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Nan B, Song X, Chang C, Xiao K, Zhang Y, Yang L, Horta S, Li J, Lim KH, Ibáñez M, Cabot A. Bottom-Up Synthesis of SnTe-Based Thermoelectric Composites. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2023; 15:23380-23389. [PMID: 37141543 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c00625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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There is a need for the development of lead-free thermoelectric materials for medium-/high-temperature applications. Here, we report a thiol-free tin telluride (SnTe) precursor that can be thermally decomposed to produce SnTe crystals with sizes ranging from tens to several hundreds of nanometers. We further engineer SnTe-Cu2SnTe3 nanocomposites with a homogeneous phase distribution by decomposing the liquid SnTe precursor containing a dispersion of Cu1.5Te colloidal nanoparticles. The presence of Cu within the SnTe and the segregated semimetallic Cu2SnTe3 phase effectively improves the electrical conductivity of SnTe while simultaneously reducing the lattice thermal conductivity without compromising the Seebeck coefficient. Overall, power factors up to 3.63 mW m-1 K-2 and thermoelectric figures of merit up to 1.04 are obtained at 823 K, which represent a 167% enhancement compared with pristine SnTe.
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- Bingfei Nan
- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research─IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona 08930, Spain
- Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1, Barcelona 08028, Spain
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- The State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), Am Campus 1, Klosterneuburg 3400, Austria
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research─IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona 08930, Spain
- Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1, Barcelona 08028, Spain
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, State College, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research─IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona 08930, Spain
- Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1, Barcelona 08028, Spain
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), Am Campus 1, Klosterneuburg 3400, Austria
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- Institute of Advanced Study, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, China
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- Institute of Zhejiang University─Quzhou, 99 Zheda Rd, Quzhou 324000, Zhejiang, P. R. China
- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, 38 Zheda Rd, Hangzhou 310007, Zhejiang, P. R. China
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), Am Campus 1, Klosterneuburg 3400, Austria
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research─IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona 08930, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, Barcelona 08010, Catalonia, Spain
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Pathak R, Sarkar D, Biswas K. Enhanced Band Convergence and Ultra-Low Thermal Conductivity Lead to High Thermoelectric Performance in SnTe. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:17686-17692. [PMID: 34105218 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202105953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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SnTe, a structural analogue of champion thermoelectric (TE) material PbTe, has recently attracted wide attention for TE energy conversion. Herein, we demonstrate a co-doping strategy to improve the TE performance of SnTe via simultaneous modulation of electronic structure and phonon transport. The electrical transport is optimized by 3 mol % Ag doping in self-compensated SnTe (i.e., Sn1.03 Te). Further, Mg doping in SnAg0.03 Te resulted in highly converged valence bands, which enhanced the Seebeck coefficient markedly. The energy gap between two uppermost valence bands (ΔEv ) decreases to 0.10 eV in Sn0.92 Ag0.03 Mg0.08 Te compared to 0.35 eV in pristine SnTe. The optimized p-type carrier concentration and highly converged valence bands gave a high power factor of ca. 27 μW cm-1 K-2 at 865 K in Sn0.92 Ag0.03 Mg0.08 Te. The lattice thermal conductivity of Sn0.92 Ag0.03 Mg0.08 Te reached to an ultra-low value of ≈0.23 W m-1 K-1 at 865 K due to the formation of MgTe nanoprecipitates in SnTe matrix. These combined effects resulted in a high TE figure of merit, zT≈1.55 at 865 K in Sn0.92 Ag0.03 Mg0.08 Te.
