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Wang T, Hu W, Lou Z, Xu Z, Yang X, Le T, Wang J, Lin X. Thermoelectric Properties of n-Type Bi 4O 4SeX 2 (X = Cl, Br). Materials (Basel) 2023; 16:4329. [PMID: 37374512 DOI: 10.3390/ma16124329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2023] [Revised: 05/17/2023] [Accepted: 05/23/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023]
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The multiple anion superlattice Bi4O4SeCl2 has been reported to exhibit extremely low thermal conductivity along the stacking c-axis, making it a promising material for thermoelectric applications. In this study, we investigate the thermoelectric properties of Bi4O4SeX2 (X = Cl, Br) polycrystalline ceramics with different electron concentrations by adjusting the stoichiometry. Despite optimizing the electric transport, the thermal conductivity remained ultra-low and approached the Ioffe-Regel limit at high temperatures. Notably, our findings demonstrate that non-stoichiometric tuning is a promising approach for enhancing the thermoelectric performance of Bi4O4SeX2 by refining its electric transport, resulting in a figure of merit of up to 0.16 at 770 K.
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- Tao Wang
- Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
- Key Laboratory for Quantum Materials of Zhejiang Province, Department of Physics, School of Science, Westlake University, Hangzhou 310030, China
- Institute of Natural Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou 310024, China
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- Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
- Key Laboratory for Quantum Materials of Zhejiang Province, Department of Physics, School of Science, Westlake University, Hangzhou 310030, China
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- Key Laboratory for Quantum Materials of Zhejiang Province, Department of Physics, School of Science, Westlake University, Hangzhou 310030, China
- Institute of Natural Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou 310024, China
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- Key Laboratory for Quantum Materials of Zhejiang Province, Department of Physics, School of Science, Westlake University, Hangzhou 310030, China
- Institute of Natural Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou 310024, China
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- Key Laboratory for Quantum Materials of Zhejiang Province, Department of Physics, School of Science, Westlake University, Hangzhou 310030, China
- Institute of Natural Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou 310024, China
- Department of Physics, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- Key Laboratory for Quantum Materials of Zhejiang Province, Department of Physics, School of Science, Westlake University, Hangzhou 310030, China
- Institute of Natural Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou 310024, China
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- Key Laboratory for Quantum Materials of Zhejiang Province, Department of Physics, School of Science, Westlake University, Hangzhou 310030, China
- Institute of Natural Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou 310024, China
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- Key Laboratory for Quantum Materials of Zhejiang Province, Department of Physics, School of Science, Westlake University, Hangzhou 310030, China
- Institute of Natural Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou 310024, China
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Hayat Z, El Abed A. First Experimental Evidence of Anti-Stokes Laser-Induced Fluorescence Emission in Microdroplets and Microfluidic Systems Driven by Low Thermal Conductivity of Fluorocarbon Carrier Oil. Micromachines (Basel) 2023; 14:765. [PMID: 37420997 DOI: 10.3390/mi14040765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2023] [Revised: 03/27/2023] [Accepted: 03/28/2023] [Indexed: 07/09/2023]
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With the advent of many optofluidic and droplet microfluidic applications using laser-induced fluorescence (LIF), the need for a better understanding of the heating effect induced by pump laser excitation sources and good monitoring of temperature inside such confined microsystems started to emerge. We developed a broadband highly sensitive optofluidic detection system, which enabled us to show for the first time that Rhodamine-B dye molecules can exhibit standard photoluminescence as well as blue-shifted photoluminescence. We demonstrate that this phenomenon originates from the interaction between the pump laser beam and dye molecules when surrounded by the low thermal conductive fluorocarbon oil, generally used as a carrier medium in droplet microfluidics. We also show that when the temperature is increased, both Stokes and anti-Stokes fluorescence intensities remain practically constant until a temperature transition is reached, above which the fluorescence intensity starts to decrease linearly with a thermal sensitivity of about -0.4%/°C for Stokes emission or -0.2%/°C for anti-Stokes emission. For an excitation power of 3.5 mW, the temperature transition was found to be about 25 °C, whereas for a smaller excitation power (0.5 mW), the transition temperature was found to be about 36 °C.
