Journal
MATERIALS TODAY PHYSICS
Volume 3, Issue -, Pages 85-92Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.mtphys.2017.12.006
Keywords
Thermoelectric property; Magnetic semiconductor; Chalcopyrite; Density functional theory; Nonequilibrium Green's function; Molecular dynamics
Funding
- JST CREST, Japan [JPMJCR15Q6]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [17H02780, 26105001, 15K21719] Funding Source: KAKEN
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We present theoretical calculations of the thermoelectric properties of a magnetic semi-conductor CuFeS2. The electrical contributions, namely the Seebeck coefficients, electrical conductances, and electronic thermal conductances, are investigated using first-principles calculation techniques based on density functional theory and the nonequilibrium Green's function formalism. The lattice thermal transport properties are analyzed using the nonequilbirium molecular dynamics simulation method. Using a combination of the calculated electronic contributions and the lattice thermal contribution, the thermoelectric figures of merit are calculated and analyzed in doped configurations for the theoretical prediction of the highest thermoelectic energy conversion efficiency. It is shown that dilute doping enhances the figure of merit by 2.5 times compared to 3% doping which was previously experimentally obtained to give the best thermoelectric performance among samples studied. (c) 2017 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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