2018年3月
Carrier concentration tuning in thermoelectric thiospinel Cu2CoTi3S8 by oxidative extraction of copper
JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY
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- 巻
- 259
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- 開始ページ
- 5
- 終了ページ
- 10
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jssc.2017.12.031
- 出版者・発行元
- ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
We report a method for carrier concentration tuning in the thermoelectric thiospinel Cu2CoTi3S8, which exhibits an n-type metallic character and a high power factor. An oxidative Cu extraction treatment produced Cu defects, resulting in Cu2-xCoTi3S8 up to x = 0.62. The electron carrier concentration was effectively reduced by this treatment, leading to the decrease in power factor, whereas the electronic contribution to the thermal conductivity was suppressed. As a result, the dimensionless figure of merit ZT remained unchanged as 0.2 at 670 K in the whole range of x <= 0.62. The oxidative Cu extraction described in this paper offers an opportunity to tune the electron carrier concentration for Cu-containing thermoelectric materials.
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- ID情報
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- DOI : 10.1016/j.jssc.2017.12.031
- ISSN : 0022-4596
- eISSN : 1095-726X
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000424857600002