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- Zain Hayat
- Laboratoire Lumière Matière et Interfaces (LUMIN), UMR 9024, Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris Saclay, CentraleSupélec, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 4 Avenue des Sciences, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Laboratoire Lumière Matière et Interfaces (LUMIN), UMR 9024, Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris Saclay, CentraleSupélec, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 4 Avenue des Sciences, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Bai S, Zhang J, Wu M, Luo D, Wan D, Li X, Tang S. Theoretical Prediction of Thermoelectric Performance for Layered LaAgOX (X = S, Se) Materials in Consideration of the Four-Phonon and Multiple Carrier Scattering Processes. Small Methods 2023; 7:e2201368. [PMID: 36642805 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202201368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2022] [Revised: 12/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Inspired by the experimental achievement of layered LaCuOX (X = S, Se) with superior thermoelectric (TE) performance, the TE properties of Ag-based isomorphic LaAgOX are systemically investigated by the first-principles calculation. The LaAgOS and LaAgOSe are direct semiconductors with wide bandgaps of ≈2.50 and ≈2.35 eV. Essential four-phonon and multiple carrier scattering mechanisms are considered in phonon and electronic transport calculations to improve the accuracy of the figure-of-merit (ZT). The p-type LaAgOX (X = S, Se) shows excellent TE performance on account of the large Seebeck coefficient originated from the band convergency and low thermal conductivity caused by the strong phonon-phonon scattering. Consequently, the optimal ZTs along the out-of-plane direction decrease in the order of n-type LaAgOSe (≈2.88) > p-type LaAgOSe (≈2.50) > p-type LaAgOS (≈2.42) > n-type LaAgOS (≈2.27) at 700 K, and the optimal ZTs of ≈1.16 and ≈1.29 are achieved for p-type LaAgOS and LaAgOSe at the same temperature. The present work would provide a deep insight into the phonon and electronic transport properties of LaAgOX (X = S, Se), but also could shed light on the way for the rational design of state-of-the-art heteroanionic materials for TE application.
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- Shulin Bai
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Liaoning Technical University, Fuxin, Liaoning, 123000, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Liaoning Technical University, Fuxin, Liaoning, 123000, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Liaoning Technical University, Fuxin, Liaoning, 123000, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Liaoning Technical University, Fuxin, Liaoning, 123000, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Liaoning Technical University, Fuxin, Liaoning, 123000, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Liaoning Technical University, Fuxin, Liaoning, 123000, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Liaoning Technical University, Fuxin, Liaoning, 123000, China
- Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, 130024, China
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Chen Y, Zhang Y, Uher C, Poudeu PFP. Carrier Mobility Modulation in Cu 2Se Composites Using Coherent Cu 4TiSe 4 Inclusions Leads to Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2022; 14:56817-56826. [PMID: 36520621 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c17146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Carrier transport engineering in bulk semiconductors using inclusion phases often results in the deterioration of carrier mobility (μ) owing to enhanced carrier scattering at phase boundaries. Here, we show by leveraging the temperature-induced structural transition between the α-Cu2Se and β-Cu2Se polymorphs that the incorporation of Cu4TiSe4 inclusions within the Cu2Se matrix results in a gradual large drop in the carrier mobility at temperatures below 400 K (α-Cu2Se), whereas the carrier mobility remains unchanged at higher temperatures, where the β-Cu2Se polymorph dominates. The sharp discrepancy in the electronic transport within the α-Cu2Se and β-Cu2Se matrices is associated with the formation of incoherent α-Cu2Se/Cu4TiSe4 interfaces, owing to the difference in their atomic structures and lattice parameters, which results in enhanced carrier scattering. In contrast, the similarity of the Se sublattices between β-Cu2Se and Cu4TiSe4 gives rise to coherent phase boundaries and good band alignment, which promote carrier transport across the interfaces. Interestingly, the different cation arrangements in Cu4TiSe4 and β-Cu2Se contribute to enhanced phonon scattering at the interfaces, which leads to a reduction in the lattice thermal conductivity. The large reduction in the total thermal conductivity while preserving the high power factor of β-Cu2Se in the (1-x)Cu2Se/(x)Cu4TiSe4 composites results in an improved ZT of 1.2 at 850 K, with an average ZT of 0.84 (500-850 K) for the composite with x = 0.01. This work highlights the importance of structural similarity between the matrix and inclusions when designing thermoelectric materials with improved energy conversion efficiency.
