical resistivity of our AlN ceramics also increases with the removal of oxygen because the major ionic carrier is VAl. Our results show that to enhance the thermal conductivity and electrical resistivity of AlN ceramics, the dissolved oxygen in AlN grains should be removed first. This understanding of the local structure of Al-related defects enables us to design new thermal dissipation materials.
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- Jaegyeom Kim
- Icheon Branch, Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology (KICET), 3321, Gyeongchung Rd., Sindun-Myeon, Icheon-si 467-843, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- Icheon Branch, Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology (KICET), 3321, Gyeongchung Rd., Sindun-Myeon, Icheon-si 467-843, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- Icheon Branch, Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology (KICET), 3321, Gyeongchung Rd., Sindun-Myeon, Icheon-si 467-843, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- Icheon Branch, Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology (KICET), 3321, Gyeongchung Rd., Sindun-Myeon, Icheon-si 467-843, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
- Department of Materials Sciences & Engineering, Multiscale Materials Laboratory, Yonsei University, 50, Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 37022, Republic of Korea
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- Icheon Branch, Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology (KICET), 3321, Gyeongchung Rd., Sindun-Myeon, Icheon-si 467-843, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
- Department of Materials Sciences & Engineering, Multiscale Materials Laboratory, Yonsei University, 50, Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 37022, Republic of Korea
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- Icheon Branch, Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology (KICET), 3321, Gyeongchung Rd., Sindun-Myeon, Icheon-si 467-843, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- Icheon Branch, Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology (KICET), 3321, Gyeongchung Rd., Sindun-Myeon, Icheon-si 467-843, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Sciences & Engineering, Multiscale Materials Laboratory, Yonsei University, 50, Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 37022, Republic of Korea
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- Icheon Branch, Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology (KICET), 3321, Gyeongchung Rd., Sindun-Myeon, Icheon-si 467-843, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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Bah TM, Didenko S, Zhou D, Zhu T, Ikzibane H, Monfray S, Skotnicki T, Dubois E, Robillard JF. A CMOS compatible thermoelectric device made of crystalline silicon membranes with nanopores. Nanotechnology 2022; 33:505403. [PMID: 36027727 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ac8d12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2022] [Accepted: 08/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Herein, we report the use of nanostructured crystalline silicon as a thermoelectric material and its integration into thermoelectric devices. The proof-of-concept relies on the partial suppression of lattice thermal conduction by introducing pores with dimensions scaling between the electron mean free path and the phonon mean free path. In other words, we artificially aimed at the well-known 'electron crystal and phonon glass' trade-off targeted in thermoelectricity. The devices were fabricated using CMOS-compatible processes and exhibited power generation up to 5.5 mW cm-2under a temperature difference of 280 K. These numbers demonstrate the capability to power autonomous devices with environmental heat sources using silicon chips of centimeter square dimensions. We also report the possibility of using the developed devices for integrated thermoelectric cooling.
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- Thierno-Moussa Bah
- STMicroelectronics-850 rue jean Monnet F-38920 Crolles, France
- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, Junia, Univ. Polytechnique Hauts-de-France, UMR 8520-IEMN-Institut d'Electronique de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, Junia, Univ. Polytechnique Hauts-de-France, UMR 8520-IEMN-Institut d'Electronique de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, Junia, Univ. Polytechnique Hauts-de-France, UMR 8520-IEMN-Institut d'Electronique de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, Junia, Univ. Polytechnique Hauts-de-France, UMR 8520-IEMN-Institut d'Electronique de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, Junia, Univ. Polytechnique Hauts-de-France, UMR 8520-IEMN-Institut d'Electronique de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Warsaw University of Technology, Centre for Advanced Materials and Technologies CEZAMAT, ul. Poleczki 19, 02-822 Warsaw, Poland
- Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology, Institute of Microelectronics and Optoelectronics, ul. Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warsaw, Poland
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, Junia, Univ. Polytechnique Hauts-de-France, UMR 8520-IEMN-Institut d'Electronique de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, Junia, Univ. Polytechnique Hauts-de-France, UMR 8520-IEMN-Institut d'Electronique de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie, F-59000 Lille, France
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Burcea R, Barbot JF, Renault PO, Eyidi D, Girardeau T, Marteau M, Giovannelli F, Zenji A, Rampnoux JM, Dilhaire S, Eklund P, le Febvrier A. Influence of Generated Defects by Ar Implantation on the Thermoelectric Properties of ScN. ACS Appl Energy Mater 2022; 5:11025-11033. [PMID: 36185810 PMCID: PMC9516874 DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.2c01672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2022] [Accepted: 08/01/2022] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Nowadays, making thermoelectric materials more efficient in energy conversion is still a challenge. In this work, to reduce the thermal conductivity and thus improve the overall thermoelectric performances, point and extended defects were generated in epitaxial 111-ScN thin films by implantation using argon ions. The films were investigated by structural, optical, electrical, and thermoelectric characterization methods. The results demonstrated that argon implantation leads to the formation of stable defects (up to 750 K operating temperature). These were identified as interstitial-type defect clusters and argon vacancy complexes. The insertion of these specific defects induces acceptor-type deep levels in the band gap, yielding a reduction in the free-carrier mobility. With a reduced electrical conductivity, the irradiated sample exhibited a higher Seebeck coefficient while maintaining the power factor of the film. The thermal conductivity is strongly reduced from 12 to 3 W·m-1·K-1 at 300 K, showing the influence of defects in increasing phonon scattering. Subsequent high-temperature annealing at 1573 K leads to the progressive evolution of these defects: the initial clusters of interstitials evolved to the benefit of smaller clusters and the formation of bubbles. Thus, the number of free carriers, the resistivity, and the Seebeck coefficient are almost restored but the mobility of the carriers remains low and a 30% drop in thermal conductivity is still effective (k total ∼ 8.5 W·m-1·K-1). This study shows that control defect engineering with defects introduced by irradiation using noble gases in a thermoelectric coating can be an attractive method to enhance the figure of merit of thermoelectric materials.
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- Razvan Burcea
- Institute
PPRIME, CNRS, Université de Poitiers-ENSMA,
UPR 3346, SP2MI, TSA 41123, 86073 Poitiers cedex 9, France
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- Institute
PPRIME, CNRS, Université de Poitiers-ENSMA,
UPR 3346, SP2MI, TSA 41123, 86073 Poitiers cedex 9, France
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- Institute
PPRIME, CNRS, Université de Poitiers-ENSMA,
UPR 3346, SP2MI, TSA 41123, 86073 Poitiers cedex 9, France
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- Institute
PPRIME, CNRS, Université de Poitiers-ENSMA,
UPR 3346, SP2MI, TSA 41123, 86073 Poitiers cedex 9, France
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- Institute
PPRIME, CNRS, Université de Poitiers-ENSMA,
UPR 3346, SP2MI, TSA 41123, 86073 Poitiers cedex 9, France
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- Institute
PPRIME, CNRS, Université de Poitiers-ENSMA,
UPR 3346, SP2MI, TSA 41123, 86073 Poitiers cedex 9, France
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- Laboratoire
GREMAN, CNRS, Université de Tours,
UMR 7347, 41029 Blois cedex, France
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- Laboratoire
LOMA, CNRS, Université de Bordeaux,
UMR 5798, 33405 Talence, France
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- Laboratoire
LOMA, CNRS, Université de Bordeaux,
UMR 5798, 33405 Talence, France
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- Department
of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden
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- Department
of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden
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Wu Y, Zhang J, Zhao Y, Liang C, Liu F, Shi Y, Che R. Extraction-Dominated Temperature Degradation of Population Inversion in Terahertz Quantum Cascade Lasers. Small 2022; 18:e2106943. [PMID: 35908810 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202106943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2021] [Revised: 06/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Degraded population inversion (PI) at elevated temperature, regarded as an important temperature degradation factor in terahertz quantum cascade lasers (THz QCL), has hindered the widespread use of these devices. Herein, the mechanism of the temperature degradation of PI is investigated microscopically. It is demonstrated that the limited extraction efficiency of the extraction system dominates the decrease of PI at elevated temperatures. To be specific, the increased temperature brings about intense thermally activated longitudinal optical phonon scattering, leading to large amounts of electrons scattering to lower level state. In this case, the resonant-phonon extraction system is incapable of depleting all the electrons from lower level states. So even though the resonant-tunneling injection seems efficient enough to compensate the electron runoff at the upper state, the electron density at lower level state increases and the overall PI turns out lower. In addition, it is found that strong electron-ionized donor separation at high temperature can induce level misalignment, which can stagger the optimal conditions of injection and extraction. Also, the extraction efficiency gets lower as the extraction system requires accurate coupling between several energy levels.