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- Riddhimoy Pathak
- New Chemistry Unit, International Centre for Materials Science and School of Advanced Materials, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Jakkur P.O., Bangalore, 560064, India
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- New Chemistry Unit, International Centre for Materials Science and School of Advanced Materials, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Jakkur P.O., Bangalore, 560064, India
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- New Chemistry Unit, International Centre for Materials Science and School of Advanced Materials, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Jakkur P.O., Bangalore, 560064, India
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Fornasini P, Grisenti R, Dapiaggi M, Agostini G. Local structural distortions in SnTe investigated by EXAFS. J Phys Condens Matter 2021; 33:295404. [PMID: 33979790 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ac0082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2021] [Accepted: 05/12/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Extended x-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) has been measured at theKedge of Sn in SnTe in the temperature range from 5 to 480 K. EXAFS results are consistent with the presence of a local rhombohedral distortion in the full temperature range from 5 to 300 K, even well above the ferroelectric transition temperature, suggesting a partial order-disorder character of the transition. At and above 300 K, the anomalous behaviour of the third and fourth EXAFS cumulants reveals a modification of the anharmonicity of the effective pair potential, possibly connected with the softening of high frequency modes or to the presence of multiple phases.
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- P Fornasini
- Dipartimento di Fisica - Università di Trento, Via Sommarive 14, I-38123 Povo (Trento), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica - Università di Trento, Via Sommarive 14, I-38123 Povo (Trento), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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Li S, Xin J, Basit A, Long Q, Li S, Jiang Q, Luo Y, Yang J. In Situ Reaction Induced Core-Shell Structure to Ultralow κ lat and High Thermoelectric Performance of SnTe. Adv Sci (Weinh) 2020; 7:1903493. [PMID: 32537405 PMCID: PMC7284213 DOI: 10.1002/advs.201903493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2019] [Revised: 01/06/2020] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Lead-free chalcogenide SnTe has been demonstrated to be an efficient medium temperature thermoelectric (TE) material. However, high intrinsic Sn vacancies as well as high thermal conductivity devalue its performance. Here, β-Zn4Sb3 is incorporated into the SnTe matrix to regulate the thermoelectric performance of SnTe. Sequential in situ reactions take place between the β-Zn4Sb3 additive and SnTe matrix, and an interesting "core-shell" microstructure (Sb@ZnTe) is obtained; the composition of SnTe matrix is also tuned and thus Sn vacancies are compensated effectively. Benefitting from the synergistic effect of the in situ reactions, an ultralow κlat ≈0.48 W m-1 K-1 at 873 K is obtained and the carrier concentrations and electrical properties are also improved successfully. Finally, a maximum ZT ≈1.32, which increases by ≈220% over the pristine SnTe, is achieved in the SnTe-1.5% β-Zn4Sb3 sample at 873 K. This work provides a new strategy to regulate the TE performance of SnTe and also offers a new insight to other related thermoelectric materials.
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- Sihui Li
- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould TechnologyHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan430074P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould TechnologyHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan430074P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould TechnologyHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan430074P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould TechnologyHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan430074P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould TechnologyHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan430074P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould TechnologyHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan430074P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould TechnologyHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan430074P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould TechnologyHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan430074P. R. China
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Chen YX, Li F, Li D, Zheng Z, Luo J, Fan P. Thermoelectric Properties of Tin Telluride Quasi Crystal Grown by Vertical Bridgman Method. Materials (Basel) 2019; 12:ma12183001. [PMID: 31527498 PMCID: PMC6766268 DOI: 10.3390/ma12183001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2019] [Revised: 09/09/2019] [Accepted: 09/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Tin telluride (SnTe), with the same rock salt structure and similar band structure of PbTe alloys, was developed as a good thermoelectric material. In this work, SnTe quasi crystal was grown by vertical Bridgman method, with texturing degree achieved at 0.98. Two sets of samples, perpendicular and parallel to the growth direction, were cut to investigate thermoelectric properties. As a result, a carrier concentration (pH) of ~9.5 × 1020 cm−3 was obtained, which may have originated from fully generated Sn vacancies during the long term crystal growth. The relatively high Seebeck coefficient of ~30 μVK−1 and ~40 μVK−1 along the two directions was higher than most pristine SnTe reported in the literature, which leads to the room temperature (PF) for SnTe_IP and SnTe_OP achieved at ~14.0 μWcm−1K−2 and ~7.0 μWcm−1K−2, respectively. Finally, the maximum dimensionless figure of merit (ZT) values were around 0.55 at 873 K.
