期刊
NANOMATERIALS
卷 11, 期 7, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nano11071827
关键词
thermoelectric; Bi2Se3; Sn doping
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资金
- China Scholarship Council
- European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant [754411]
- Generalitat de Catalunya [2017 SGR 327]
- Spanish MINECO [ENE2017-85087-C3]
- MICINN/FEDER [RTI2018-093996-B-C31, 2017 SGR 128]
A scalable method for producing Bi2Se3 nanosheets at low synthesis temperatures is reported, and the influence of different dopants on the thermoelectric properties of this material is studied. It is demonstrated that Sn doping results in the best performance.
The cost-effective conversion of low-grade heat into electricity using thermoelectric devices requires developing alternative materials and material processing technologies able to reduce the currently high device manufacturing costs. In this direction, thermoelectric materials that do not rely on rare or toxic elements such as tellurium or lead need to be produced using high-throughput technologies not involving high temperatures and long processes. Bi2Se3 is an obvious possible Te-free alternative to Bi2Te3 for ambient temperature thermoelectric applications, but its performance is still low for practical applications, and additional efforts toward finding proper dopants are required. Here, we report a scalable method to produce Bi2Se3 nanosheets at low synthesis temperatures. We studied the influence of different dopants on the thermoelectric properties of this material. Among the elements tested, we demonstrated that Sn doping resulted in the best performance. Sn incorporation resulted in a significant improvement to the Bi2Se3 Seebeck coefficient and a reduction in the thermal conductivity in the direction of the hot-press axis, resulting in an overall 60% improvement in the thermoelectric figure of merit of Bi2Se3.
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