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- Yuyang Wu
- Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Shanghai Key Lab of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Department of Materials Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, P. R. China
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- Joint-Research Center for Computational Materials, Zhejiang Laboratory, Hangzhou, 311100, P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Shanghai Key Lab of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Department of Materials Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials Science, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Semiconductor Materials and Devices, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
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- Joint-Research Center for Computational Materials, Zhejiang Laboratory, Hangzhou, 311100, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Shanghai Key Lab of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Department of Materials Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, P. R. China
- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Electronic Science and Engineering and Collaborative Innovation Centre of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, P. R. China
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Ghosh K, Kusiak A, Battaglia JL. Phonon hydrodynamics in crystalline materials. J Phys Condens Matter 2022; 34:323001. [PMID: 35588717 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ac718a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2022] [Accepted: 05/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Phonon hydrodynamics is an exotic phonon transport phenomenon that challenges the conventional understanding of diffusive phonon scattering in crystalline solids. It features a peculiar collective motion of phonons with various unconventional properties resembling fluid hydrodynamics, facilitating non Fourier heat transport. Hence, it opens up several new avenues to enrich the knowledge and implementations on phonon physics, phonon engineering, and micro and nanoelectronic device technologies. This review aims at covering a comprehensive development as well as the recent advancements in this field via experiments, analytical methods, and state-of-the-art numerical techniques. The evolution of the topic has been realized using both phenomenological and material science perspectives. Further, the discussions related to the factors that influence such peculiar motion, illustrate the capability of phonon hydrodynamics to be implemented in various applications. A plethora of new ideas can emerge from the topic considering both the physics and the material science axes, navigating toward a promising outlook in the research areas around phonon transport in non-metallic solids.
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- Kanka Ghosh
- University of Bordeaux, I2M Laboratory, UMR CNRS 5295, 351 Cours de la libération, F-33400 Talence, France
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- University of Bordeaux, I2M Laboratory, UMR CNRS 5295, 351 Cours de la libération, F-33400 Talence, France
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- University of Bordeaux, I2M Laboratory, UMR CNRS 5295, 351 Cours de la libération, F-33400 Talence, France
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Siddique S, Gong Y, Abbas G, Yaqoob MM, Li S, Zulkifal S, Zhang Q, Hou Y, Chen G, Tang G. Realizing High Thermoelectric Performance in p-Type SnSe Crystals via Convergence of Multiple Electronic Valence Bands. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2022; 14:4091-4099. [PMID: 35001609 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c20549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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SnSe crystals have gained considerable interest for their outstanding thermoelectric performance. Here, we achieve excellent thermoelectric properties in Sn0.99-xPbxZn0.01Se crystals via valence band convergence and point-defect engineering strategies. We demonstrate that Pb and Zn codoping converges the energy offset between multiple valence bands by significantly modifying the band structure, contributing to the enhancement of the Seebeck coefficient. The carrier concentration and electrical conductivity can be optimized, leading to an enhanced power factor. The dual-atom point-defect effect created by the substitution of Pb and Zn in the SnSe lattice introduces strong phonon scattering, significantly reducing the lattice thermal conductivity to as low as 0.284 W m-1 K-1. As a result, a maximum ZT value of 1.9 at 773 K is achieved in Sn0.93Pb0.06Zn0.01Se crystals along the bc-plane direction. This study highlights the crucial role of manipulating multiple electronic valence bands in further improving SnSe thermoelectrics.
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- Suniya Siddique
- MIIT Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallic and Intermetallic Materials Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, P. R. China
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallic and Intermetallic Materials Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, P. R. China
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- Applied Physics, Division of Materials Science, Department of Engineering Sciences and Mathematics, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå 97187, Sweden
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallic and Intermetallic Materials Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, P. R. China
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallic and Intermetallic Materials Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, P. R. China
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallic and Intermetallic Materials Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, P. R. China
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallic and Intermetallic Materials Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, P. R. China
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallic and Intermetallic Materials Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, P. R. China
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallic and Intermetallic Materials Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, P. R. China
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Karthikeyan V, Oo SL, Surjadi JU, Li X, Theja VCS, Kannan V, Lau SC, Lu Y, Lam KH, Roy VAL. Defect Engineering Boosted Ultrahigh Thermoelectric Power Conversion Efficiency in Polycrystalline SnSe. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2021; 13:58701-58711. [PMID: 34851624 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c18194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Two-dimensional (2D)-layered atomic arrangement with ultralow lattice thermal conductivity and ultrahigh figure of merit in single-crystalline SnSe drew significant attention among all thermoelectric materials. However, the processing of polycrystalline SnSe with equivalent thermoelectric performance as single-crystal SnSe will have great technological significance. Herein, we demonstrate a high zT of 2.4 at 800 K through the optimization of intrinsic defects in polycrystalline SnSe via controlled alpha irradiation. Through a detailed theoretical calculation of defect formation energies and lattice dynamic phonon dispersion studies, we demonstrate that the presence of intrinsically charged Sn vacancies can enhance the power factor and distort the lattice thermal conductivity by phonon-defect scattering. Supporting our theoretical calculations, the experimental enhancement in the electrical conductivity leads to a massive power factor of 0.9 mW/mK2 and an ultralow lattice thermal conductivity of 0.22 W/mK through the vacancy-phonon scattering effect on polycrystalline SnSe. The strategy of intrinsic defect engineering of polycrystalline thermoelectric materials can increase the practical implementation of low-cost and high-performance thermoelectric generators.
