Proton irradiation effect on thermoelectric properties of nanostructured n-type half-Heusler Hf0.25Zr0.75NiSn0.99Sb0.01
Abstract
Here, thermoelectric properties of nanostructured half-Heusler Hf0.25Zr0.75NiSn0.99Sb0.01 were characterized before and after 2.5 MeV proton irradiation. A unique high-sensitivity scanning thermal microprobe was used to simultaneously map the irradiation effect on thermal conductivity and Seebeck coefficient with spatial resolution less than 2 μm. The thermal conductivity profile along the depth from the irradiated surface reflects excellent agreement with the irradiation-induced damage profile from simulation. The Seebeck coefficient was unaffected while both electrical and thermal conductivities decreased by 24%, resulting in no change in thermoelectric figure of merit ZT. Reductions in thermal and electrical conductivities are attributed to irradiation-induced defects that act as scattering sources for phonons and charge carriers.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Notre Dame, IN (United States)
- Boise State Univ., ID (United States)
- Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)
- Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)
- Univ. of Houston, TX (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Boise State Univ., ID (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1540182
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1454357
- Grant/Contract Number:
- NE0008255; NE0000124
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Applied Physics Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 112; Journal Issue: 24; Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
Citation Formats
Kempf, Nicholas, Karthik, Chinnathambi, Jaques, Brian J., Gigax, Jonathan, Shao, Lin, Butt, Darryl P., He, Ran, Wang, Dezhi, Ren, Zhifeng, and Zhang, Yanliang. Proton irradiation effect on thermoelectric properties of nanostructured n-type half-Heusler Hf0.25Zr0.75NiSn0.99Sb0.01. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1063/1.5025071.
Kempf, Nicholas, Karthik, Chinnathambi, Jaques, Brian J., Gigax, Jonathan, Shao, Lin, Butt, Darryl P., He, Ran, Wang, Dezhi, Ren, Zhifeng, & Zhang, Yanliang. Proton irradiation effect on thermoelectric properties of nanostructured n-type half-Heusler Hf0.25Zr0.75NiSn0.99Sb0.01. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5025071
Kempf, Nicholas, Karthik, Chinnathambi, Jaques, Brian J., Gigax, Jonathan, Shao, Lin, Butt, Darryl P., He, Ran, Wang, Dezhi, Ren, Zhifeng, and Zhang, Yanliang. 2018.
"Proton irradiation effect on thermoelectric properties of nanostructured n-type half-Heusler Hf0.25Zr0.75NiSn0.99Sb0.01". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5025071. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1540182.
@article{osti_1540182,
title = {Proton irradiation effect on thermoelectric properties of nanostructured n-type half-Heusler Hf0.25Zr0.75NiSn0.99Sb0.01},
author = {Kempf, Nicholas and Karthik, Chinnathambi and Jaques, Brian J. and Gigax, Jonathan and Shao, Lin and Butt, Darryl P. and He, Ran and Wang, Dezhi and Ren, Zhifeng and Zhang, Yanliang},
abstractNote = {Here, thermoelectric properties of nanostructured half-Heusler Hf0.25Zr0.75NiSn0.99Sb0.01 were characterized before and after 2.5 MeV proton irradiation. A unique high-sensitivity scanning thermal microprobe was used to simultaneously map the irradiation effect on thermal conductivity and Seebeck coefficient with spatial resolution less than 2 μm. The thermal conductivity profile along the depth from the irradiated surface reflects excellent agreement with the irradiation-induced damage profile from simulation. The Seebeck coefficient was unaffected while both electrical and thermal conductivities decreased by 24%, resulting in no change in thermoelectric figure of merit ZT. Reductions in thermal and electrical conductivities are attributed to irradiation-induced defects that act as scattering sources for phonons and charge carriers.},
doi = {10.1063/1.5025071},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1540182},
journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
issn = {0003-6951},
number = 24,
volume = 112,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jun 13 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Wed Jun 13 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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