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Cui J, Xie C, Hu W, Luo H, Mei Q, Li S, Xu W, Gao Z, Wu J, Zhang Q, Tang X, Tan G. Two-Dimensional-Like Phonons in Three-Dimensional-Structured Rhombohedral GeSe-Based Compounds with Excellent Thermoelectric Performance. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024. [PMID: 39031122 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c08186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/22/2024]
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The coupling of charge and phonon transport in solids is a long-standing issue for thermoelectric performance enhancement. Herein, two new narrow-gap semiconductors with the same chemical formula of GeSe0.65Te0.35 (GST) are rationally designed and synthesized: one with a layered hexagonal structure (H-GST) and the other with a non-layered rhombohedral structure (R-GST). Thanks to the three-dimensional (3D) network structure, R-GST possesses a significantly larger weighted mobility than H-GST. Surprisingly, 3D-structured R-GST displays an extremely low lattice thermal conductivity of ∼0.5 W m-1 K-1 at 523 K, which is comparable to that of layered H-GST. The two-dimensional (2D)-like phonon transport in R-GST stems from the unique off-centering Ge atoms that induce ferroelectric instability, yielding soft polar phonons, as demonstrated by the Boson peak detected by the low-temperature specific heat and calculated phonon spectra. Furthermore, 1 mol % doping of Sb is utilized to successfully suppress the undesired phase transition of R-GST toward H-GST at elevated temperatures. Consequently, a peak ZT of 1.1 at 623 K is attained in the rhombohedral Ge0.99Sb0.01Se0.65Te0.35 sample, which is 1 order of magnitude larger than that of GeSe. This work demonstrates the feasibility of exploring high-performance thermoelectric materials with decoupled charge and phonon transport in off-centering compounds.
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- Jingjing Cui
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, People's Republic of China
- International School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, People's Republic of China
- International School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, People's Republic of China
- Nanostructure Research Center, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710049, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, People's Republic of China
- Nanostructure Research Center, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, People's Republic of China
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Krizman G, Zakusylo T, Sajeev L, Hajlaoui M, Takashiro T, Rosmus M, Olszowska N, Kołodziej JJ, Bauer G, Caha O, Springholz G. A Novel Ferroelectric Rashba Semiconductor. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023:e2310278. [PMID: 38100676 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202310278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2023] [Revised: 12/08/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
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Fast, reversible, and low-power manipulation of the spin texture is crucial for next generation spintronic devices like non-volatile bipolar memories, switchable spin current injectors or spin field effect transistors. Ferroelectric Rashba semiconductors (FERSC) are the ideal class of materials for the realization of such devices. Their ferroelectric character enables an electronic control of the Rashba-type spin texture by means of the reversible and switchable polarization. Yet, only very few materials are established to belong to this class of multifunctional materials. Here, Pb1- x Gex Te is unraveled as a novel FERSC system down to nanoscale. The ferroelectric phase transition and concomitant lattice distortion are demonstrated by temperature dependent X-ray diffraction, and their effect on electronic properties are measured by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. In few nanometer-thick epitaxial heterostructures, a large Rashba spin-splitting is exhibiting a wide tuning range as a function of temperature and Ge content. This work defines Pb1- x Gex Te as a high-potential FERSC system for spintronic applications.
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- Gauthier Krizman
- Institut für Halbleiter und Festkörperphysik, Johannes Kepler Universität, Altenberger Strasse 69, Linz, 4040, Austria
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- Institut für Halbleiter und Festkörperphysik, Johannes Kepler Universität, Altenberger Strasse 69, Linz, 4040, Austria
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- Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Masaryk University, Kotlárská 2, Brno, 61137, Czech Republic
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- Institut für Halbleiter und Festkörperphysik, Johannes Kepler Universität, Altenberger Strasse 69, Linz, 4040, Austria
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- Institut für Halbleiter und Festkörperphysik, Johannes Kepler Universität, Altenberger Strasse 69, Linz, 4040, Austria
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Centre SOLARIS, Jagiellonian University, Czerwone Maki 98, Krakow, 30-392, Poland
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Centre SOLARIS, Jagiellonian University, Czerwone Maki 98, Krakow, 30-392, Poland
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Centre SOLARIS, Jagiellonian University, Czerwone Maki 98, Krakow, 30-392, Poland
- Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Ul. Prof. Stanislawa Lojasiewizca 11, Krakow, 30-348, Poland
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- Institut für Halbleiter und Festkörperphysik, Johannes Kepler Universität, Altenberger Strasse 69, Linz, 4040, Austria
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- Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Masaryk University, Kotlárská 2, Brno, 61137, Czech Republic
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- Institut für Halbleiter und Festkörperphysik, Johannes Kepler Universität, Altenberger Strasse 69, Linz, 4040, Austria
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Yang X, Qiu L, Li Y, Xue HP, Liu JN, Sun R, Yang QL, Gai XS, Wei YS, Comstock AH, Sun D, Zhang XQ, He W, Hou Y, Cheng ZH. Anisotropic Nonlocal Damping in Ferromagnet/α-GeTe Bilayers Enabled by Splitting Energy Bands. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 131:186703. [PMID: 37977650 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.186703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2022] [Revised: 07/20/2023] [Accepted: 10/06/2023] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
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The understanding and manipulation of anisotropic Gilbert damping is crucial for both fundamental research and versatile engineering and optimization. Although several works on anisotropic damping have been reported, no direct relationship between the band structure and anisotropic damping was established. Here, we observed an anisotropic damping in Fe/GeTe manipulated by the symmetric band structures of GeTe via angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. Moreover, the anisotropic damping can be modified by the symmetry of band structures. Our Letter provides insightful understandings of the anisotropic Gilbert damping in ferromagnets interfaced with Rashba semiconductors and suggests the possibility of manipulating the Gilbert damping by band engineering.