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- Vaithinathan Karthikeyan
- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China
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- James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, U.K
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong, China
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- James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, U.K
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Tian BZ, Chen J, Jiang XP, Tang J, Zhou DL, Sun Q, Yang L, Chen ZG. Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance of SnTe-Based Materials via Interface Engineering. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2021; 13:50057-50064. [PMID: 34648270 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c16053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Interface engineering has been regarded as an effective strategy to improve thermoelectric (TE) performance by modulating electrical transport and enhancing phonon scattering. Herein, we develop a new interface engineering strategy in SnTe-based TE materials. We first use a one-step solvothermal method to synthesize SnTe powders decorated by Sb2Te3 nanoplates. After subsequent spark plasma sintering, we found that an ion-exchange reaction between the Sb2Te3 and SnTe matrixes happens to result in Sb doping and the formation of SnSb nanoparticles and the recrystallization of the nanograined SnTe at the grain boundaries of the SnTe matrix. Benefitting from this unique engineering, a significantly reduced lattice thermal conductivity of ∼0.64 W m-1 K-1 and a high zT of ∼1.08 (∼100% enhanced) at 873 K are achieved in SnTe-Sb0.06. Such improved TE properties are attributed to the optimized carrier concentration and valence band convergence due to the Sb doping and enhanced phonon scattering by interface engineering at the grain boundaries. This work has demonstrated a facile and effective method to realize high-TE-performance SnTe via interface engineering.
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- Bang-Zhou Tian
- School of Materials Science & Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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- School of Materials Science & Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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- School of Materials Science & Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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- Key Laboratory of Radiation Physics and Technology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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- School of Materials Science & Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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- School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia
- Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- School of Materials Science & Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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- Centre for Future Materials, University of Southern Queensland, Springfield Central, Queensland 4300, Australia
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Chen JL, Yang H, Liu C, Liang J, Miao L, Zhang Z, Liu P, Yoshida K, Chen C, Zhang Q, Zhou Q, Liao Y, Wang P, Li Z, Peng B. Strategy of Extra Zr Doping on the Enhancement of Thermoelectric Performance for TiZr xNiSn Synthesized by a Modified Solid-State Reaction. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2021; 13:48801-48809. [PMID: 34618429 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c14723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Half-Heusler alloys, which possess the advantages of high thermal stability, a large power factor, and good mechanical property, have been attracting increasing interest in mid-temperature thermoelectric applications. In this work, extra Zr-doped TiZrxNiSn samples were successfully prepared by a modified solid-state reaction followed by spark plasma sintering. It demonstrates that extra Zr doping could not only improve the power factor on account of an increase in the Seebeck coefficient but also suppress the lattice thermal conductivity originated from the strengthened phonon scattering by the superlattice nanodomains and the secondary nanoparticles. As a consequence, an increased power factor of 3.29 mW m-1 K-2 and a decreased lattice thermal conductivity of 1.74 W m-1 K-1 are achieved in TiZr0.015NiSn, leading to a peak ZT as high as 0.88 at 773 K and an average ZT value up to 0.62 in the temperature range of 373-773 K. This work gives guidance for optimizing the thermoelectric performance of TiNiSn-based alloys by modulating the microstructures on the secondary nanophases and superlattice nanodomains.
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- Jun-Liang Chen
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering & School of Physical Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
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- School of Physics and Electronic & Electrical Engineering, and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Modern Measurement Technology and Intelligent Systems, Huaiyin Normal University, Huai'an 223300, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Electronic Information Materials and Devices, Ministry of Education, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering & School of Physical Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Electronic Information Materials and Devices, Ministry of Education, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, China
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, SIT Research Laboratories, Innovative Global Program, Faculty of Engineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo 135-8548, Japan
- School of Physical Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Electronic Information Materials and Devices, Ministry of Education, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, China
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- International Research Center for Nuclear Materials Science, Institute for Material Research, Tohoku University, Oarai, Ibaraki 311-1313, Japan
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- International Research Center for Nuclear Materials Science, Institute for Material Research, Tohoku University, Oarai, Ibaraki 311-1313, Japan
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering & School of Physical Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering & School of Physical Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering & School of Physical Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering & School of Physical Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
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Fortulan R, Aminorroaya Yamini S. Recent Progress in Multiphase Thermoelectric Materials. Materials (Basel) 2021; 14:6059. [PMID: 34683651 PMCID: PMC8540781 DOI: 10.3390/ma14206059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Revised: 10/08/2021] [Accepted: 10/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Thermoelectric materials, which directly convert thermal energy to electricity and vice versa, are considered a viable source of renewable energy. However, the enhancement of conversion efficiency in these materials is very challenging. Recently, multiphase thermoelectric materials have presented themselves as the most promising materials to achieve higher thermoelectric efficiencies than single-phase compounds. These materials provide higher degrees of freedom to design new compounds and adopt new approaches to enhance the electronic transport properties of thermoelectric materials. Here, we have summarised the current developments in multiphase thermoelectric materials, exploiting the beneficial effects of secondary phases, and reviewed the principal mechanisms explaining the enhanced conversion efficiency in these materials. This includes energy filtering, modulation doping, phonon scattering, and magnetic effects. This work assists researchers to design new high-performance thermoelectric materials by providing common concepts.
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- Raphael Fortulan
- Materials and Engineering Research Institute, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield S1 1 WB, UK;
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- Materials and Engineering Research Institute, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield S1 1 WB, UK;
- Department of Engineering and Mathematics, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield S1 1 WB, UK
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Zhang B, Fan Z, Zhao CY, Gu X. GPU_PBTE: an efficient solver for three and four phonon scattering rates on graphics processing units. J Phys Condens Matter 2021; 33:495901. [PMID: 34521073 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ac268d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2021] [Accepted: 09/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Lattice thermal conductivity (LTC) is a key parameter for many technological applications. Based on the Peierls-Boltzmann transport equation (PBTE), many unique phonon transport properties of various materials were revealed. Accurate calculation of LTC with PBTE, however, is a time-consuming task, especially for compounds with a complex crystal structure or taking high-order phonon scattering into consideration. Graphical processing units (GPUs) have been extensively used to accelerate scientific simulations, making it possible to use a single desktop workstation for calculations that used to require supercomputers. Due to its fundamental differences from traditional processors, GPUs are especially suited for executing a large group of similar tasks with minimal communication, but require completely different algorithm design. In this paper, we provide a new algorithm optimized for GPUs, where a two-kernel method is used to avoid divergent branching. A new open-source code, GPU_PBTE, is developed based on the proposed algorithm. As demonstrations, we investigate the thermal transport properties of silicon and silicon carbide, and find that accurate and reliable LTC can be obtained by our software. GPU_PBTE performed on NVIDIA Tesla V100 can extensively improve double precision performance, making it two to three orders of magnitude faster than our CPU version performed on Intel Xeon CPU Gold 6248 @2.5 GHz. Our work also provides an idea of accelerating calculations with other novel hardware that may come out in the future.
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- Bo Zhang
- Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, Bohai University, Jinzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China
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Hu Q, Qiu W, Chen L, Chen J, Yang L, Tang J. Realize High Thermoelectric Properties in n-Type Bi 2Te 2.7Se 0.3/Y 2O 3 Nanocomposites by Constructing Heterointerfaces. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2021; 13:38526-38533. [PMID: 34346229 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c12722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Due to the excellent thermoelectric performance, bismuth telluride (Bi2Te3) compounds are highly promising for the thermoelectric conversion in the room temperature range. However, the inferior thermoelectric performance of the n-type leg severely restricts the applications of Bi2Te3-based thermoelectric couples. Herein, n-type Bi2Te2.7Se0.3 (BTS)-based thermoelectric materials incorporated with nanosized Y2O3 (0.5-3 wt %) are prepared and their thermoelectric properties are systematically studied. The dramatically improved thermoelectric performance is ascribed to the realization of a multiscale feature of Y2O3 nanoparticle (NP)-induced interfacial decorations distributed along grain boundaries, which creates massive BTS/Y2O3 interfaces for the manipulation of carrier and phonon transport properties. The geometric phase analysis is employed to further confirm the condition of local strain in the BTS composite incorporated with Y2O3 NPs. Due to the presence of heterointerfaces and high density of dislocations in BTS matrices, the minimum lattice thermal conductivity (κl) of the nanocomposites (NCs) is dramatically suppressed from 0.76 to 0.37 W m-1 K-1. With the incorporation of 3 wt % Y2O3 NPs, the Vickers hardness of the BTS/Y2O3 NC is increased by about 32%. Overall, the BTS + 1.5 wt % Y2O3 NC maintains excellent thermoelectric properties (ZTave = 1.1) in the whole operative temperature range (300-500 K). The present strategy of implementing high-density heterogeneous interfaces by Y2O3 NP addition offers an applicable pathway for fabricating high-performance thermoelectric materials with both optimized thermoelectric properties and mechanical properties.
