ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
5 years ago

Enhancing the zT Value of Bi-Doped Mg2Si0.6Sn0.4 Materials through Reduction of Bipolar Thermal Conductivity

Enhancing the zT Value of Bi-Doped Mg2Si0.6Sn0.4 Materials through Reduction of Bipolar Thermal Conductivity
Qiang Zhang, Shaoping Chen, Zuhair A. Munir, Wenxian Wang, Bo Zeng, Wenhao Fan, Qingsen Meng
Solid solutions of Mg2Si0.6Sn0.4–xBix with 0 ≤ x ≤ 0.03 were prepared by a one-step synthesis and consolidation method, using MgH2 as a starting material. The thermoelectric properties of these samples were evaluated over the temperature range 300–775 K. Figure of merit, zT, values were determined over this range for all compositions and found to increase with temperature reaching a value of 1.36 at 775 K for samples with x = 0.02. Examination of the components of the total thermal conductivity showed that the bipolar thermal conductivity is suppressed by an increase in the band gap, resulting from solid solution formation, and by low minority carrier mobility. The suppression of the bipolar thermal conductivity is believed to be the consequence of charged grain boundaries.

Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b09125

DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b09125

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