Journal of Materiomics
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2024
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IF 8.4
Xusheng Liu,Keli Wang,Peng Li,Qiqi Tang,Zhenlong Huang,Yuan Lin,Wu Wang,Binbin Jiang,Jiaqing He
Entropy engineering has emerged as an effective strategy for improving the figure-of-merit zT by decelerating the phonon transport while maintaining good electrical transport properties of thermoelectric materials. Herein, a high average zT of 1.54 and a maximum zT of 2.1 are achieved in the mid-entropy GeTe constructed by Ag, Sb, and Pb alloying. At room temperature, the mid-entropy GeTe tends to be a cubic structure. And the power factor is improved from 7.7 μW·cm −1 ·K −2 to 16.2 μW·cm −1 ·K −2 due to the large increase in effective mass and the optimized carrier concentration. The increasing disorder created by heavy and off-centering Ag, Sb, and Pb atoms induces strong mass/strain fluctuations and phonon scattering to decelerate the phonon transport in GeTe. A low lattice thermal conductivity is obtained in the medium-entropy GeTe-based material. Moreover, a GeTe-based thermoelectric cooler is fabricated with the cooling temperature difference of 66.6 K with the hot end fixed at 363 K. This work reveals the effectiveness of entropy engineering in improving the average zT in GeTe and shows potential application of GeTe as a thermoelectric cooler.
研究领域:
材料科学
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热电材料研究
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DOI
高影响因子
CARBON
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2022
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IF 11.307
Jianglin Diao,Jia Yuan,Zhihao Cai,Lun Xia,Zheng Cheng,Xiaoyan Liu,Wenle Ma,Shufang Wang,Yi Huang
High-performance electromagnetic interference (EMI) materials with remarkable thermoelectric conversion/self-powered capabilities seem to be predictably imperative to eliminate electromagnetic wave pollution and reduce local overheating of devices to ensure the reliable operation of electronic instruments and wearable electronic devices. Herein, multifunctional Bi 2 Te 2.7 Se 0.3 /Ti 3 C 2 T x (BTS/MXene) composites are fabricated by mixing BTS and MXene dispersion followed by vacuum-assisted filtration and hot pressing, which exhibit highest EMI shielding efficiency (EMI SE) of 94.33 dB and average EMI SE of 83.4 dB over the whole X band (BTS/MX-30, containing 30 wt% MXene). Meanwhile, the BTS/MXene composites also demonstrate impressive thermoelectric (TE) conversion capabilities, achieving a peak dimensionless figure of merit (ZT) of 1.2 from 313 to 498 K for BTS/MX-1.5 (involving 1.5 wt% MXene). The excellent electromagnetic wave shielding performances originate from the reflection caused by the impedance mismatch, the multiple scattering at the BTS/MXene interface, the polarization at the terminal of MXene and BTS, etc. On the other hand, the excellent thermoelectric performance of BTS/MXene comes from the high conductivity of MXene and the blocking of low-energy carriers and the scattering of phonons at the interface. Hence, multifunctional BTS/MXene composites display broad prospects for simultaneous implementation of EMI shielding and thermoelectric conversion/self-powered applications in miniature and wearable electronic instruments.
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材料科学
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电子工程
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DOI
高影响因子
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
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2019
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IF 10.159
Jiwu Xin,Junyou Yang,Sihui Li,Abdul Basit,Bingyang Sun,Suwei Li,Qiang Long,Xin Li,Ying Chen,Qinghui Jiang
α-MgAgSb (α-MAS) has recently been discovered to be a promising p-type thermoelectric material owing to its earth-abundant and nontoxic nature. However, there are two main disadvantages hindered the large-scale application of α-MAS, one is the single α-MAS phase prepared by conventional method requires for an extended period of time, and the other is the severely bipolar effect thus poor electric properties. In this scenario, we have presented an effective approach typified by SnTe nanocompositing to significantly enhance the thermoelectric performance of the rapidly microwave-synthesized α-MAS system. Specifically, the pure α-MAS compound was first produced by using a rapidly microwave synthesis. After the initial preparation, high-quality SnTe nanoparticles fabricated by a facile solvothermal method were incorporated into the microwave-synthesized α-MAS matrix. It is deserve to be mentioned that the rapidly microwave synthesis purifies the single α-MAS phase and allows the preparative time to be diminished from over 2 weeks to as little as 5 days. Moreover, the severe bipolar effect of pristine α-MAS has been retarded effectively by the following step typified by compositing SnTe nanoinclusions, leading to a large Seebeck coefficient, thus significantly enhanced a power factor in α-MAS/SnTe-composited system. Concurrently, the lattice thermal conductivity has also been greatly reduced because of the extra phonon scattering because of the multiscale hierarchical architecture (e.g., SnTe nanostructures, high-density stacking faults, and elastic strain fields). Eventually, an enhanced figure of merit ZT of ∼1 at 548 K, which increases by ∼53% compared with pristine α-MAS, has been achieved in the 3 at % SnTe-composited sample. This work impels the potential application of the α-MAS thermoelectric material as a robust candidate for a waste heat recovery below 573 K.
