CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
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2024
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IF 5.1
Qinghui Jiang,Hui Long,Xianwei Zeng,Bo Wang,Boyu Yang,Jitao Yi,Yubo Luo,Junyou Yang,Haitao Ye,Yong Liu
BiCuSeO, an oxide thermoelectric material with a superlattice structure, presents the advantages of affordability, low toxicity, and environmental friendliness . However, its intrinsic low electrical conductivity has impeded its possible applications. To address this challenge, we put tiny PbZr 0.52 Ti 0.48 O 3 (PZT) with varying weight percentages ( x = 0, 5, 7, 9, 11) into BiCuSeO (BCSO) to fabricate thermoelectric nanocomposites . Through the spark plasma sintering process, PZT particles underwent in-situ decomposition, generating nano-sized second phases such as PbO 2 , TiO 2 , and PbZrO 3 , which are homogenously distributed within BCSO matrix (validated by XRD and TEM). The introduced PbO 2 , TiO 2 , and PbZrO 3 second phases served a dual purpose: inhibiting the grain growth of BCSO and introducing additional nano-grain boundaries. This resulted in more effective phonon scattering sites, thereby reducing lattice thermal conductivity . Simultaneously, the Pb element derived from PZT decomposition was doped into the Bi site of the BCSO matrix, causing a reduction in the band gap of BCSO from 0.49 eV to 0.388 eV and a significant increase in carrier concentration. Consequently, this doping enhanced the electrical conductivity of BCSO-based composites, with the composite with 11 wt% PZT additive amount exhibiting a remarkable 318-fold increase, reaching 550 S/cm compared to pristine BCSO. Notably, the composite with 7 wt% PZT additive amount achieved an exceptionally low lattice thermal conductivity of 0.333 W m −1 K −1 at 823 K. Through the synergistic optimization of electrical and thermal transport properties, the BCSO-based composite with 7 wt% PZT additive amount obtained a ZT value of ∼0.9 at 873 K, representing a 2.45-fold increase compared to pristine BiCuSeO. This straightforward method presents a cost-effective and scalable approach to enhance the thermoelectric performance of various materials, opening new avenues for potential commercial applications.
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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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Materials Today Electronics
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2024
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IF 0
Guanzheng Luo,Wang Li,Yingchao Wei,Yao Dai,Wenjie Shu,Linyao Wu,Xin Li,Yubo Luo,Junyou Yang
Cu 3 InSnSe 5 is a newly discovered copper-based diamond-like thermoelectric semiconductor, whose thermoelectric performance can be further enhanced by the MnSe alloying herein. We observed the formation of MnSe 2 precipitates that effectively scattered low-frequency phonons, which significantly reduced the lattice thermal conductivity at mid-to-low temperatures. While a high amount of MnSe alloying led to the formation of MnSe 2 precipitates which enhanced the phonons scattering, a smaller MnSe content improved the power factor in a certain as well. Ultimately, our research achieved a peak ZT of 1.00 and an average ZT of 0.50 over the 300–773 K temperature range by 10 mol.% MnSe alloyed Cu 3 InSnSe 5 pseudo-binary solid solution, demonstrating the potential of MnSe alloying for optimizing the thermoelectric performance of copper-based diamond-like semiconductor materials.
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材料科学
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凝聚态物理
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半导体物理
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能源材料
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热电转换
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RSC Advances
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2015
·Vol. 5
·期 85
·69878-69885
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IF 3.84
Guang-Kun Ren,Jin-le Lan,Sajid Butt,Kyle J. Ventura,Yuan-Hua Lin,Ce-Wen Nan
BiCuSeO oxyselenides have been successfully fabricated by self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS). Compared with the SHS process of binary or ternary alloys, thermal analysis indicates the ignition temperature of quaternary layered BiCuSeO oxyselenides approaches the second lower melting point of the compound. The ZT value of SHS-synthesized BiCuSeO is almost 1.5 times larger than that of the solid state reaction (SSR) product at 873 K. This is attributed to the existing amorphous region, nano-pores, and optimized grain size. Furthermore, with the partial substitution of Pb2+ for Bi3+, ZT was enhanced through the optimization of charge carrier concentration and band gap narrowing. This achieved a ZT of 0.91 at 873 K for Bi1−xPbxCuSeO (x = 0.04). Combining with the Debye–Callaway model analysis, the ultralow lattice thermal conductivity of BiCuSeO can potentially be derived from the synergistic effect of intrinsic point defects, efficient grain boundaries and some other mechanisms.
