KMS Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, CAS
Synergistically optimized thermoelectric properties of Ag1+xIn5Se8 alloys | |
Shen, Xingchen1,2; Zhang, Bin3; Chen, Qiuyi1; Tan, Huan1; Zhang, Xiao3; Wang, Guoyu2,4; Lu, Xu1; Zhou, Xiaoyuan1,3 | |
2019-12-01 | |
摘要 | The AgIn5Se8 diamond-like compound with low thermal conductivity is deemed to be a promising thermoelectric material, but its performance is limited by its low electrical conductivity. Herein, we report an effective method to increase the maximum and average zT values of AgIn5Se8-based compounds by adding excess Ag. All the samples exhibit increased carrier concentrations of similar to 10(18) cm(-3) at ambient temperature, leading to considerably enhanced electrical conductivity. Meanwhile, the excess Ag creates numerous point defects, twin boundaries and stacking faults, which serve as the internal-strain field to induce additional phonon scattering and lattice softening to lower the lattice thermal conductivity. The synergistic strategy yields a peak zT value of 0.67 at 883 K and an average zT value of 0.34 from 323 to 883 K for Ag1.03In5Se8. |
DOI | 10.1039/c9qi01054h |
发表期刊 | INORGANIC CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS |
ISSN | 2052-1553 |
卷号 | 6期号:12页码:3545-3553 |
通讯作者 | Wang, Guoyu(guoyuw@cigit.ac.cn) ; Lu, Xu(luxu@cqu.edu.cn) |
收录类别 | SCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000501285400014 |
语种 | 英语 |