Point defect approach to enhance the thermoelectric performance of Zintl-phase BaAgSb

被引:22
作者
Huang, Yifang [1 ,2 ]
Chen, Chen [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Zhang, Weiming [1 ,2 ]
Li, Xiaofang [1 ,2 ]
Xue, Wenhua [1 ,2 ,4 ]
Wang, Xinyu [1 ,2 ]
Liu, Yijie [5 ]
Yao, Honghao [1 ,2 ]
Zhang, Zongwei [1 ,2 ]
Chen, Yue [3 ]
Cao, Feng [5 ]
Liu, Xingjun [1 ,2 ,6 ]
Wang, Yumei [4 ]
Zhang, Qian [1 ,2 ,6 ]
机构
[1] Harbin Inst Technol, Sch Mat Sci & Engn, Shenzhen 518055, Peoples R China
[2] Harbin Inst Technol, Inst Mat Genome & Big Data, Shenzhen 518055, Peoples R China
[3] Univ Hong Kong, Dept Mech Engn, Pokfulam Rd, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
[4] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Phys, Beijing Natl Lab Condensed Matter Phys, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China
[5] Harbin Inst Technol, Sch Sci, Shenzhen 518055, Peoples R China
[6] Harbin Inst Technol, State Key Lab Adv Welding & Joining, Harbin 150001, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
thermoelectric; Zintl phase; point defect; isoelectronic alloying; ZT;
D O I
10.1007/s40843-020-1640-2
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
Zintl-phase compounds have great potential in thermoelectric applications owing to their "phonon glass-electron crystal" (PGEC) structures. In this paper, a new Zintl-phase thermoelectric material BaAgSb is reported. Ba deficiency increased the carrier concentration, and then suppressed the intrinsic excitation. The peak ZT value of Ba0.98AgSb reached similar to 0.56 at 773 K. Moreover, Eu alloying at Ba site not only lowered the lattice thermal conductivity by inducing point-defect scattering, but also improved the electrical properties by increasing the carrier mobility. Finally, a peak ZT of similar to 0.73 was achieved in Ba0.78Eu0.2AgSb.
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页码:2541 / 2550
页数:10
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