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- Qiujun Hu
- College of Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- Key Laboratory of Radiation Physics and Technology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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- Key Laboratory of Radiation Physics and Technology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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- School of Materials Science & Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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- School of Materials Science & Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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- College of Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
- Key Laboratory of Radiation Physics and Technology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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Cho J, Park T, Bae KW, Kim HS, Choi SM, Kim SI, Kim SW. Ti Addition Effect on the Grain Structure Evolution and Thermoelectric Transport Properties of Hf 0.5Zr 0.5NiSn 0.98Sb 0.02 Half-Heusler Alloy. Materials (Basel) 2021; 14:4029. [PMID: 34300948 DOI: 10.3390/ma14144029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Revised: 07/05/2021] [Accepted: 07/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Compositional tuning is one of the important approaches to enhance the electronic and thermal transport properties of thermoelectric materials since it can generate point defects as well as control the phase evolution behavior. Herein, we investigated the Ti addition effect on the grain growth during melt spinning and thermoelectric transport properties of Hf0.5Zr0.5NiSn0.98Sb0.02 half-Heusler compound. The characteristic grain size of melt-spun ribbons was reduced by Ti addition, and very low lattice thermal conductivity lower than 0.27 W m−1 K−1 was obtained within the whole measured temperature range (300–800 K) due to the intensified point defect (substituted Ti) and grain boundary (reduced grain size) phonon scattering. Due to this synergetic effect on the thermal transport properties, a maximum thermoelectric figure of merit, zT, of 0.47 was obtained at 800 K in (Hf0.5Zr0.5)0.8Ti0.2NiSn0.98Sb0.02.
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Apostolopoulou-Kalkavoura V, Munier P, Bergström L. Thermally Insulating Nanocellulose-Based Materials. Adv Mater 2021; 33:e2001839. [PMID: 32761673 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202001839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2020] [Revised: 05/15/2020] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Thermally insulating materials based on renewable nanomaterials such as nanocellulose could reduce the energy consumption and the environmental impact of the building sector. Recent reports of superinsulating cellulose nanomaterial (CNM)-based aerogels and foams with significantly better heat transport properties than the commercially dominating materials, such as expanded polystyrene, polyurethane foams, and glass wool, have resulted in a rapidly increasing research activity. Herein, the fundamental basis of thermal conductivity of porous materials is described, and the anisotropic heat transfer properties of CNMs and films with aligned CNMs and the processing and structure of novel CNM-based aerogels and foams with low thermal conductivities are presented and discussed. The extraordinarily low thermal conductivity of anisotropic porous architectures and multicomponent approaches are highlighted and related to the contributions of the Knudsen effect and phonon scattering.
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- Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius väg 16C, Stockholm, 10691, Sweden
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- Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius väg 16C, Stockholm, 10691, Sweden
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Ming H, Zhu G, Zhu C, Qin X, Chen T, Zhang J, Li D, Xin H, Jabar B. Boosting Thermoelectric Performance of Cu 2SnSe 3 via Comprehensive Band Structure Regulation and Intensified Phonon Scattering by Multidimensional Defects. ACS Nano 2021; 15:10532-10541. [PMID: 34076407 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c03120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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As an eco-friendly thermoelectric material, Cu2SnSe3 has recently drawn much attention. However, its high electrical resistivity ρ and low thermopower S prohibit its thermoelectric performance. Herein, we show that a widened band gap and the increased density of states are achieved via S alloying, resulting in 1.6 times enhancement of S (from 170 to 277 μV/K). Moreover, doping In at the Sn site can cause a 19-fold decrease of ρ and a 2.2 times enhancement of S (at room temperature) due to both multivalence bands' participation in electrical transport and the further enhancement of the density of states effective mass, which allows a sharp increase in the power factor. As a result, PF = 9.3 μW cm-1 K-2 was achieved at ∼800 K for the Cu2Sn0.82In0.18Se2.7S0.3 sample. Besides, as large as 44% reduction of lattice thermal conductivity is obtained via intensified phonon scattering by In-doping-induced formation of multidimensional defects, such as Sn vacancies, dislocations, twin boundaries, and CuInSe2 nanoprecipitates. Consequently, a record high figure of merit of ZT = 1.51 at 858 K is acquired for Cu2Sn0.82In0.18Se2.7S0.3, which is 4.7-fold larger than that of pristine Cu2SnSe3.
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- Hongwei Ming
- Key Lab of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, 230026 Hefei, China
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- University of Science and Technology of China, 230026 Hefei, China
- Institute of Nuclear Energy Safety Technology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China
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- Key Lab of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, 230026 Hefei, China
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- Key Lab of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Key Lab of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, 230026 Hefei, China
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- Key Lab of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Key Lab of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Key Lab of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Key Lab of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, 230026 Hefei, China
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Sato M, Chai YW, Kimura Y. Effect of Half-Heusler Interfacial Structure on Thermal Transport Properties of (Ti, Zr)NiSn Alloys. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2021; 13:25503-25512. [PMID: 34009948 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c03525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The microstructure of the half-Heusler phase separation in half-Heusler (HH) MNiSn(M = Ti, Zr) intermetallic compounds has been investigated systematically in this study. Scanning electron microscopy observations from a range of (Tix, Zr1-x)NiSn have revealed the HH single phase at high temperature formed into many HH domains of various HH compositions with different Ti/Zr concentration ratios when x > 0.1. The formation of Ti-rich and Zr-rich HH domains with rather large size (up to several hundred μm in diameter) is thought to originate from a combination of the liquid solidification process and followed by an HH phase decomposition process within a miscibility gap between the TiNiSn and ZrNiSn HH phases. We have noticed that in addition to the mass and size difference based phonon scattering, sharp interfaces between the Ti-rich and Zr-rich HH domains containing high density of misfit dislocations could provide additional phonon scattering centers and reduced thermal conductivity of the alloys. Moreover, the cyclic heat treatment process at temperatures near the HH phase-decomposition's critical temperature could modify the HH domains' microstructure to become more diffuse, coherent with a more comprehensive length scale, and globular shape. These diffuse and coherent Ti-rich HH1/Zr-rich HH2 interfaces can provide an additional enhancement of phonon scattering and thereby result in a more considerable reduction of thermal conductivity than those of relatively less diffuse ones. We anticipate a similar approach of using cyclic heat treatment to modify the microstructure and consequently lead to further enhancement of phonon scattering can also apply to many other thermoelectric alloy systems possessing a miscibility gap.
