Abstract
We report a facile and efficient way to enhance and modulate thermoelectric performance by incorporating chemically synthesized Cu 2 Te nanoparticles on p-type Bi 0.5 Sb 1.5 Te 3 matrix. By varying the amount of Cu 2 Te nanoparticles, the temperature of maximum thermoelectric performance shifted systematically from room temperature to 425 K. The highest figure-of-merit value, 1.1, was achieved at 377 K by incorporating 0.1 wt% Cu 2 Te nanoparticles in Bi 0.5 Sb 1.5 Te 3 matrix, which is due to enhancement in power factor and reduction in lattice thermal conductivity. The results demonstrate that Cu 2 Te incorporation could be an effective strategy for Bi-Te based thermoelectric power generation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 78-83 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Scripta Materialia |
| Volume | 165 |
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| State | Published - May 2019 |
Keywords
- Bipolar conduction
- Carrier tuning
- Cu Te nanoparticle
- Lattice thermal conductivity reduction
- Thermoelectric