Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 13, Issue 33, Pages 39533-39540Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c12862
Keywords
skutterudites; Ge doping; electronic thermal conductivity; carrier concentration; ionized impurity scattering; thermoelectric properties
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51771065, 51871082]
- Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province of China [ZD2020E003]
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Research indicates that controlling the strength of ionized impurity scattering is crucial for achieving desirable thermoelectric performance in high Yb-filled skutterudites.
Previous results indicated that acceptor doping was considered an effective clue to substantially suppress electronic thermal conductivity and in the meanwhile hold a rather low lattice thermal conductivity in high Yb-filled skutterudites. However, the strength of ionized impurity scattering needs to be regulated elaborately to balance the enhanced Seebeck coefficient and the deteriorated carrier mobility. In this work, Ge doping not only synergistically modulates the Fermi energy level and strength of ionized impurity scattering to an optimal range and attains a benign power factor but also offers a valuable opportunity to further suppress kappa(e) and. in the classic Yb0.3Co4Sb12 alloy. Since the Yb0.3Co4Sb11.75Ge0.25 sample is endowed with the most highlighted ZT value in the device application temperature range, a promising average ZT value of 1.00 across the 300-823 K is achieved, reaching up to the level of a typical triple-filled skutterudite, which is highly desirable for achieving a satisfactory theoretical conversion efficiency of similar to 14.5%. Our work corroborates that the ionized impurity strength is an extremely critical benchmark to obtain desirable thermoelectric performance in the high Yb-filled skutterudites.
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