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- Mizuki Sato
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259-J3-19, Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8502, Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259-J3-19, Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8502, Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259-J3-19, Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8502, Japan
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Biswas S, Singh S, Singh S, Chattopadhyay S, De Silva KKH, Yoshimura M, Mitra J, Kamble VB. Selective Enhancement in Phonon Scattering Leads to a High Thermoelectric Figure-of-Merit in Graphene Oxide-Encapsulated ZnO Nanocomposites. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2021; 13:23771-23786. [PMID: 34000188 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c04125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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ZnO is a promising candidate for use as an environmentally friendly thermoelectric (TE) material. However, high thermal conductivity leading to a poor TE figure-of-merit (zT) needs to be addressed to achieve a significant TE efficiency for commercial applications. Here, we demonstrate that selective enhancement in phonon scattering leads to an increase in the zT of ZnO because of Al doping and reduced graphene oxide (RGO) encapsulation. These nanocomposites are synthesized via a facile and scalable method. The incorporation of 1 at% Al with 1.5 wt % RGO into ZnO has been found to show significant improvement in zT (0.52 at 1100 K), which is an order of magnitude larger compared to that of bare undoped ZnO. Photoluminescence and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurements confirm that RGO encapsulation significantly quenches surface oxygen vacancies in ZnO along with nucleation of new interstitial Zn donor states. Tunneling spectroscopy performed on bare as well as composite particles reveals that the band gap of ∼3.4 eV for bare ZnO reduces effectively to ∼0.5 eV upon RGO encapsulation, facilitating charge transport. The electrical conductivity also benefits from high densification (>95%) achieved using the spark plasma sintering method, which also aids in reduction of graphene oxide into RGO. The same Al doping and RGO capping synergistically bring about drastic reduction of thermal conductivity, through enhanced interfacial and point-defect-phonon scatterings. These opposing effects on electrical and thermal conductivities lead to enhancement in the power factors as well as the zT value. Overall, a practically viable route has been demonstrated for the synthesis of oxide-RGO TE materials, which could find their potential applications in high-temperature TE power generation.
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- Soumya Biswas
- School of Physics, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram 695551, India
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- Toyota Technological Institute, Hisakata 2-12-1, Tempaku, Nagoya 468-8511, Japan
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- School of Physics, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram 695551, India
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- School of Physics, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram 695551, India
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- Toyota Technological Institute, Hisakata 2-12-1, Tempaku, Nagoya 468-8511, Japan
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- School of Physics, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram 695551, India
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- School of Physics, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram 695551, India
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Choi M, Novak TG, Byen J, Lee H, Baek J, Hong S, Kim K, Song J, Shin H, Jeon S. Significantly Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance of Graphene through Atomic-Scale Defect Engineering via Mobile Hot-Wire Chemical Vapor Deposition Systems. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2021; 13:24304-24313. [PMID: 33983698 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c04828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Over the years, numerous studies have attempted to develop two-dimensional (2D) materials for improving both the applicability and performance of thermoelectric devices. Among the 2D materials, graphene is one of the promising candidates for thermoelectric materials owing to its extraordinary electrical properties, flexibility, and nontoxicity. However, graphene synthesized through traditional methods suffers from a low Seebeck coefficient and high thermal conductivity, resulting in an extremely low thermoelectric figure of merit (ZT). Here, we present an atomic-scale defect engineering strategy to improve the thermoelectric properties of graphene using embedded high-angle tilt boundary (HATB) domains in graphene films. These HATB domains serve as both energy filtering sites to filter out lower-energy charge carriers and scattering sites for phonons. Compared to the conventionally grown chemical vapor deposited graphene, the graphene with HATB domains shows an improved Seebeck coefficient (50.1 vs 21.1 μV K-1) and reduced thermal conductivity (382 vs 952 W m-1K-1), resulting in a ZT value that is ∼7 times greater at 350 K. This defect engineering strategy is promising not only for graphene-based materials but also for 2D materials, in general, where further research and optimization could overcome the limitations of conventional bulk thermoelectric materials in energy-harvesting systems.
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- Myungwoo Choi
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, KAIST Institute for the Nanocentury (KINC), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, KAIST Institute for the Nanocentury (KINC), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Nano Science, University of Science and Technology (UST), Interdisciplinary Materials Measurement Institute, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS), Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Convergence Property Measurement, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS), Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, KAIST Institute for the Nanocentury (KINC), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Nano Science, University of Science and Technology (UST), Interdisciplinary Materials Measurement Institute, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS), Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, KAIST Institute for the Nanocentury (KINC), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Convergence Property Measurement, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS), Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Convergence Property Measurement, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS), Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, KAIST Institute for the Nanocentury (KINC), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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Monolayer molybdenum trioxide (MoO3) is an emerging two-dimensional (2D) material with high electrical conductivity but unexplored thermal conductivity. Using first-principles calculations and a Boltzmann transport theoretical framework, we predict a record low room-temperature phonon thermal conductivity (κp) of 1.57 and 1.26 W/mK along the principal in-plane directions of the MoO3 monolayer. The behavior is attributed to the combination of soft flexural and in-plane acoustic modes, which are coupled through the finite layer thickness, and to the strong bonding anharmonicity, which gives rise to significant 3- and 4-phonon scattering. These insights suggest new indicators for guiding the search of 2D materials with low κp and motivates κp measurements in MoO3 and its applications as a thermoelectric and thermally protective material.
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- Zhen Tong
- Shenzhen JL Computational Science and Applied Research Institute, Shenzhen 518131, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Shenzhen JL Computational Science and Applied Research Institute, Shenzhen 518131, China
- Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing 100193, China
- Bremen Center for Computational Materials Science, University of Bremen, Bremen 2835, Germany
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Back SY, Yun JH, Cho H, Kim G, Rhyee JS. Phonon Scattering and Suppression of Bipolar Effect in MgO/VO 2 Nanoparticle Dispersed p-Type Bi 0.5Sb 1.5Te 3 Composites. Materials (Basel) 2021; 14:2506. [PMID: 34066166 DOI: 10.3390/ma14102506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2021] [Revised: 04/25/2021] [Accepted: 05/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Bismuth-Telluride-based compounds are unique materials for thermoelectric cooling applications. Because Bi2Te3 is a narrow gap semiconductor, the bipolar diffusion effect is a critical issue to enhance thermoelectric performance. Here, we report the significant reduction of thermal conductivity by decreasing lattice and bipolar thermal conductivity in extrinsic phase mixing of MgO and VO2 nanoparticles in Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3 (BST) bulk matrix. When we separate the thermal conductivity by electronic κel, lattice κlat, and bipolar κbi thermal conductivities, all the contributions in thermal conductivities are decreased with increasing the concentration of oxide particle distribution, indicating the effective phonon scattering with an asymmetric scattering of carriers. The reduction of thermal conductivity affects the improvement of the ZT values. Even though significant carrier filtering effect is not observed in the oxide bulk composites due to micro-meter size agglomeration of particles, the interface between oxide and bulk matrix scatters carriers giving rise to the increase of the Seebeck coefficient and electrical resistivity. Therefore, we suggest the extrinsic phase mixing of nanoparticles decreases lattice and bipolar thermal conductivity, resulting in the enhancement of thermoelectric performance over a wide temperature range.