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- Yue-Xing Chen
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Advanced Thin Films and Applications, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China.
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Advanced Thin Films and Applications, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China.
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- College of chemistry and environmental engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China.
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Advanced Thin Films and Applications, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China.
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Advanced Thin Films and Applications, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China.
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Advanced Thin Films and Applications, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China.
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Chang K, Kaloni TP, Lin H, Bedoya-Pinto A, Pandeya AK, Kostanovskiy I, Zhao K, Zhong Y, Hu X, Xue QK, Chen X, Ji SH, Barraza-Lopez S, Parkin SSP. Enhanced Spontaneous Polarization in Ultrathin SnTe Films with Layered Antipolar Structure. Adv Mater 2019; 31:e1804428. [PMID: 30387192 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201804428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2018] [Revised: 09/29/2018] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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2D SnTe films with a thickness of as little as 2 atomic layers (ALs) have recently been shown to be ferroelectric with in-plane polarization. Remarkably, they exhibit transition temperatures (Tc ) much higher than that of bulk SnTe. Here, combining molecular beam epitaxy, variable temperature scanning tunneling microscopy, and ab initio calculations, the underlying mechanism of the Tc enhancement is unveiled, which relies on the formation of γ-SnTe, a van der Waals orthorhombic phase with antipolar inter-layer coupling in few-AL thick SnTe films. In this phase, 4n - 2 AL (n = 1, 2, 3…) thick films are found to possess finite in-plane polarization (space group Pmn21 ), while 4n AL thick films have zero total polarization (space group Pnma). Above 8 AL, the γ-SnTe phase becomes metastable, and can convert irreversibly to the bulk rock salt phase as the temperature is increased. This finding unambiguously bridges experiments on ultrathin SnTe films with predictions of robust ferroelectricity in GeS-type monochalcogenide monolayers. The observed high transition temperature, together with the strong spin-orbit coupling and van der Waals structure, underlines the potential of atomically thin γ-SnTe films for the development of novel spontaneous polarization-based devices.
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- Kai Chang
- Max-Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Weinberg 2, Halle, 06120, Germany
- State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Max-Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Weinberg 2, Halle, 06120, Germany
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- Max-Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Weinberg 2, Halle, 06120, Germany
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- Max-Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Weinberg 2, Halle, 06120, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing, 100084, China
- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS) - Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
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- Max-Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Weinberg 2, Halle, 06120, Germany
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A cubic crystal-structured Sn-based compound, SnTe, was easily synthesized using a solid-state synthetic process to produce a better rechargeable battery, and its possible application as a Sn-based high-capacity anode material for Li-ion batteries (LIBs) and Na-ion batteries (NIBs) was investigated. The electrochemically driven phase change mechanisms of the SnTe electrodes during Li and Na insertion/extraction were thoroughly examined utilizing various ex situ analytical techniques. During Li insertion, SnTe was converted to Li4.25Sn and Li2Te; meanwhile, during Na insertion, SnTe experienced a sequential topotactic transition to NaxSnTe (x ≤ 1.5) and conversion to Na3.75Sn and Na2Te, which recombined into the original SnTe phase after full Li and Na extraction. The distinctive phase change mechanisms provided remarkable electrochemical Li- and Na-ion storage performances, such as large reversible capacities with high Coulombic efficiencies and stable cyclabilities with fast C-rate characteristics, by preparing amorphous-C-decorated nanostructured SnTe-based composites. Therefore, SnTe, with its interesting phase change mechanisms, will be a promising alternative for the oncoming generation of anode materials for LIBs and NIBs.
