同时抑制声波运输和载体度,以获得高效的罗姆巴体GeTe热电
Xia Qi1,2,3, Te Kang1, Long Yang1
1Interdisciplinary Materials Research Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 4800 Caoan Road, Shanghai, 201804, China.
Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)
|November 18, 2024
概括
这项研究开发了一种基于GeTe的新型材料,实现了GeTe热电器的最低晶格导热率 (κL). 这一突破提高了热电性能,以有效地回收低级废热.
科学领域:
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 固态物理 固态物理
- 能源转换 能源转换
背景情况:
- 罗姆体GeTe是有前途的低温热电材料,因为其优越的电子特性.
- 降低格子导热率 (κL) 对于提高热电性能至关重要,但在低温下具有挑战性.
- 尽量减少 κL 对于高效的热电装置在 600 K 以下运行至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在基于GeTe的材料中实现超低的晶格导热率.
- 提高热电功率 (zT) 的数字,以有效利用废热.
- 开发先进的热电发电机,用于低等级的热回收.
主要方法:
- 合成的 (Ge1-ySbyTe) 1-x(Cu8GeSe6) x合金.
- 引入了用于声子散射的点缺陷和沉物.
- 使用异性Sb兴奋剂以优化载体度.
- 研究了取决于温度的网格导热率 (κL).
主要成果:
- 达到室温 κL ≈0.55 W m-1K-1,这是基于GeTe的热电学产品中报告的最低值.
- 通过Cu8GeSe6合金压制Ge沉,使载体度优化成为可能.
- 在300-625 K之间获得了2.3的峰值zT和平均zTavg约1.2的zTavg.
- 在282 K的温度差异下,证明了≈9%的转换效率.
结论:
- 开发的基于GeTe的材料在低温下表现出极好的热电特性.
- 这种材料对利用低档废热的热电发电机具有很大的潜力.
- 从缺陷和沉中强烈的声子散射是减少 κL 的关键.
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