Thermoelectric Cu12 Sb4 S13 -Based Synthetic Minerals with a Sublimation-Derived Porous Network

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Veröffentlicht in:Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.). - 1998. - 33(2021), 43 vom: 01. Okt., Seite e2103633
1. Verfasser: Hu, Haihua (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Zhuang, Hua-Lu, Jiang, Yilin, Shi, Jianlei, Li, Jing-Wei, Cai, Bowen, Han, Zhanran, Pei, Jun, Su, Bin, Ge, Zhen-Hua, Zhang, Bo-Ping, Li, Jing-Feng
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2021
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Schlagworte:Journal Article BiI3 sublimation hierarchical structures porous networks tetrahedrites thermoelectric materials
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Zusammenfassung:© 2021 Wiley-VCH GmbH.
Pores in a solid can effectively reduce thermal conduction, but they are not favored in thermoelectric materials due to simultaneous deterioration of electrical conductivity. Conceivably, creating a porous structure may endow thermoelectric performance enhancement provided that overwhelming reduction of electrical conductivity can be suppressed. This work demonstrates such an example, in which a porous structure is formed leading to a significant enhancement in the thermoelectric figure of merit (zT). By a unique BiI3 sublimation technique, pore networks can be introduced into tetrahedrite Cu12 Sb4 S13 -based materials, accompanied by changes in their hierarchical structures. The addition of a small quantity of BiI3 (0.7 vol%) results in a ≈72% reduction in the lattice thermal conductivity, whereas the electrical conductivity is improved due to unexpected enhanced carrier mobility. As a result, an enhanced zT of 1.15 at 723 K in porous tetrahedrite and a high conversion efficiency of 6% at ΔT = 419 K in a fabricated segmented single-leg based on this porous material are achieved. This work offers an effective way to concurrently modulate the electrical and thermal properties during the synthesis of high-performance porous thermoelectric materials
Beschreibung:Date Revised 26.10.2021
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:1521-4095
DOI:10.1002/adma.202103633