2018年1月15日
Enhancement of average thermoelectric figure of merit by increasing the grain-size of Mg3.2Sb1.5Bi0.49Te0.01
Applied Physics Letters
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- 巻
- 112
- 号
- 3
- 開始ページ
- 033903
- 終了ページ
- 033903
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1063/1.5016488
- 出版者・発行元
- AIP Publishing
Zintl compound n-type Mg-3(Sb, Bi) 2 was recently found to exhibit excellent thermoelectric figure of merit zT (similar to 1.5 at around 700 K). To improve the thermoelectric performance in the whole temperature range of operation from room temperature to 720 K, we investigated how the grain size of sintered samples influences electronic and thermal transport. By increasing the average grain size from 1.0 mu m to 7.8 mu m, the Hall mobility below 500K was significantly improved, possibly due to suppression of grain boundary scattering. We also confirmed that the thermal conductivity did not change by increasing the grain size. Consequently, the sample with larger grains exhibited enhanced average zT. The calculated efficiency of thermoelectric power generation reaches 14.5% (Delta T = 420 K), which is quite high for a polycrystalline pristine material. Published by AIP Publishing.
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- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5016488
- Web of Science
- https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000423027300054&DestApp=WOS_CPL
- URL
- http://aip.scitation.org/doi/am-pdf/10.1063/1.5016488
- URL
- http://aip.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1063/1.5016488
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- http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85041452187&partnerID=MN8TOARS
- ID情報
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- DOI : 10.1063/1.5016488
- ISSN : 0003-6951
- eISSN : 1077-3118
- ORCIDのPut Code : 65090670
- SCOPUS ID : 85041452187
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000423027300054