Panoscopic approach for high-performance Te-doped skutterudite

Liang, Tao; Su, Xianli; Yan, Yonggao; Zheng, Gang; She, Xiaoyu; You, Yonghui; Uher, Ctirad; Kanatzidis, Mercouri G.; Tang, Xinfeng

doi:10.1038/am.2017.1

Panoscopic approach for high-performance Te-doped skutterudite

Journal Article · Thu Feb 23 23:00:00 EST 2017 · NPG Asia Materials (Online)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/am.2017.1· OSTI ID:1356109

Liang, Tao ^[1]; Su, Xianli ^[2]; Yan, Yonggao ^[2]; Zheng, Gang ^[2]; She, Xiaoyu ^[2]; You, Yonghui ^[2]; Uher, Ctirad ^[3]; Kanatzidis, Mercouri G. ^[4]; Tang, Xinfeng ^[2]

Wuhan Univ. of Technology, Hubei (China). State Key Lab. of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing; DOE/OSTI
Wuhan Univ. of Technology, Hubei (China). State Key Lab. of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States). Dept. of Physics
Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States). Dept. of Chemistry

One-step plasma-activated sintering (OS-PAS) fabrication of single-phase high-performance CoSb₃-based skutterudite thermoelectric material with a hierarchical structure on a time scale of a few minutes is first reported here. The formation mechanism of the CoSb₃ phase and the effects of the current and pressure fields on the phase transformation and microstructure evolution are studied in the one-step PAS process. The application of the panoscopic approach to this system and its effect on the transport properties are investigated. The results show that the hierarchical structure forms during the formation of the skutterudite phase under the effects of both current and sintering pressure. The samples fabricated by the OS-PAS technique have defined hierarchical structures, which scatter phonons more intensely over a broader range of frequencies and significantly reduce the lattice thermal conductivity. High-performance bulk Te-doped skutterudite with the maximum ZT of 1.1 at 820 K for the composition CoSb_2.875Te_0.125 was obtained. Such high ZT values rival those obtained from single filled skutterudites. As a result, this newly developed OS-PAS technique enhances the thermoelectric performance, dramatically shortens the synthesis period and provides a facile method for obtaining hierarchical thermoelectric materials on a large scale.

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Research Organization:: Wuhan Univ. of Technology, Hubei (China); Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Vehicle Technologies Office (EE-3V); National Basic Research Program of China; Natural Science Foundation of China; 111 Project of China

Contributing Organization:: Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)

Grant/Contract Number:: PI0000012

OSTI ID:: 1356109

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1362283

Journal Information:: NPG Asia Materials (Online), Journal Name: NPG Asia Materials (Online) Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 9; ISSN 1884-4057

Publisher:: Nature Publishing Group AsiaCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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