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Zeng L, Holmér J, Dhall R, Gammer C, Minor AM, Olsson E. Tuning Hole Mobility of Individual p-Doped GaAs Nanowires by Uniaxial Tensile Stress. Nano Lett 2021; 21:3894-3900. [PMID: 33914543 PMCID: PMC8289290 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c00353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2021] [Revised: 04/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Strain engineering provides an effective way of tailoring the electronic and optoelectronic properties of semiconductor nanomaterials and nanodevices, giving rise to novel functionalities. Here, we present direct experimental evidence of strain-induced modifications of hole mobility in individual gallium arsenide (GaAs) nanowires, using in situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The conductivity of the nanowires varied with applied uniaxial tensile stress, showing an initial decrease of ∼5-20% up to a stress of 1-2 GPa, subsequently increasing up to the elastic limit of the nanowires. This is attributed to a hole mobility variation due to changes in the valence band structure caused by stress and strain. The corresponding lattice strain in the nanowires was quantified by in situ four dimensional scanning TEM and showed a complex spatial distribution at all stress levels. Meanwhile, a significant red shift of the band gap induced by the stress and strain was unveiled by monochromated electron energy loss spectroscopy.
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- Lunjie Zeng
- Department
of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department
of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- National
Center for Electron Microscopy, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Erich
Schmid Institute of Materials Science, Austrian Academy of Sciences, 8700 Leoben, Austria
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- National
Center for Electron Microscopy, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, University
of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department
of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
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Wang X, Yao H, Zhang Z, Li X, Chen C, Yin L, Hu K, Yan Y, Li Z, Yu B, Cao F, Liu X, Lin X, Zhang Q. Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance in High Entropy Alloys Sn 0.25Pb 0.25Mn 0.25Ge 0.25Te. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2021; 13:18638-18647. [PMID: 33847476 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c00221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Entropy is a physical quantity gauging the degree of chaos in the system. High entropy alloying is thus an effective strategy to reduce the lattice thermal conductivity of the thermoelectric materials. In this paper, PbTe, GeTe, and MnTe are coalloyed with SnTe to form a single-phase solid solution. Because of the inclusion of various elements at the cationic (Sn2+) site, the configurational entropy increases, and the phonon scattering is strongly enhanced, leading to a reduced lattice thermal conductivity. In addition, the Seebeck coefficient is improved because of the band modification via this coalloying. Ga is then further doped to optimize the carrier concentration to ∼5.7 × 1020 cm-3 and reduce the room-temperature lattice thermal conductivity to ∼0.6 W m-1 K-1. Finally, a high peak ZT value of ∼1.52 at 823 K and an average ZT value ∼1.0 from 323 to 823 K were obtained in Ga0.025(Sn0.25Pb0.25Mn0.25Ge0.25)0.975Te.
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- Xinyu Wang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Institute of Materials Genome and Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, P.R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Institute of Materials Genome and Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, P.R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Institute of Materials Genome and Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, P.R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Institute of Materials Genome and Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, P.R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Institute of Materials Genome and Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, P.R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Institute of Materials Genome and Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, P.R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Institute of Materials Genome and Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, P.R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Institute of Materials Genome and Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, P.R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Institute of Materials Genome and Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, P.R. China
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- Ningbo Fengcheng Advanced Energy Materials Research Institute, Fenghua District, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315500, China
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- School of Science, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, P.R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Institute of Materials Genome and Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, P.R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, P.R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Institute of Materials Genome and Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, P.R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, P.R. China
- Blockchain Development and Research Institute, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, P.R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Institute of Materials Genome and Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, P.R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, P.R. China
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Kim JH, Back SY, Yun JH, Lee HS, Rhyee JS. Scattering Mechanisms and Suppression of Bipolar Diffusion Effect in Bi 2Te 2.85Se 0.15I x Compounds. Materials (Basel) 2021; 14:1564. [PMID: 33810161 DOI: 10.3390/ma14061564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2021] [Revised: 03/16/2021] [Accepted: 03/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We investigated the anisotropic thermoelectric properties of the Bi2Te2.85Se0.15Ix (x = 0.0, 0.1, 0.3, 0.5 mol.%) compounds, synthesized by ball-milling and hot-press sintering. The electrical conductivities of the Bi2Te2.85Se0.15Ix were significantly improved by the increase of carrier concentration. The dominant electronic scattering mechanism was changed from the mixed (T ≤ 400 K) and ionization scattering (T ≥ 420 K) for pristine compound (x = 0.0) to the acoustic phonon scattering by the iodine doping. The Hall mobility was also enhanced with the increasing carrier concentration. The enhancement of Hall mobility was caused by the increase of the mean free path of the carrier from 10.8 to 17.7 nm by iodine doping, which was attributed to the reduction of point defects without the meaningful change of bandgap energy. From the electron diffraction patterns, a lattice distortion was observed in the iodine doped compounds. The modulation vector due to lattice distortion increased with increasing iodine concentration, indicating the shorter range lattice distortion in real space for the higher iodine concentration. The bipolar thermal conductivity was suppressed, and the effective masses were increased by iodine doping. It suggests that the iodine doping minimizes the ionization scattering giving rise to the suppression of the bipolar diffusion effect, due to the prohibition of the BiTe1 antisite defect, and induces the lattice distortion which decreases lattice thermal conductivity, resulting in the enhancement of thermoelectric performance.
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Babaei H, Lee JH, Dods MN, Wilmer CE, Long JR. Enhanced Thermal Conductivity in a Diamine-Appended Metal-Organic Framework as a Result of Cooperative CO 2 Adsorption. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2020; 12:44617-44621. [PMID: 32870642 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c10233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Diamine-appended variants of the metal-organic framework M2(dobpdc) (M = Mg, Mn, Fe, Co, Zn; dobpdc4- = 4,4'-dioxidobiphenyl-3,3'-dicarboxylate) exhibit exceptional CO2 capture properties owing to a unique cooperative adsorption mechanism, and thus hold promise for use in the development of energy- and cost-efficient CO2 separations. Understanding the nature of thermal transport in these materials is essential for such practical applications, however, as temperature rises resulting from exothermic CO2 uptake could potentially offset the energy savings offered by such cooperative adsorbents. Here, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are employed in investigating thermal transport in bare and e-2-appended Zn2(dobpdc) (e-2 = N-ethylethylenediamine), both with and without CO2 as a guest. In the absence of CO2, the appended diamines function to enhance thermal conductivity in the ab-plane of e-2-Zn2(dobpdc) relative to the bare framework, as a result of noncovalent interactions between adjacent diamines that provide additional heat transfer pathways across the pore channel. Upon introduction of CO2, the thermal conductivity along the pore channel (the c-axis) increases due to the cooperative formation of metal-bound ammonium carbamates, which serve to create additional heat transfer pathways. In contrast, the thermal conductivity of the bare framework remains unchanged in the presence of zinc-bound CO2 but decreases in the presence of additional adsorbed CO2.