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材料科学
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凝聚态物理
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无机非金属材料
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能源材料
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热电转换
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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE
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2021
·Vol. 56
·期 22
·12732-12739
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IF 4.22
Li Yuping,Huo Haojie,Huang Hai,Guo Kai,Yang Xinxin,Xing Juanjuan,Luo Jun,Rao Guang-Hui,Zhao Jing-Tai
Layered oxygen-containing compound Bi 2 O 2 Se is a promising n-type thermoelectric material, favored by its considerably high Seebeck coefficient and low thermal conductivity. Significant preferred orientation along plane (110), identified in the hot-pressed sample, results in obvious anisotropy in the electrical and thermal transport properties. Nb substitution Bi in the insulating layer [Bi 2 O 2 ] 2+ can effectively increase the electron concentration (from 10 16 to 10 18 cm −3 ) by two orders of magnitude, while maintaining high mobility. Therefore, a larger power factor of 2.19 μW cm −1 K −2 has been obtained for Bi 1.94 Nb 0.06 O 2 Se at 823 K, which enlarges by three times in comparison with pristine Bi 2 O 2 Se (0.673 μW cm −1 K −2 ). Combined with the inherently low thermal conductivity, the ZT values of Bi 1.94 Nb 0.06 O 2 Se reach 0.195 at 823 K, corresponding to 325% enhancement. This study shows that the substitution of Nb for Bi is a promising way to optimize the thermoelectric properties of Bi 2 O 2 Se-based thermoelectric materials.
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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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ADVANCED MATERIALS
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2022
·Vol. 34
·期 38
·2202949
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IF 32.086
Pengfei Xu,Wei Zhao,Xixi Liu,Baohai Jia,Jiaqing He,Liangwei Fu,Biao Xu
Nanostructure engineering is a key strategy for tailoring properties in the fields of batteries, solar cells, thermoelectrics, and so on. Limited by grain coarsening, however, the nanostructure effect gradually degrades during the materials’ manufacturing and in-service period. Herein, a strategy of cleavage-fracture for grain shrinking is developed in a Pb 0.98 Sb 0.02 Te sample during sintering, and the grain size remains stable after repeated tests. Moreover, the initial grain boundary is filled by fractured slender grains and enriched by dislocations, evolving into a hierarchical grain-boundary structure. The lattice thermal conductivity ( k lat ) is greatly reduced to approach the amorphous limit. As a result, a record-high ZT value of ≈1.9 is obtained at 815 K in the n-type Pb 0.98 Sb 0.02 Te sample and a decent efficiency of 6.7% in thermoelectric device. This strategy for grain shrinking will shed light on the application of nanostructure engineering under high temperature and extreme conditions in other material systems.
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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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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2025
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IF 6.3
Fenghao Yu,Chaoxin Qiu,Cong Xiao,Yanxin Du,Lin Lai,Wei Ren,Wei Li,Liting Jiang,Xiaohua Luo,Shengcan Ma
At present, Ag-based thermoelectric materials have received extensive attention and have demonstrated excellent performance in related device application. Among them, AgBiSe 2 is a lead-free thermoelectric material that exhibits significant n -type doping characteristics. It has been previously reported that R Cl 3 -doping ( R denotes the rare earth elements) has achieved excellent results in some n -type thermoelectric materials. However, there is still a lack of systematic research on the effect of R Cl 3 doping on AgBiSe 2 based materials. In this work, n -type AgBiSe 1.98 polycrystalline materials doped with CeCl 3 (0.5–2 mol%) are successfully synthesized by the melting method in combination with spark plasma sintering (SPS) technique. Compared with AgBiSe 2 , the CeCl 3 -doped AgBiSe 1.98 samples have achieved a significant increase in thermoelectric figure of merit ( ZT ) value, which should be attributed to the higher power factor ( PF = S 2 σ ) and inherently low thermal conductivity. Specifically, a large ZT max of ∼ 0.65 is achieved at 733 K in the 2 mol% CeCl 3 -doped AgBiSe 1.98 sample, which shows an increase of 41 %. This study demonstrates that CeCl 3 -doping, as a novel strategy that can improve simultaneously n H and m *, reveals excellent optimization effects in the thermoelectric performance regulation of AgBiSe 2 -based materials.
