Manipulating Band Structure through Reconstruction of Binary Metal Sulfide for High-Performance Thermoelectrics in
Biao Xu1,2, Tianli Feng3, Matthias T Agne4
1Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA.
Abstract:
Reconstructing canonical binary compounds by inserting a third agent can significantly modify their electronic and phonon structures. Therefore, it has inspired the semiconductor communities in various fields. Introducing this paradigm will potentially revolutionize thermoelectrics as well. Using a solution synthesis, Bi2 S3 was rebuilt by adding disordered Bi and weakly bonded I. These new structural motifs and the altered crystal symmetry induce prominent changes in electrical and thermal transport, resulting in a great enhancement of the figure of merit. The as-obtained nanostructured Bi13 S18 I2 is the first non-toxic, cost-efficient, and solution-processable n-type material with z T=1.0.
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