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- Hasan Babaei
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Computational Science Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, 3700 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Zhou Z, Chai YW, Ikuta Y, Lee Y, Lin Y, Kimura Y. Reduced Thermal Conductivity of Mg 2(Si, Sn) Solid Solutions by a Gradient Composition Layered Microstructure. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2020; 12:19547-19552. [PMID: 32243125 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c02549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Solid solutioning of Mg2(Si, Sn) has been a promising approach in reducing thermal conductivity and leads to improvement of thermoelectric performance. In addition to the Mg2(Si, Sn) solid solutions, we have noticed a layered structure with a gradient composition, which is formed by nonequilibrium solidification and peritectic reaction process and can provide further reduction of thermal conductivity of the Mg2(Si, Sn) solid solutions. All layers of the layered structure have the same face-centered cubic-based structure but varying Sn/Si concentration ratios in each layer. The interfaces between the layers are semi-coherent, reticulating with different numbers of misfit dislocations. Such an interfacial structure brings large numbers of phonon-scattering sources, resulting in further reduction of thermal conductivity in the Mg2(Si, Sn) solid solutions. Consequently, the undoped Mg2Si0.75Sn0.25 containing a higher density of the layered structure has relatively lower thermal conductivity, 1.9 W m-1 K-1 at 523 K, than Mg2Si0.25Sn0.75 with a much lower density of the layered structure, 2.3 W m-1 K-1 at 523 K.
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- Zhifang Zhou
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259-J3-19, Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8502, Japan
- State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259-J3-19, Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8502, Japan
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- KELK Ltd., 3-25-1 Shinomiya, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa 254-8543, Japan
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- KELK Ltd., 3-25-1 Shinomiya, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa 254-8543, Japan
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- State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259-J3-19, Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8502, Japan
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Chen X, Lim JSK, Yan W, Guo F, Liang YN, Chen H, Lambourne A, Hu X. Salt Template Assisted BN Scaffold Fabrication toward Highly Thermally Conductive Epoxy Composites. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2020; 12:16987-16996. [PMID: 32196306 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c04882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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With the trend of device miniaturization and higher integration, polymer composites with high thermal conductivity are highly desirable for efficient removal of accumulated heat to maintain high performance of electronics. In this work, epoxy composites embedded with three-dimensional hexagonal boron nitride (BN) scaffold were fabricated. The BN-poly(vinylidene difluoride) (PVDF) scaffold was prepared by the salt template method using PVDF as the adhesive, while the corresponding epoxy composite was manufactured with vacuum-assisted impregnation. The epoxy/BN-PVDF composite exhibits high thermal conductivity with low loading of BN. The thermal conductivity of epoxy/BN-PVDF composite achieved 1.227 W/(m K) with 21 wt % BN, contributed by the constructed BN pathway held together by PVDF adhesive. In addition, PVDF could be further converted into carbon by thermal treatment, further enhancing the thermal conductivity of epoxy/BN-C composites through alleviating the phonon scattering at the interfaces, eventually obtaining thermal conductivity of 1.466 W/(m K). This type of epoxy-based composite with high thermal conductivity is promising to be used as thermal management materials in advanced electronic devices.
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- Xuelong Chen
- Rolls-Royce@NTU Corporate Lab, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798
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- Temasek Laboratories, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637553
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- Rolls-Royce@NTU Corporate Lab, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798
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- School of Material Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798
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- Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637141
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- Temasek Laboratories, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637553
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- Rolls-Royce plc. Central Technology Group, Moor Lane A2 (ML-118), Moor Lane, Derby, U.K
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- Temasek Laboratories, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637553
- School of Material Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798
- Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637141
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Gopalan S, Gaddemane G, Put MLVD, Fischetti AMV. Monte Carlo Study of Electronic Transport in Monolayer InSe. Materials (Basel) 2019; 12:E4210. [PMID: 31847429 PMCID: PMC6947166 DOI: 10.3390/ma12244210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2019] [Revised: 12/10/2019] [Accepted: 12/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The absence of a band gap in graphene makes it of minor interest for field-effect transistors. Layered metal chalcogenides have shown great potential in device applications thanks to their wide bandgap and high carrier mobility. Interestingly, in the ever-growing library of two-dimensional (2D) materials, monolayer InSe appears as one of the new promising candidates, although still in the initial stage of theoretical studies. Here, we present a theoretical study of this material using density functional theory (DFT) to determine the electronic band structure as well as the phonon spectrum and electron-phonon matrix elements. The electron-phonon scattering rates are obtained using Fermi's Golden Rule and are used in a full-band Monte Carlo computer program to solve the Boltzmann transport equation (BTE) to evaluate the intrinsic low-field mobility and velocity-field characteristic. The electron-phonon matrix elements, accounting for both long- and short-range interactions, are considered to study the contributions of different scattering mechanisms. Since monolayer InSe is a polar piezoelectric material, scattering with optical phonons is dominated by the long-range interaction with longitudinal optical (LO) phonons while scattering with acoustic phonons is dominated by piezoelectric scattering with the longitudinal (LA) branch at room temperature (T = 300 K) due to a lack of a center of inversion symmetry in monolayer InSe. The low-field electron mobility, calculated considering all electron-phonon interactions, is found to be 110 cm2V-1s-1, whereas values of 188 cm2V-1s-1 and 365 cm2V-1s-1 are obtained considering the long-range and short-range interactions separately. Therefore, the calculated electron mobility of monolayer InSe seems to be competitive with other previously studied 2D materials and the piezoelectric properties of monolayer InSe make it a suitable material for a wide range of applications in next generation nanoelectronics.
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- Sanjay Gopalan
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA
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Kim SY, Kim HS, Lee KH, Cho HJ, Choo SS, Hong SW, Oh Y, Yang Y, Lee K, Lim JH, Choi SM, Park HJ, Shin WH, Kim SI. Influence of Pd Doping on Electrical and Thermal Properties of n-Type Cu 0.008Bi 2Te 2.7Se 0.3 Alloys. Materials (Basel) 2019; 12:ma12244080. [PMID: 31817704 PMCID: PMC6947468 DOI: 10.3390/ma12244080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2019] [Revised: 11/30/2019] [Accepted: 12/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Doping is known as an effective way to modify both electrical and thermal transport properties of thermoelectric alloys to enhance their energy conversion efficiency. In this project, we report the effect of Pd doping on the electrical and thermal properties of n-type Cu0.008Bi2Te2.7Se0.3 alloys. Pd doping was found to increase the electrical conductivity along with the electron carrier concentration. As a result, the effective mass and power factors also increased upon the Pd doping. While the bipolar thermal conductivity was reduced with the Pd doping due to the increased carrier concentration, the contribution of Pd to point defect phonon scattering on the lattice thermal conductivity was found to be very small. Consequently, Pd doping resulted in an enhanced thermoelectric figure of merit, zT, at a high temperature, due to the enhanced power factor and the reduced bipolar thermal conductivity.
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- Se Yun Kim
- Samsung Electronics, Suwon 16678, Korea;
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Hongik University, Seoul 04066, Korea;
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Korea;
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Seoul, Seoul 02504, Korea; (H.-j.C.); (S.-s.C.); (S.-w.H.); (Y.O.); (Y.Y.)
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Seoul, Seoul 02504, Korea; (H.-j.C.); (S.-s.C.); (S.-w.H.); (Y.O.); (Y.Y.)
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Seoul, Seoul 02504, Korea; (H.-j.C.); (S.-s.C.); (S.-w.H.); (Y.O.); (Y.Y.)
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Seoul, Seoul 02504, Korea; (H.-j.C.); (S.-s.C.); (S.-w.H.); (Y.O.); (Y.Y.)
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Seoul, Seoul 02504, Korea; (H.-j.C.); (S.-s.C.); (S.-w.H.); (Y.O.); (Y.Y.)