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材料科学
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热电材料
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凝聚态物理
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无机非金属材料
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能源材料
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2025
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IF 13.2
Jiaman Wei,Wei Yu,Zhijian Li,Jiaxin Hu,Tonghui Wang,Yuan Yu,Xin Guo
The inherent cation disordering and wide bandgap of CuInTe 2 seriously impede carrier concentration optimization, constraining the enhancement of thermoelectric performance. In this work, the inherent cases were addressed by introducing Sb doping and high pressure. Cu Sb bonding was strengthened by incorporating Sb into Te sites, realizing cation ordering while supplying extra hole carriers. Furthermore, with bandgap narrowing induced by applying pressure, the carrier concentration was significantly increased to over ∼10 19 cm −3 , accompanied by optimizing the electronic structure. As a consequence, a high power factor of 1152.4 μWm −1 K −2 at 773 K was achieved. In addition, abundant defect structures were introduced due to Sb doping and external pressure, largely suppressing phonon transport and thus reducing the lattice thermal conductivity to 0.63 Wm −1 K −1 , which approaches the theoretical minimum. Ultimately, a high zT value of 1.14 at 773 K was achieved for CuInTe 1.995 Sb 0.005 prepared under 2.5 GPa. This study demonstrates the efficacy of high pressure and Sb doping in improving the thermoelectric performance of CuInTe 2 , and provides a feasible approach for optimizing cation ordering and band structure in thermoelectrics.
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材料科学
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热电学
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固体物理
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能量转换
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无机化学
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JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS
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2014
·Vol. 43
·期 6
·2435-2439
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IF 1.675
Tan Qing,Li Jing-Feng
To study the possibility of SnS as an earth-abundant and environmentally friendly thermoelectric material, the electrical and thermal transport properties of bulk materials prepared by combining mechanical alloying and spark plasma sintering were investigated. It was revealed that SnS has potential as a good thermoelectric material, benefiting from its intrinsically low thermal conductivity below 1.0 W/m/K above 400 K and its high Seebeck coefficient over 500 μ V/K. Although the highest ZT value was 0.16 at 823 K in the pristine sample, further enhancement can be expected through chemical doping to increase the electrical conductivity. It was also revealed that changing the stoichiometric ratio and sintering temperature had less apparent influence on the microstructure and thermoelectric properties of SnS because redundant S in the powders decomposed during the sintering process.
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材料科学
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热电学
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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE-MATERIALS IN ELECTRONICS
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2013
·Vol. 24
·期 8
·3095-3100
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IF 1.486
Gao Feng,Zhang Jing,Song Hongzhang,Qin Zhen,Yang Delin,Hu Xing
The influence of Fe doping on the lattice structure and thermoelectric properties of GdBaCo 2− x
Fe
x
O 5+ δ
( x = 0.0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1.0) ceramics was studied from room temperature to 525 K. The results show that presence of Fe will increase both electrical resistivity and Seebeck coefficients of the samples. Due to the lattice misfit and carrier concentration reduction caused by Fe, the thermal conductivity of the sample decreases. The activation energy of conductivity is larger than that of thermopower calculated in the semiconductive region, which means that the conduction mechanism may be determined as a small polaron hopping model. The optimum Fe doping amount is x = 0.6, which results in a ZT value 0.02 at 373 K.
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材料科学
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凝聚态物理
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功能陶瓷
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热电材料
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固态离子学
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DOI
高影响因子
Journal of Materiomics
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2025
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IF 9.6
Jiang-Hu Yu,Yu Wang,Chong-Yu Wang,Hao Liang,Yi-Lin Liu,Ze-Yuan Yang,Yi-Xin Zhang,Jing Feng,Zhen-Hua Ge
The extensive utilization of thermoelectric (TE) conversion technology necessitates stricter performance requirements for bismuth telluride (Bi 2 Te 3 )-based commercial materials. Despite the numerous optimization methods available for Bi 2 Te 3 -based materials, each optimization method has a certain upper limitation, and combining multiple strategies can achieve the optimal thermoelectric figure of merit ( zT ). In this study, the thermoelectric properties of (Bi,Sb) 2 Te 3 materials are enhanced through the combined use of the heavy element Pb to regulate carrier concentration and the In element to optimize the band structure. Notably, indium (In) can suppress p-type antisite defects, which generate abundant Te vacancies, and help regulate the carrier concentration to its optimal level. This co-doping strategy achieves optimal carrier concentration, thereby enhancing the power factor (PF=4.57×10 3 μW⸱m –1 ⸱K –2 ), and generating abundant dislocations, the presence of the rich nano-second phase Sb 2 O 3 contributes to reduced lattice thermal conductivity. Consequently, a peak zT value of 1.41 at 323 K and a high average zT value of 1.23 between 300 K and 500 K are achieved. Additionally, two pairs of thermoelectric modules, composed of p-type (Bi 0.42 Sb 1.58 ) 0.994 (In, Pb) 0.006 Te 3 and zone-melted n-type Bi 2 Te 2.7 Se 0.3 , demonstrate a conversion efficiency of 7.3% at a temperature difference of 250 K. This underscores the promising potential of these thermoelectric modules in commercialization. Thus, this study demonstrates the feasibility of combining multiple strategies and is expected to provide a potential reference for other thermoelectric systems.
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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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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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