The use of strain to tailor electronic thermoelectric transport properties: A first principles study of 2H-phase CuAlO2
Abstract
Using first principles calculations, the use of strain to adjust electronic transport and the resultant thermoelectric (TE) properties is discussed using 2H phase CuAlO2 as a test case. Transparent oxide materials, such as CuAlO2, a p-type transparent conducting oxide (TCO), have recently been studied for high temperature thermoelectric power generators and coolers for waste heat. Given TCO materials with relative ease of fabrication, low cost of materials, and non-toxicity, the ability to tailor them to specific temperature ranges, power needs, and size requirements, through the use of strain opens an interesting avenue. We find that strain can have a significant effect on these properties, in some cases detrimental and in others beneficial, including the potential for n-type power factors larger than the highest p-type case. The physical reasons for this behavior are explained in the terms of the thermoelectric transport distribution and the Landauer distribution of modes.
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- Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
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- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
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- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1508961
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- BNL-211589-2019-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 0021-8979
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- SC0012704
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- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Applied Physics
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- Journal Volume: 125; Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 0021-8979
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
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Witkoske, Evan, Guzman, David, Feng, Yining, Strachan, Alejandro, Lundstrom, Mark, and Lu, Na. The use of strain to tailor electronic thermoelectric transport properties: A first principles study of 2H-phase CuAlO2. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1063/1.5058275.
Witkoske, Evan, Guzman, David, Feng, Yining, Strachan, Alejandro, Lundstrom, Mark, & Lu, Na. The use of strain to tailor electronic thermoelectric transport properties: A first principles study of 2H-phase CuAlO2. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5058275
Witkoske, Evan, Guzman, David, Feng, Yining, Strachan, Alejandro, Lundstrom, Mark, and Lu, Na. Tue .
"The use of strain to tailor electronic thermoelectric transport properties: A first principles study of 2H-phase CuAlO2". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5058275. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1508961.
@article{osti_1508961,
title = {The use of strain to tailor electronic thermoelectric transport properties: A first principles study of 2H-phase CuAlO2},
author = {Witkoske, Evan and Guzman, David and Feng, Yining and Strachan, Alejandro and Lundstrom, Mark and Lu, Na},
abstractNote = {Using first principles calculations, the use of strain to adjust electronic transport and the resultant thermoelectric (TE) properties is discussed using 2H phase CuAlO2 as a test case. Transparent oxide materials, such as CuAlO2, a p-type transparent conducting oxide (TCO), have recently been studied for high temperature thermoelectric power generators and coolers for waste heat. Given TCO materials with relative ease of fabrication, low cost of materials, and non-toxicity, the ability to tailor them to specific temperature ranges, power needs, and size requirements, through the use of strain opens an interesting avenue. We find that strain can have a significant effect on these properties, in some cases detrimental and in others beneficial, including the potential for n-type power factors larger than the highest p-type case. The physical reasons for this behavior are explained in the terms of the thermoelectric transport distribution and the Landauer distribution of modes.},
doi = {10.1063/1.5058275},
journal = {Journal of Applied Physics},
number = 8,
volume = 125,
place = {United States},
year = {2019},
month = {1}
}
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