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High thermoelectric performance of Na-doped β-Zn4Sb3 prepared by NaCl-flux method

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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
卷 856, 期 -, 页码 -

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.157345

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Thermoelectric material; beta-Zn4Sb3; NaCl-Flux method; Thermoelectric performance

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  1. National Nature Science Foundation of China [61864012, 21701140]
  2. Program for Innovative Research Team (in Science and Technology) in University of Yunnan Province

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In this study, beta-Zn4Sb3 material was prepared by using the NaCl-flux method, allowing effective regulation of carrier concentration. The resulting samples exhibited good thermoelectric performance due to high power factor and low thermal conductivity, with a maximum ZT value of 1.4 at 673K.
In this study, beta-Zn4Sb3 was prepared by using the NaCl-flux method according to the stoichiometric ratio of Zn4+xSb3(NaCl)(7) (x = 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4). An effective carrier concentration regulation is realized by changing the content of Zn and the doping of Na. X-ray powder diffraction results indicate that the crystal samples prepared via the NaCl-flux method were all hexagonal rhombic crystal structures, and the space group was R (3) over barc. Electron probe microanalysis results showed that Na atoms were introduced into the Zn4Sb3 structure successfully. The transmission electron microscope and the corresponding selected area electron diffraction confirmed that the prepared samples had good crystal quality. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy results show that the valence states of Zn, Sb, and Na were +2, -2 and -3, and +1, respectively. All samples exhibit P-type conduction behavior, and the carrier concentration of the material increases because of the increment in the Zn content of the raw material. The carrier concentration ranges from 1.86 x 10(20)cm(-3) to 2.45 x 10(20)cm(-3). Moreover, the metal Zn phase increases the carrier concentration. Thus, that the sample has higher electrical conductivity, and the power factor of the material is optimized. The thermal conductivity of the sample increases because of the appearance of metal Zn phase. The sample with the final nominal composition of beta-Zn4Sb3(NaCl) 7 exhibited the best thermoelectric performance. The maximum ZT value of 1.4 is obtained at 673 K because of its high power factor and low thermal conductivity. This value is higher than those of beta-Zn4Sb3 prepared by ball milling (-1.21 at 673 K) and hot pressing (-1.09 at 673 K). (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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