Study on anisotropy of n-type Mg3Sb2-based thermoelectric materials
Abstract
The recent discovery of a high thermoelectric figure of merit (ZT) in an n-type Mg3Sb2-based Zintl phase triggered an intense research effort to pursue even higher ZT. Based on our previous report on Mg3.1Nb0.1Sb1.5Bi0.49Te0.01, we report here that partial texturing in the (001) plane is achieved by double hot pressing, which is further confirmed by the rocking curves of the (002) plane. The textured samples of Mg3.1Nb0.1Sb1.5Bi0.49Te0.01 show a much better average performance in the (00l) plane. Hall mobility is significantly improved to ~105 cm2 V-1 s-1 at room temperature in the (00l) plane due to texturing, resulting in higher electrical conductivity, a higher power factor of ~18 μW cm-1K-2 at room temperature, and also higher average ZT. This work shows that texturing is good for higher thermoelectric performance, suggesting that single crystals of n-type Mg3Sb2-based Zintl compounds are worth pursuing.
- Authors:
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- Xihua Univ., Chengdu (China); Univ. of Houston, Houston, TX (United States)
- Univ. of Houston, Houston, TX (United States)
- Xihua Univ., Chengdu (China)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Houston, TX (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1540123
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0010831
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Applied Physics Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 112; Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Physics
Citation Formats
Song, Shaowei, Mao, Jun, Shuai, Jing, Zhu, Hangtian, Ren, Zhensong, Saparamadu, Udara, Tang, Zhongjia, Wang, Bo, and Ren, Zhifeng. Study on anisotropy of n-type Mg3Sb2-based thermoelectric materials. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1063/1.5000053.
Song, Shaowei, Mao, Jun, Shuai, Jing, Zhu, Hangtian, Ren, Zhensong, Saparamadu, Udara, Tang, Zhongjia, Wang, Bo, & Ren, Zhifeng. Study on anisotropy of n-type Mg3Sb2-based thermoelectric materials. United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5000053
Song, Shaowei, Mao, Jun, Shuai, Jing, Zhu, Hangtian, Ren, Zhensong, Saparamadu, Udara, Tang, Zhongjia, Wang, Bo, and Ren, Zhifeng. Tue .
"Study on anisotropy of n-type Mg3Sb2-based thermoelectric materials". United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5000053. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1540123.
@article{osti_1540123,
title = {Study on anisotropy of n-type Mg3Sb2-based thermoelectric materials},
author = {Song, Shaowei and Mao, Jun and Shuai, Jing and Zhu, Hangtian and Ren, Zhensong and Saparamadu, Udara and Tang, Zhongjia and Wang, Bo and Ren, Zhifeng},
abstractNote = {The recent discovery of a high thermoelectric figure of merit (ZT) in an n-type Mg3Sb2-based Zintl phase triggered an intense research effort to pursue even higher ZT. Based on our previous report on Mg3.1Nb0.1Sb1.5Bi0.49Te0.01, we report here that partial texturing in the (001) plane is achieved by double hot pressing, which is further confirmed by the rocking curves of the (002) plane. The textured samples of Mg3.1Nb0.1Sb1.5Bi0.49Te0.01 show a much better average performance in the (00l) plane. Hall mobility is significantly improved to ~105 cm2 V-1 s-1 at room temperature in the (00l) plane due to texturing, resulting in higher electrical conductivity, a higher power factor of ~18 μW cm-1K-2 at room temperature, and also higher average ZT. This work shows that texturing is good for higher thermoelectric performance, suggesting that single crystals of n-type Mg3Sb2-based Zintl compounds are worth pursuing.},
doi = {10.1063/1.5000053},
journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
number = 9,
volume = 112,
place = {United States},
year = {2018},
month = {2}
}
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