在AgSbTe2中的阴子调制实现了载波优化,缺陷工程和7%的单脚热电效率
Bo-Chia Chen1, Kuang-Kuo Wang2, Hsin-Jay Wu1
1Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, 30010, Taiwan.
Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)
|May 7, 2024
概括
这项研究使用AgSbTe2.2中的阴离子调制来增强中温热电发生器 (TEG). 优化的Ag1.02Ge0.02Sb0.96Te2达到1.77.7的热电功率 (zT) 的峰值.
科学领域:
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 凝聚物质物理学 凝聚物质物理学
- 固态化学 固态化学
背景情况:
- 银抗化 (AgSbTe2) 对于中温热电发生器 (TEG) 是至关重要的.
- 阴离子操纵是提高AgSbTe2性能的一个关键策略.
- 优化热电特性需要平衡功率因子和导热率.
研究的目的:
- 通过阴离子调制来增强AgSbTe2的热电性能.
- 为了研究纳入 (Ge) 对材料性能的影响.
- 为改进的热电设备建立结构-属性关系.
主要方法:
- 合成非静态度和添加剂的AgSbTe2晶体.
- 使用X射线光电谱 (XPS) 进行化学状态的表征.
- 传输电子显微镜 (TEM) 用于结构分析 (超格子,缺陷).
- 测量热电传输特性 (西贝克系数,电导率,热导率).
主要成果:
- 在583K的Ag1.04Sb0.96Te2.2.中,达到1.5的热电功率 (zT) 的峰值.
- 纳入Ge导致载体度增加 (n<0xE2><0x82><0x99>) 并通过XPS显示Ge4+,Ag+,Sb3+状态.
- 观察到超晶格结构和TEM中的线性缺陷,降低晶格导热率 (κ<0xE2><0x82><0x97>).
- Ag1.02Ge0.02Sb0.96Te2 在623 K.表现出1.77的峰值zT.
- 一个单脚TEG装置实现了7%的转换效率,温度梯度为350K.
结论:
- 阴离子调制,特别是Ge doping,有效地提高了AgSbTe2.2的热电性能.
- 改进的zT是由于增强功率因子和降低晶格导热率的协同效应造成的.
- 该研究证实了材料缺陷,传输特性和热电效率之间的联系.
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