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- Xu Yang
- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, Guangdong 523808, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Magnetoelectric Physics and Devices, Center for Neutron Science and Technology, School of Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department of Physics and Organic and Carbon Electronics Laboratory (ORCEL), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA
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- Department of Physics and Organic and Carbon Electronics Laboratory (ORCEL), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Magnetoelectric Physics and Devices, Center for Neutron Science and Technology, School of Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, Guangdong 523808, China
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Hong M, Li M, Wang Y, Shi XL, Chen ZG. Advances in Versatile GeTe Thermoelectrics from Materials to Devices. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2208272. [PMID: 36366918 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202208272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2022] [Revised: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Driven by the intensive efforts in the development of high-performance GeTe thermoelectrics for mass-market application in power generation and refrigeration, GeTe-based materials display a high figure of merit of >2.0 and an energy conversion efficiency beyond 10%. However, a comprehensive review on GeTe, from fundamentals to devices, is still needed. In this regard, the latest progress on the state-of-the-art GeTe is timely reviewed. The phase transition, intrinsic high carrier concentration, and multiple band edges of GeTe are fundamentally analyzed from the perspectives of the native atomic orbital, chemical bonding, and lattice defects. Then, the fabrication methods are summarized with a focus on large-scale production. Afterward, the strategies for enhancing electronic transports of GeTe by energy filtering effect, resonance doping, band convergence, and Rashba band splitting, and the methods for strengthening phonon scatterings via nanoprecipitates, planar vacancies, and superlattices, are comprehensively reviewed. Besides, the device assembly and performance are highlighted. In the end, future research directions are concluded and proposed, which enlighten the development of broader thermoelectric materials.
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- Min Hong
- Center for Future Materials, University of Southern Queensland, Springfield Central, Queensland, 4300, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, 4000, Australia
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- School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, 4000, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, 4000, Australia
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Tiwari RP. Enhanced shift current bulk photovoltaic effect in ferroelectric Rashba semiconductor α-GeTe: ab initiostudy from three- to two-dimensional van der Waals layered structures. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2022; 34:435404. [PMID: 35985305 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ac8b50] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2022] [Accepted: 08/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The ferroelectric Rashba semiconductors (FERSCs) are endowed with a unique combination of ferroelectricity and the spin degree of freedom, resulting in a long carrier lifetime and impressive bulk photovoltaic (BPV) efficiency that reached 25% in organometal halide perovskites. The BPV efficiency can be further improved by using low-dimensional ferroelectrics however, it is inhibited by the ferroelectric instability in low-dimensional perovskites and toxicity along with phase instability of the lead-halide perovskites. To address these challenges, theα-GeTe could be of great importance which is the simplest known lead-free FERSC with an intrinsic layered structure. Therefore, in this work, we investigate the BPV properties of three- to two-dimensional van der Waals structures ofα-GeTe by calculating the shift current (SHC). We predict that the mono (1.56 Å) and bi-layers (5.44-6.14 Å)α-GeTe with the buckled honeycomb structure are dynamically stable and possess the characteristic features of the bulk up to the nanoscale limit. The SHC of ∼70μA V-2is calculated in bulk α-GeTe which is 20 times larger than that obtained in organometal halides in the visible light. The SHC increases with decreasing the number of layers, reaching a maximum amplitude of ∼300μA V-2at 2.67 eV in the monolayer which is more than double that obtained in monolayer GeS. We find that the SHC in monolayer α-GeTe can be further enhanced and redshifted by applying a compressive strain; which is correlated with the strong absorption of thexx-polarized light, stimulated by the more delocalized px/yorbital character of the density of states. Furthermore, in the bilayer structures, the magnitude of the SHC is sensitive to the layers' stacking arrangement and a maximum SHC (∼250μA V-2) can be achieved with an AB-type stacking arrangement. Combining these results with the benefits of being environmental-friendly material makesα-GeTe a good candidate for next-generation solar cells application.
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