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- Department of Physics, Kunsan National University, Gunsan 54150, Korea;
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Gachon University, Seongnam 13120, Korea;
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- School of Energy, Materials and Chemical Engineering, Korea University of Technology and Education, Cheonan 31253, Korea;
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Dankook University, Cheonan 31116, Korea;
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- Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Kwangwoon University, Seoul 01897, Korea
- Correspondence: (W.H.S.); (S.-i.K.)
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Seoul, Seoul 02504, Korea; (H.-j.C.); (S.-s.C.); (S.-w.H.); (Y.O.); (Y.Y.)
- Correspondence: (W.H.S.); (S.-i.K.)
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Li W, Wang J, Poudel B, Kang HB, Huxtable S, Nozariasbmarz A, Saparamadu U, Priya S. Filiform Metal Silver Nanoinclusions To Enhance Thermoelectric Performance of P-type Ca 3Co 4O 9+δ Oxide. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2019; 11:42131-42138. [PMID: 31617993 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b13607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Cd doping and metallic Ag additives in Ca3Co4O9+δ polycrystalline materials are shown to result in improved thermoelectric (TE) transport properties. Carrier concentration and mobility were optimized through the combination of doping and compositional modulation approaches. The formation of filiform Ag nanoinclusions between the interlayers and grain boundaries enhances the anisotropic carrier transport, leading to higher carrier mobility. A spin entropy enhancement due to the change of the net valence of Co induced by Cd substitution on the Ca site was confirmed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. High carrier mobility and enhanced spin entropy results in higher electrical conductivity and Seebeck coefficient, leading to the increase of the power factor. In conjunction, mass fluctuation between Cd and Ca on the same crystal site along with the increase of metallic Ag nanoinclusions effectively lowers thermal conductivity. Consequently, the figure-of-merit, zT, has been improved to 0.31 at 950 K for 10 wt % Ag-modified Ca2.9Cd0.1Co4O9+δ specimen, which is a significant improvement compared to the pristine material. This dual-mode control of electron and phonon transport by including Ag additives and Cd doping offers an approach for tuning the correlated TE parameters.
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- Wenjie Li
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Pennsylvania State University , University Park , Pennsylvania 16802 , United States
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- Center for Energy Harvesting Materials and Systems (CEHMS), Virginia Tech , Blacksburg , Virginia 24061 , United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Pennsylvania State University , University Park , Pennsylvania 16802 , United States
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- Center for Energy Harvesting Materials and Systems (CEHMS), Virginia Tech , Blacksburg , Virginia 24061 , United States
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- Center for Energy Harvesting Materials and Systems (CEHMS), Virginia Tech , Blacksburg , Virginia 24061 , United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Pennsylvania State University , University Park , Pennsylvania 16802 , United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Pennsylvania State University , University Park , Pennsylvania 16802 , United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Pennsylvania State University , University Park , Pennsylvania 16802 , United States
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Park NW, Lee WY, Yoon YS, Kim GS, Yoon YG, Lee SK. Achieving Out-of-Plane Thermoelectric Figure of Merit ZT = 1.44 in a p-Type Bi 2Te 3/Bi 0.5Sb 1.5Te 3 Superlattice Film with Low Interfacial Resistance. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2019; 11:38247-38254. [PMID: 31542917 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b11042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Recently, low-dimensional superlattice films have attracted significant attention because of their low dimensionality and anisotropic thermoelectric (TE) properties such as the Seebeck coefficient, electrical conductivity, and thermal conductivity. For these superlattice structures, both electrons and phonons show highly anisotropic behavior and exhibit much stronger interface scattering in the out-of-plane direction of the films compared to the in-plane direction. However, no detailed information is available in the literature for the out-of-plane TE properties of the superlattice-based films. In this report, we present the out-of-plane Seebeck coefficient, thermal conductivity, and electrical properties of p-type Bi2Te3/Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3 (bismuth telluride/bismuth antimony telluride, BT/BST) superlattice films in the temperature range of 77-500 K. Because of the synergistic combination of the energy filtering effect and low interfacial resistance of the superlattice structure, an impressively high ZT of 1.44 was achieved at 400 K for the 200 nm-thick p-type BT/BST superlattice film, corresponding to a 43% ZT enhancement compared to the pristine p-BST films with the same thickness.
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- No-Won Park
- Department of Physics , Chung-Ang University , Seoul 06974 , Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics , Chung-Ang University , Seoul 06974 , Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics , Chung-Ang University , Seoul 06974 , Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics , Chung-Ang University , Seoul 06974 , Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics , Chung-Ang University , Seoul 06974 , Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics , Chung-Ang University , Seoul 06974 , Republic of Korea
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Lee YS, Lee SY, Kim KS, Noda S, Shim SE, Yang CM. Effective Heat Transfer Pathways of Thermally Conductive Networks Formed by One-Dimensional Carbon Materials with Different Sizes. Polymers (Basel) 2019; 11:polym11101661. [PMID: 31614671 PMCID: PMC6835844 DOI: 10.3390/polym11101661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2019] [Revised: 10/02/2019] [Accepted: 10/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
We investigated the heat transfer behavior of thermally conductive networks with one-dimensional carbon materials to design effective heat transfer pathways for hybrid filler systems of polymer matrix composites. Nano-sized few-walled carbon nanotubes (FWCNTs) and micro-sized mesophase pitch-based carbon fibers (MPCFs) were used as the thermally conductive materials. The bulk density and thermal conductivity of the FWCNT films increased proportionally with the ultrasonication time due to the enhanced dispersibility of the FWCNTs in an ethanol solvent. The ultrasonication-induced densification of the FWCNT films led to the effective formation of filler-to-filler connections, resulting in improved thermal conductivity. The thermal conductivity of the FWCNT-MPCF hybrid films was proportional to the MPCF content (maximum thermal conductivity at an MPCF content of 60 wt %), indicating the synergistic effect on the thermal conductivity enhancement. Moreover, the MPCF-to-MPCF heat transfer pathways in the FWCNT-MPCF hybrid films were the most effective in achieving high thermal conductivity due to the smaller interfacial area and shorter heat transfer pathway of the MPCFs. The FWCNTs could act as thermal bridges between neighboring MPCFs for effective heat transfer. Furthermore, the incorporation of Ag nanoparticles of approximately 300 nm into the FWCNT-MPCF hybrid film dramatically enhanced the thermal conductivity, which was closely related to a decreased thermal interfacial resistance at the intersection points between the materials. Epoxy-based composites loaded with the FWCNTs, MPCFs, FWCNT-MPCF hybrids, and FWCNT-MPCF-Ag hybrid fillers were also fabricated. A similar trend in thermal conductivity was observed in the polymer matrix composite with carbon-based hybrid films.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yun Seon Lee
- Institute of Advanced Composite Materials, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), 92 Chudong-ro, Wanju-gun, Jeonbuk 55324, Korea.
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Inha University, 100 Inha-ro, Nam-gu, Incheon 22212, Korea.
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- Institute of Advanced Composite Materials, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), 92 Chudong-ro, Wanju-gun, Jeonbuk 55324, Korea.
- Magok R&D campus, LG Innotek, 30 Magokjungang 10-ro, Gangseo-gu, Seoul 07796, Korea.
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- Department of Physics and Graphene Research Institute, Sejong University, 209 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05006, Korea.
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Inha University, 100 Inha-ro, Nam-gu, Incheon 22212, Korea.
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- Institute of Advanced Composite Materials, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), 92 Chudong-ro, Wanju-gun, Jeonbuk 55324, Korea.
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