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- Ah-Ram Park
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology , 61 Daehak-ro, Gumi, Gyeongbuk 39177, Republic of Korea
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology , 61 Daehak-ro, Gumi, Gyeongbuk 39177, Republic of Korea
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Han G, Zhang R, Popuri SR, Greer HF, Reece MJ, Bos JG, Zhou W, Knox AR, Gregory DH. Large-Scale Surfactant-Free Synthesis of p-Type SnTe Nanoparticles for Thermoelectric Applications. Materials (Basel) 2017; 10:E233. [PMID: 28772593 DOI: 10.3390/ma10030233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2017] [Revised: 02/16/2017] [Accepted: 02/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A facile one-pot aqueous solution method has been developed for the fast and straightforward synthesis of SnTe nanoparticles in more than ten gram quantities per batch. The synthesis involves boiling an alkaline Na2SnO2 solution and a NaHTe solution for short time scales, in which the NaOH concentration and reaction duration play vital roles in controlling the phase purity and particle size, respectively. Spark plasma sintering of the SnTe nanoparticles produces nanostructured compacts that have a comparable thermoelectric performance to bulk counterparts synthesised by more time- and energy-intensive methods. This approach, combining an energy-efficient, surfactant-free solution synthesis with spark plasma sintering, provides a simple, rapid, and inexpensive route to p-type SnTe nanostructured materials.
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Sist M, Jensen Hedegaard EM, Christensen S, Bindzus N, Fischer KFF, Kasai H, Sugimoto K, Brummerstedt Iversen B. Carrier concentration dependence of structural disorder in thermoelectric Sn 1-x Te. IUCrJ 2016; 3:377-388. [PMID: 28461898 PMCID: PMC5391859 DOI: 10.1107/s2052252516012707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2016] [Accepted: 08/05/2016] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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SnTe is a promising thermoelectric and topological insulator material. Here, the presumably simple rock salt crystal structure of SnTe is studied comprehensively by means of high-resolution synchrotron single-crystal and powder X-ray diffraction from 20 to 800 K. Two samples with different carrier concentrations (sample A = high, sample B = low) have remarkably different atomic displacement parameters, especially at low temperatures. Both samples contain significant numbers of cation vacancies (1-2%) and ordering of Sn vacancies possibly occurs on warming, as corroborated by the appearance of multiple phases and strain above 400 K. The possible presence of disorder and anharmonicity is investigated in view of the low thermal conductivity of SnTe. Refinement of anharmonic Gram-Charlier parameters reveals marginal anharmonicity for sample A, whereas sample B exhibits anharmonic effects even at low temperature. For both samples, no indications are found of a low-temperature rhombohedral phase. Maximum entropy method (MEM) calculations are carried out, including nuclear-weighted X-ray MEM calculations (NXMEM). The atomic electron densities are spherical for sample A, whereas for sample B the Te electron density is elongated along the 〈100〉 direction, with the maximum being displaced from the lattice position at higher temperatures. Overall, the crystal structure of SnTe is found to be defective and sample-dependent, and therefore theoretical calculations of perfect rock salt structures are not expected to predict the properties of real materials.
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- Mattia Sist
- Center for Materials Crystallography, Department of Chemistry and iNANO, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, Aarhus C, DK-8000, Denmark
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- Center for Materials Crystallography, Department of Chemistry and iNANO, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, Aarhus C, DK-8000, Denmark
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- Center for Materials Crystallography, Department of Chemistry and iNANO, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, Aarhus C, DK-8000, Denmark
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- Center for Materials Crystallography, Department of Chemistry and iNANO, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, Aarhus C, DK-8000, Denmark
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- Center for Materials Crystallography, Department of Chemistry and iNANO, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, Aarhus C, DK-8000, Denmark
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- Center for Materials Crystallography, Department of Chemistry and iNANO, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, Aarhus C, DK-8000, Denmark
- Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, 305-8571, Japan
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- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, I-I-I, Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo, 679-5198, Japan
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- Center for Materials Crystallography, Department of Chemistry and iNANO, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, Aarhus C, DK-8000, Denmark
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