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- Yixuan Chen
- Laboratory for Emerging Energy and Electronic Materials (LE3M), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan48109, United States
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan48109, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan48109, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan48109, United States
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- Laboratory for Emerging Energy and Electronic Materials (LE3M), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan48109, United States
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan48109, United States
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Chandra S, Bhat U, Dutta P, Bhardwaj A, Datta R, Biswas K. Modular Nanostructures Facilitate Low Thermal Conductivity and Ultra-High Thermoelectric Performance in n-Type SnSe. Adv Mater 2022; 34:e2203725. [PMID: 36028167 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202203725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2022] [Revised: 08/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Single crystals of SnSe have gained considerable attention in thermoelectrics due to their unprecedented thermoelectric performance. However, polycrystalline SnSe is more favorable for practical applications due to its facile chemical synthesis procedure, processability, and scalability. Though the thermoelectric figure of merit (zT) of p-type bulk SnSe polycrystals has reached >2.5, zT of n-type counterpart is still lower and lies around ≈1.5. Herein, record high zT of 2.0 in n-type polycrystalline SnSe0.92 + x mol% MoCl5 (x = 0-3) samples is reported, when measured parallel to the spark plasma sintering pressing direction due to the simultaneous optimization of n-type carrier concentration and enhanced phonon scattering by incorporating modular nano-heterostructures in SnSe matrix. Modular nanostructures of layered intergrowth [(SnSe)1.05 ]m (MoSe2 )n like compounds embedded in SnSe matrix scatters the phonons significantly leading to an ultra-low lattice thermal conductivity (κlat ) of ≈0.26 W m-1 K-1 at 798 K in SnSe0.92 + 3 mol% MoCl5 . The 2D layered modular intergrowth compound resembles the nano-heterostructure and their periodicity of 1.2-2.6 nm in the SnSe matrix matches the phonon mean free path of SnSe, thereby blocking the heat carrying phonons, which result in low κlat and ultra-high thermoelectric performance in n-type SnSe.
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- Sushmita Chandra
- 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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- Chemistry and Physics of Materials 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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- Chemistry and Physics of Materials 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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Shu R, Han Z, Elsukova A, Zhu Y, Qin P, Jiang F, Lu J, Persson POÅ, Palisaitis J, le Febvrier A, Zhang W, Cojocaru‐Mirédin O, Yu Y, Eklund P, Liu W. Solid-State Janus Nanoprecipitation Enables Amorphous-Like Heat Conduction in Crystalline Mg 3 Sb 2 -Based Thermoelectric Materials. Adv Sci (Weinh) 2022; 9:e2202594. [PMID: 35851767 PMCID: PMC9443448 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202202594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2022] [Revised: 06/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Solid-state precipitation can be used to tailor material properties, ranging from ferromagnets and catalysts to mechanical strengthening and energy storage. Thermoelectric properties can be modified by precipitation to enhance phonon scattering while retaining charge-carrier transmission. Here, unconventional Janus-type nanoprecipitates are uncovered in Mg3 Sb1.5 Bi0.5 formed by side-by-side Bi- and Ge-rich appendages, in contrast to separate nanoprecipitate formation. These Janus nanoprecipitates result from local comelting of Bi and Ge during sintering, enabling an amorphous-like lattice thermal conductivity. A precipitate size effect on phonon scattering is observed due to the balance between alloy-disorder and nanoprecipitate scattering. The thermoelectric figure-of-merit ZT reaches 0.6 near room temperature and 1.6 at 773 K. The Janus nanoprecipitation can be introduced into other materials and may act as a general property-tailoring mechanism.
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- Rui Shu
- Department of Materials Science and EngineeringSouthern University of Science and TechnologyShenzhen518055China
- Thin Film Physics DivisionDepartment of Physics Chemistryand Biology (IFM)Linköping UniversityLinköpingSE‐581 83Sweden
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- Department of Materials Science and EngineeringSouthern University of Science and TechnologyShenzhen518055China
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- Thin Film Physics DivisionDepartment of Physics Chemistryand Biology (IFM)Linköping UniversityLinköpingSE‐581 83Sweden
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- Department of Materials Science and EngineeringSouthern University of Science and TechnologyShenzhen518055China
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- Department of Materials Science and EngineeringSouthern University of Science and TechnologyShenzhen518055China
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- Department of Materials Science and EngineeringSouthern University of Science and TechnologyShenzhen518055China
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- Thin Film Physics DivisionDepartment of Physics Chemistryand Biology (IFM)Linköping UniversityLinköpingSE‐581 83Sweden
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- Thin Film Physics DivisionDepartment of Physics Chemistryand Biology (IFM)Linköping UniversityLinköpingSE‐581 83Sweden
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- Thin Film Physics DivisionDepartment of Physics Chemistryand Biology (IFM)Linköping UniversityLinköpingSE‐581 83Sweden
