Ultrahigh power factor and thermoelectric performance in hole-doped single-crystal SnSe

Science ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 351 (6269) ◽  
pp. 141-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.-D. Zhao ◽  
G. Tan ◽  
S. Hao ◽  
J. He ◽  
Y. Pei ◽  
...  
2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (15) ◽  
pp. 1650202
Author(s):  
Shengman Liu ◽  
Caixia Zhu ◽  
Xianghong Ge ◽  
Tingtai Wang ◽  
Junlan Feng ◽  
...  

The [Formula: see text]-axis oriented Ca3Co4O9 (CCO) films without and with 5 wt.% Ag addition were prepared by chemical solution deposition (CSD) through multiple annealing processing on single crystal LaAlO3 (001) substrates. With Ag addition, the resistivity at 300 K is decreased to 2.25 m[Formula: see text]cm, the Seebeck coefficient at 300 K is enhanced to 106 [Formula: see text]V/K and the power factor at 300 K can reach as high as 0.5 mW[Formula: see text]K[Formula: see text]m[Formula: see text], which is the highest value among CCO films prepared by CSD. The results suggest that Ag addition is a very effective route to improve the thermoelectric properties of CCO films through multiple annealing processing.


2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 1734-1746
Author(s):  
D. Sidharth ◽  
A. S. Alagar Nedunchezhian ◽  
R. Akilan ◽  
Anup Srivastava ◽  
Bhuvanesh Srinivasan ◽  
...  

The power factor of GeSe enhanced and thermal conductivity decreased by Te substitution and thereby, GeSe0.80Te0.20 exhibits high ZT.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Natsumi Komatsu ◽  
Yota Ichinose ◽  
Oliver S. Dewey ◽  
Lauren W. Taylor ◽  
Mitchell A. Trafford ◽  
...  

AbstractLow-dimensional materials have recently attracted much interest as thermoelectric materials because of their charge carrier confinement leading to thermoelectric performance enhancement. Carbon nanotubes are promising candidates because of their one-dimensionality in addition to their unique advantages such as flexibility and light weight. However, preserving the large power factor of individual carbon nanotubes in macroscopic assemblies has been challenging, primarily due to poor sample morphology and a lack of proper Fermi energy tuning. Here, we report an ultrahigh value of power factor (14 ± 5 mW m−1 K−2) for macroscopic weavable fibers of aligned carbon nanotubes with ultrahigh electrical and thermal conductivity. The observed giant power factor originates from the ultrahigh electrical conductivity achieved through excellent sample morphology, combined with an enhanced Seebeck coefficient through Fermi energy tuning. We fabricate a textile thermoelectric generator based on these carbon nanotube fibers, which demonstrates high thermoelectric performance, weavability, and scalability. The giant power factor we observe make these fibers strong candidates for the emerging field of thermoelectric active cooling, which requires a large thermoelectric power factor and a large thermal conductivity at the same time.


Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 2486
Author(s):  
Dexun Xie ◽  
Jing Xiao ◽  
Quanwei Li ◽  
Tongchao Liu ◽  
Jinjia Xu ◽  
...  

Conjugated polymers with narrower bandgaps usually induce higher carrier mobility, which is vital for the improved thermoelectric performance of polymeric materials. Herein, two indacenodithiophene (IDT) based donor–acceptor (D-A) conjugated polymers (PIDT-BBT and PIDTT-BBT) were designed and synthesized, both of which exhibited low-bandgaps. PIDTT-BBT showed a more planar backbone and carrier mobility that was two orders of magnitude higher (2.74 × 10−2 cm2V−1s−1) than that of PIDT-BBT (4.52 × 10−4 cm2V−1s−1). Both exhibited excellent thermoelectric performance after doping with 2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane, where PIDTT-BBT exhibited a larger conductivity (0.181 S cm−1) and a higher power factor (1.861 μW m−1 K−2) due to its higher carrier mobility. The maximum power factor of PIDTT-BBT reached 4.04 μW m−1 K−2 at 382 K. It is believed that conjugated polymers with a low bandgap are promising in the field of organic thermoelectric materials.


2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (39) ◽  
pp. 18928-18937 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuchong Qiu ◽  
Ying Liu ◽  
Jinwen Ye ◽  
Jun Li ◽  
Lixian Lian

Doping Sn into the Cu2Te lattice can synergistically enhance the power factor and decrease thermal conductivity, leading to remarkably optimized zTs. The lone pair electrons from the 5s orbital of Sn can increase the DOS near the Fermi level of Cu2Te to promote PF and reduce κe by decreasing the carrier concentration. This study explores a scalable strategy to optimize the thermoelectric performance for intrinsically highly degenerate semiconductors.


2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (20) ◽  
pp. 1800087 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Wu ◽  
Xu Lu ◽  
Guoyu Wang ◽  
Kunling Peng ◽  
Hang Chi ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen Sagaas Roed ◽  
Martin Bring ◽  
Frank Tichy ◽  
Else-Marie Asjord ◽  
Lars Hoff

2021 ◽  
Vol 871 ◽  
pp. 203-207
Author(s):  
Jian Liu

In this work, we use first principles DFT calculations, anharmonic phonon scatter theory and Boltzmann transport method, to predict a comprehensive study on the thermoelectric properties as electronic and phonon transport of layered LaSe2 crystal. The flat-and-dispersive type band structure of LaSe2 crystal offers a high power factor. In the other hand, low lattice thermal conductivity is revealed in LaSe2 semiconductor, combined with its high power factor, the LaSe2 crystal is considered a promising thermoelectric material. It is demonstrated that p-type LaSe2 could be optimized to exhibit outstanding thermoelectric performance with a maximum ZT value of 1.41 at 1100K. Explored by density functional theory calculations, the high ZT value is due to its high Seebeck coefficient S, high electrical conductivity, and low lattice thermal conductivity .


2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (27) ◽  
pp. 17560-17567 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tongzhou Wang ◽  
Congcong Liu ◽  
Fengxing Jiang ◽  
Zhaofen Xu ◽  
Xiaodong Wang ◽  
...  

The content of rGO could alter the carrier transport barrier, and the optimizing power factor was achieved at rGO–MS2 junctions.


2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (12) ◽  
pp. 1566-1571 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan-Chun Chen ◽  
Hua Lin ◽  
Li-Ming Wu

Synergistic effect of Se-deficiency and CuI-doping significantly enhances the thermoelectric figure-of-merit of the n-type polycrystalline In4Se3-based materials via improving the power factor. With In4Se2.95(CuI)0.01, ZT = 1.34 at 723 K, the highest value obtained for Pb-free polycrystalline In4Se3-based materials to date.


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