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Lan Li¹, Boxuan Hu¹, Qingyi Liu¹

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Silver antimony telluride (AgSbTe2) thermoelectrics offer a sustainable clean energy solution. Optimized AgSbTe2 materials demonstrate excellent performance for medium-temperature applications and flexible devices.

Keywords:

AgSbTe2 device strategy thermoelectric thin film

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Materials Science
Energy Science
Solid State Physics

Background:

Thermoelectric materials are crucial for sustainable energy generation and waste heat recovery.
Silver antimony telluride (AgSbTe2) exhibits promising thermoelectric properties due to inherent material characteristics.

Purpose of the Study:

To provide a comprehensive review of AgSbTe2-based thermoelectrics, covering materials, devices, and performance optimization.
To highlight strategies for enhancing thermoelectric performance and discuss challenges and future directions.

Main Methods:

Review of literature on AgSbTe2 thermoelectric materials and devices.
Analysis of strategies for optimizing electrical and thermal properties.
Discussion of phase transition management and secondary phase integration.

Main Results:

AgSbTe2 thermoelectrics achieve a figure-of-merit (ZT) of 2.6 at 573 K.
Disorder in the cation sublattice and secondary phases (Ag2Te, Sb2Te3) contribute to low thermal conductivity.
AgSbTe2 shows potential for both rigid and flexible medium-temperature thermoelectric applications.

Conclusions:

AgSbTe2 is a highly promising material for medium-temperature thermoelectric applications.
Further research into flexible AgSbTe2 thermoelectrics is needed to meet demands for portable devices.
This review guides future development of high-performance AgSbTe2 thermoelectric devices.