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ADVANCED MATERIALS
卷 29, 期 23, 页码 -出版社
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201606768
关键词
band convergence; lattice dislocations; lattice thermal conductivity; thermoelectrics
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资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51422208, 11474219, 51401147]
- National Recruitment Program of Global Youth Experts (1000 Plan)
- fundamental research funds for the central universities
- Solid-State Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion Center (S3TEC), an Energy Frontier Research Center - U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, and Basic Energy Sciences [DE-SC0001299]
Phonon scattering by nanostructures and point defects has become the primary strategy for minimizing the lattice thermal conductivity (kappa(L)) in thermoelectric materials. However, these scatterers are only effective at the extremes of the phonon spectrum. Recently, it has been demonstrated that dislocations are effective at scattering the remaining mid-frequency phonons as well. In this work, by varying the concentration of Na in Pb0.97Eu0.03Te, it has been determined that the dominant microstructural features are point defects, lattice dislocations, and nanostructure interfaces. This study reveals that dense lattice dislocations (approximate to 4 x 10(12) cm(-2)) are particularly effective at reducing kappa(L). When the dislocation concentration is maximized, one of the lowest kappa(L) values reported for PbTe is achieved. Furthermore, due to the band convergence of the alloyed 3% mol. EuTe the electronic performance is enhanced, and a high thermoelectric figure of merit, zT, of approximate to 2.2 is achieved. This work not only demonstrates the effectiveness of dense lattice dislocations as a means of lowering kappa(L), but also the importance of engineering both thermal and electronic transport simultaneously when designing high-performance thermoelectrics.
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