Constructing van der Waals gaps in cubic-structured SnTe-based thermoelectric materials?
Energy & Environmental Science Pub Date: 2020-11-03 DOI: 10.1039/D0EE02638G
Abstract
The practical application of eco-friendly tin telluride (SnTe) at intermediate temperatures has been long restricted by its lower average ZT than that of state-of-art PbTe. Here, a maximal figure of merit ZTmax ～ 1.4 at 773 K and an ultrahigh ZTave ～ 0.83 (between 323 and 773 K) are realized in SnTe by alloying with Sb2Te3 and follow-up rhenium doping. Microstructural characterizations reveal that Sb2Te3 alloying produces van der Waals gap-like structure throughout the SnTe matrix, leading to a significant reduction of lattice thermal conductivity; rhenium doping can tune the carrier concentration precisely at high temperatures, thus further improving the power factor. The construction of gap-like structure in our Sb2Te3(SnTe)n samples and its remarkable effect on thermoelectric transports can shed light for future studies of SnTe and analogous thermoelectric systems.
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