KMS Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, CAS
Realizing high thermoelectric performance in Te nanocomposite through Sb2Te3 incorporation | |
Yang, Heng Quan1; Chen, Yong Jin2,3; Wang, Xiao Yang4; Miao, Lei4; Li, Xiao Yan5; Han, Xiao Dong2,3; Lu, Xu1; Wang, Guo Yu6,7; Zhou, Xiao Yuan1 | |
2018-12-21 | |
摘要 | The rational design and fabrication of nanostructures has become a fashionable strategy for pursing high thermoelectric performance in solid-state materials. Here we report nanostructured Te-Sb2Te3 composites with significantly enhanced thermoelectric performance through a scalable bottom-up method followed by a rapid sintering process. The power factor along with the carrier concentration could be significantly enhanced by increasing the number of point defects of Sb'(Te). Meanwhile, a great number of boundaries and hetero-interfaces between the Te and Sb2Te3 nanoparticles could play an important role in blocking phonons, resulting in the evident suppression of lattice thermal conductivity. Ultimately, a highest zT value close to 1.0 could be achieved at 623 K in samples with components of 2.6 mol% Sb2Te3 and 97.4 mol% Te. Such a peak zT value is comparable to that of doped Te materials synthesized by the conventional solid-state reaction process. This work reveals that high thermoelectric performance could be realized in an intentionally designed nanocomposite by synergistically improving the power factor and suppressing the lattice thermal conductivity. |
DOI | 10.1039/c8ce01539b |
发表期刊 | CRYSTENGCOMM |
ISSN | 1466-8033 |
卷号 | 20期号:47页码:7729-7738 |
通讯作者 | Miao, Lei(miaolei@guet.edu.cn) ; Wang, Guo Yu(guoyuw@cigit.ac.cn) ; Zhou, Xiao Yuan(xiaoyuan2013@cqu.edu.cn) |
收录类别 | SCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000452317200015 |
语种 | 英语 |