在IV-VI高热电材料中的域结构的影响和优化
Yukun Liu1,2, Hongyao Xie3, Zhi Li1
1Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|April 26, 2024
概括
高半导体呈现极域,散射传热声子,降低热导率. 透工程调整了晶体对称性,平衡了热传输和电特性,以获得最佳的热电性能.
科学领域:
- 材料科学
- 固态物理
- 热力学
背景情况:
- 高半导体对于热电应用至关重要.
- 了解异质性对传输特性的影响是热电设计的关键.
- 高系统中的极域结构尚未得到充分理解.
研究的目的:
- 研究高半导体中的极域结构.
- 评估这些极域对热电特性的影响.
- 探索工程在调节这些结构和属性的作用.
主要方法:
- 高性PbGeSnAg$_{x}$Sb$_{x}$Se$_{1.5+x}$Te$_{1.5+x}$合金的合成
- 极域结构和晶体对称性的表征.
- 测量热导电性和加权移动性.
- 分析,晶体对称性和运输特性之间的关系.
主要成果:
- 在PbGeSnSe$_{1.5}$Te$_{1.5}$中,极域会产生压力场,分散声子,降低热导率.
- 在PbGeSnAg$_{x}$Sb$_{x}$Se$_{1.5+x}$Te$_{1.5+x}$中增加晶体对称性,减少域形成.
- 在度较高的情况下,观察到晶格热导率增加 (0.63到0.79 Wm^{-1}$K^{-1}$) 和加权移动性改善 (29.6到35.8 cm^{-2}$V^{-1}$s^{-1}$).
- 通过平衡这些相互竞争的效应来实现最佳的热电性能.
结论:
- 极域结构显著影响高半导体的热电性质.
- 工程提供了一种控制晶体对称性和域形成的方法.
- 这项研究提供了设计高效的基于GeTe的高热电的见解.
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