Study of the Thermoelectric Properties of Lead Selenide Doped with Boron, Gallium, Indium, or Thallium

Zhang, Qian; Cao, Feng; Lukas, K; Liu, W S; Esfarjani, Keivan; Opeil, C; Broido, D; Parker, David; Singh, David J.; Chen, Gang; Ren, Z. F.

doi:10.1021/ja307910u

Study of the Thermoelectric Properties of Lead Selenide Doped with Boron, Gallium, Indium, or Thallium

Journal Article · Wed Oct 24 04:00:00 EDT 2012 · Journal of the American Chemical Society

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ja307910u· OSTI ID:1080575

Zhang, Qian; Cao, Feng; Lukas, K; Liu, W S; Esfarjani, Keivan; Opeil, C; Broido, D; Parker, David; Singh, David J.; Chen, Gang; Ren, Z. F.

Group IIIA elements (B, Ga, In, and Tl) have been doped into PbSe for enhancement of thermoelectric properties. The electrical conductivity, Seebeck coefficient, and thermal conductivity were systematically studied. Room-temperature Hall measurements showed an effective increase in the electron concentration upon both Ga and In doping and the hole concentration upon Tl doping to 7 × 10{sup 19} cm{sup –3}. No resonant doping phenomenon was observed when PbSe was doped with B, Ga, or In. The highest room-temperature power factor 2.5 × 10{sup –3} W m{sup –1} K{sup –2} was obtained for PbSe doped with 2 atom % B. However, the power factor in B-doped samples decreased with increasing temperature, opposite to the trend for the other dopants. A figure of merit (ZT) of 1.2 at 873 K was achieved in PbSe doped with 0.5 atom % Ga or In. With Tl doping, modification of the band structure around the Fermi level helped to increase the Seebeck coefficient, and the lattice thermal conductivity decreased, probably as a result of effective phonon scattering by both the heavy Tl{sup 3+} ions and the increased grain boundary density after ball milling. The highest p-type ZT value was 1.0 at 723 K.

Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC); Solid-State Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion Center (S3TEC)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE SC Office of Basic Energy Sciences (SC-22)

DOE Contract Number:: SC0001299; SC0001299

OSTI ID:: 1080575

Journal Information:: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal Name: Journal of the American Chemical Society Vol. 134

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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