Ternary Ag 2Se 1−xTex: A Near-Room-Temperature Thermoelectric Material with a Potentially High Figure of Merit

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Chen, Jie, Yuan, Hualei, Zhu, Yu-Ke, Zheng, Kun, Ge, Zhen-Hua, Tang, Jun, Zhou, Dali, Yang, Lei and Chen, Zhi-Gang. 2021. "Ternary Ag 2Se 1−xTex: A Near-Room-Temperature Thermoelectric Material with a Potentially High Figure of Merit." Inorganic Chemistry: including bioinorganic chemistry. 60 (18), pp. 14165-14173. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c01563
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Ternary Ag 2Se 1−xTex: A Near-Room-Temperature Thermoelectric Material with a Potentially High Figure of Merit

ERA Journal ID1525
Article CategoryArticle
AuthorsChen, Jie, Yuan, Hualei, Zhu, Yu-Ke, Zheng, Kun, Ge, Zhen-Hua, Tang, Jun, Zhou, Dali, Yang, Lei and Chen, Zhi-Gang
Journal TitleInorganic Chemistry: including bioinorganic chemistry
Journal Citation60 (18), pp. 14165-14173
Number of Pages9
Year2021
PublisherAmerican Chemical Society
Place of PublicationUnited States
ISSN0020-1669
1520-510X
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c01563
Web Address (URL)https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c01563
Abstract

Discovering high-performance near-room-temperature thermoelectric materials is extremely imperative to widen the practical application in thermoelectric power generation and refrigeration. Here, ternary Ag2Se1-xTex (x = 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, and 0.5) materials are prepared via the wet-mechanical alloying and spark plasma sintering process to investigate their near-room-temperature thermoelectric properties. From density functional theory calculation and single-parabolic-band modeling study, we found that the reduced contribution of Se 4p orbitals to the total density of states decreases the carrier effective mass with increasing Te content, which should enhance the theoretically maximum zT. These calculation results are also verified by the experimental results. Meanwhile, complex microstructures including dislocations, nanograins, high-density boundaries, TeSe substitution, lattice distortions, and localized strain have been observed in ternary Ag2Se1-xTex. These complex microstructures strengthen phonon scattering and in turn lead to ultralow lattice thermal conductivity in the range of 0.21-0.31 W m-1 K-1 in ternary Ag2Se1-xTex at 300 K. Although the increased deformation potential suppresses the carrier mobility, benefiting from the engineered band structures and ultralow lattice thermal conductivity, a high zT of >1 can be potentially obtained in the ternary Ag2Se1-xTex with appropriate carrier concentration. This study indicates that ternary Ag2Se1-xTex is a promising candidate for near-room-temperature thermoelectric applications.

KeywordsCarrier concentration; Density functional theory; Hall mobility; Hole mobility; Microstructure; Sintering; Thermoelectric energy conversion; Thermoelectric equipment; Thermoelectricity
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ANZSRC Field of Research 2020400402. Chemical and thermal processes in energy and combustion
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Byline AffiliationsSichuan University, China
Beijing University of Technology, China
Kunming University of Science and Technology, China
Centre for Future Materials
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