From thermoelectric bulk to nanomaterials: Current progress for Bi 2 Te 3 and CoSb 3: From thermoelectric bulk to nanomaterials

Peranio, N.; Eibl, O.; Bäßler, S.; Nielsch, K.; Klobes, B.; Hermann, R. P.; Daniel, M.; Albrecht, M.; Görlitz, H.; Pacheco, V.; Bedoya-Martínez, N.; Hashibon, A.; Elsässer, C.

doi:10.1002/pssa.201532614

Title: From thermoelectric bulk to nanomaterials: Current progress for Bi ₂ Te ₃ and CoSb ₃: From thermoelectric bulk to nanomaterials

Journal Article · Thu Oct 29 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Physica Status Solidi. A, Applications and Materials Science

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201532614· OSTI ID:1261324

Peranio, N. ^[1]; Eibl, O. ^[1]; Bäßler, S. ^[2]; Nielsch, K. ^[2]; Klobes, B. ^[3]; Hermann, R. P. ^[4]; Daniel, M. ^[5]; Albrecht, M. ^[6]; Görlitz, H. ^[7]; Pacheco, V. ^[7]; Bedoya-Martínez, N. ^[8]; Hashibon, A. ^[8]; Elsässer, C. ^[8]

Eberhard Karls Univ. of Tubingen (Germany)
Univ. of Hamburg (Germany)
Julich Research Centre for Neutron Science JCNS (Germany). Peter Grunberg Inst. PGI
Julich Research Centre for Neutron Science JCNS (Germany). Peter Grunberg Inst. PGI; Univ. of Liege, (Belgium); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Chemnitz University of Technology (Germany)
Chemnitz University of Technology (Germany); Univ. of Augsburg (Germany)
Fraunhofer Inst. for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials IFAM, Dresden (Germany)
Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials IWM, Freiburg (Germany)

We synthesized Bi₂Te₃ and CoSb₃ based nanomaterials and their thermoelectric, structural, and vibrational properties analyzed to assess and reduce ZT-limiting mechanisms. The same preparation and/or characterization methods were applied in the different materials systems. Single-crystalline, ternary p-type Bi₁₅Sb₂₉Te₅₆, and n-type Bi₃₈Te₅₅Se₇ nanowires with power factors comparable to nanostructured bulkmaterialswere prepared by potential-pulsed electrochemical deposition in a nanostructured Al₂O₃ matrix. p-type Sb₂Te₃, n-type Bi₂Te₃, and n-type CoSb₃ thin films were grown at room temperature using molecular beam epitaxy and were subsequently annealed at elevated temperatures. It yielded polycrystalline, single phase thin films with optimized charge carrier densities. In CoSb₃ thin films the speed of sound could be reduced by filling the cage structure with Yb and alloying with Fe yielded p-type material. Bi₂(Te_0.91Se_0.09)₃/SiC and (Bi_0.26Sb_0.74)₂Te₃/SiC nanocomposites with low thermal conductivities and ZT values larger than 1 were prepared by spark plasma sintering. Nanostructure, texture, chemical composition, as well as electronic and phononic excitations were investigated by X-ray diffraction, nuclear resonance scattering, inelastic neutron scattering, M ossbauer spectroscopy, and transmission electron microscopy. Furthermore, for Bi₂Te₃ materials, ab-initio calculations together with equilibrium and non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations for point defects yielded their formation energies and their effect on lattice thermal conductivity, respectively. Current advances in thermoelectric Bi₂Te₃ and CoSb₃ based nanomaterials are summarized. Advanced synthesis and characterization methods and theoreticalmodelingwere combined to assess and reduce ZT-limiting mechanisms in these materials.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1261324

Journal Information:: Physica Status Solidi. A, Applications and Materials Science, Vol. 213, Issue 3; ISSN 1862-6300

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