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材料科学
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热电学
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纳米技术
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DOI
高影响因子
SCRIPTA MATERIALIA
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2023
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IF 6
Zhili Li,Jiye Zhang,Shaoqin Wang,Zirui Dong,Chen Lin,Jun Luo
Ductile Ag 2 S 0.4 Te 0.6 shows promising thermoelectric properties and interesting phase transitions and structural features above room temperature. In this work, our experiments reveal that Ag 2 S 0.4 Te 0.6 is composed of a Ag 2 Te-based glass and a Ag 2 S-based supercooled liquid at room temperature. The Ag 2 Te-based glass preserves its amorphous state in the measured temperature range (20–303 K), while the Ag 2 S-based supercooled liquid crystallizes into a triclinic phase below 183 K, leading to respectively the glass and crystalline-like thermal transport of Ag 2 S 0.4 Te 0.6 near room temperature and at low temperature. At the crystallization point of the Ag 2 S-based phase, the electrical conductivity of Ag 2 S 0.4 Te 0.6 shows an anomalous change. The extremely wide supercooling region (183–420 K) of the Ag 2 S-based phase leads to the unprecedented ductility of Ag 2 S 0.4 Te 0.6 . The thermoelectric figure of merit zT of Ag 2 S 0.4 Te 0.6 increases monotonically with increasing temperature and reaches ∼0.17 at 300 K, showing the great potential as a ductile thermoelectric inorganic.
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材料科学
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热电学
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固体物理学
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DOI
高影响因子
ADVANCED MATERIALS
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2025
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IF 26.8
Shaoqing Lu,Zhengyi Zhu,Weite Meng,Jian Wang,Lulu Huang,Mengyao Li,Aziz Genç,Siqi Huo,Khak Ho Lim,Andreu Cabot,Yucheng Wu,Yu Zhang,Min Hong,Jian Yan,Yu Liu
Thermoelectric (TE) materials, capable of directly converting heat into electricity, offer a promising route for sustainable energy recovery. However, practical deployment is limited by the difficulty in simultaneously optimizing electrical and thermal transport properties. In this study, a synergistic microstructure-composition co-design strategy for enhancing the performance of PbTe-based TEs via Na 2 S-assisted solid-state synthesis is presented. The thermal decomposition of Na 2 S not only introduces hierarchical porosity but also facilitates initial Na doping, enabling the concurrent optimization of phonon scattering, carrier concentration, and band convergence. The optimized composition, Pb 0.97 Na 0.03 Te-1.0%Na 2 S, exhibits refined grains, dispersed Na 2 Te nanoprecipitates, and a high density of dislocations, leading to ultralow lattice thermal conductivity (≈0.50 W m −1 K −1 at 750 K) while preserving excellent electrical transport. A peak TE figure of merit zT ≈2.2 at 823 K and a high average zT ≈1.9 across 623–823 K are achieved. To validate the device-level applicability, single-leg TE modules are fabricated, achieving a high conversion efficiency of 13.4% at Δ T = 395 K, which is among the best reported for a PbTe-based system. Furthermore, a unicouple module integrated with n-type skutterudite reaches a record power density of 2.2 W cm −2 at Δ T = 375 K. This study highlights a scalable pathway for advancing mid-temperature TE materials and devices through structural and compositional engineering.
研究领域:
材料科学
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热电学
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固态化学
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能量转换
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纳米材料
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产品关联
DOI
PubMed
高影响因子
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