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- Thin Film Physics DivisionDepartment of Physics Chemistryand Biology (IFM)Linköping UniversityLinköpingSE‐581 83Sweden
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- Department of PhysicsSouthern University of Science and TechnologyShenzhen518055China
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- I. Physikalisches Institut (IA)RWTH Aachen UniversitySommerfeldstraße1452074AachenGermany
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- I. Physikalisches Institut (IA)RWTH Aachen UniversitySommerfeldstraße1452074AachenGermany
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- Thin Film Physics DivisionDepartment of Physics Chemistryand Biology (IFM)Linköping UniversityLinköpingSE‐581 83Sweden
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- Department of Materials Science and EngineeringSouthern University of Science and TechnologyShenzhen518055China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Oxide Materials and DevicesSouthern University of Science and TechnologyShenzhenGuangdong518055China
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Tang W, Sun J, Tang J, Chen Z, Shi Y, Zhao R, Jiang Y, Tan L. Cadmium-Rich Plant Powder/PAN/PU Foams with Low Thermal Conductivity. Polymers (Basel) 2022; 14:polym14142893. [PMID: 35890668 PMCID: PMC9323765 DOI: 10.3390/polym14142893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2022] [Revised: 07/05/2022] [Accepted: 07/08/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Treating and utilizing heavy metal enriched plants have become growing problems. In this work, a series of composite foams were made from the powder of Cadmium-rich plant, polyacrylonitrile (PAN) and polyurethane (PU). Test results indicated that the addition of plant powder can not only increase the specific surface area, but also improve the apparent density and thermal stability of the foams. Besides, compared with the foam without plant powder, the powder-added foams exhibited a decreasing trend for thermal conductivity, and the minimum was 0.048 w/(m·k), which indicated that the addition of plant powder can help to enhance the thermal insulation of composite foam. More importantly, the results of leaching experiment showed that the leaching rate of heavy metal cadmium in the composite foam with 50% plant powder content was as low as 0.14% after being immersed in the acidic (pH = 3) solution for 5 days, which implies that the foam materials are very safe. This study provides a new way to realize high value-added resource utilization of heavy metal-enriched plants.
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- Wenying Tang
- Sichuan Province Fiber Inspection Bureau, Chengdu 610015, China; (W.T.); (J.S.); (Z.C.)
- Key Laboratory of Leather Chemistry and Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Biomass Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China; (Y.S.); (L.T.)
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- Sichuan Province Fiber Inspection Bureau, Chengdu 610015, China; (W.T.); (J.S.); (Z.C.)
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- Sichuan Huafang Yinhua Co., Ltd., Suining 629200, China;
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- Sichuan Province Fiber Inspection Bureau, Chengdu 610015, China; (W.T.); (J.S.); (Z.C.)
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- Key Laboratory of Leather Chemistry and Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Biomass Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China; (Y.S.); (L.T.)
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- Sichuan Province Fiber Inspection Bureau, Chengdu 610015, China; (W.T.); (J.S.); (Z.C.)
- Key Laboratory of Leather Chemistry and Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Biomass Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China; (Y.S.); (L.T.)
- Correspondence: (R.Z.); (Y.J.)
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- Key Laboratory of Leather Chemistry and Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Biomass Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China; (Y.S.); (L.T.)
- Correspondence: (R.Z.); (Y.J.)
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- Key Laboratory of Leather Chemistry and Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Biomass Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China; (Y.S.); (L.T.)
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Le VS, Nguyen VV, Sharko A, Ercoli R, Nguyen TX, Tran DH, Łoś P, Buczkowska KE, Mitura S, Špirek T, Louda P. Fire Resistance of Geopolymer Foams Layered on Polystyrene Boards. Polymers (Basel) 2022; 14:polym14101945. [PMID: 35631828 PMCID: PMC9143971 DOI: 10.3390/polym14101945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2022] [Revised: 04/29/2022] [Accepted: 05/09/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Geopolymer foams are excellent materials in terms of mechanical loads and fire resistance applications. This study investigated the foaming process of geopolymers and foam stability, with a focus on the fire resistance performance when using polystyrene as the base layer. The main purpose is to define the influence of porosity on the physical properties and consequently to find applications and effectiveness of geopolymers. In this study, lightweight materials are obtained through a process called geopolymerization. Foaming was done by adding aluminum powder at the end of the geopolymer mortar preparation. The interaction between the aluminum powder and the alkaline solution (used for the binder during the mixing process) at room temperature is reactive enough to develop hydrogen-rich bubbles that increase the viscosity and promote the consolidation of geopolymers. The basic principle of thermodynamic reactions responsible for the formation of foams is characterized by hydrogen-rich gas generation, which is then trapped in the molecular structure of geopolymers. The geopolymer foams in this study are highly porous and robust materials. Moreover, the porosity distribution is very homogeneous. Experimental assessments were performed on four specimens to determine the density, porosity, mechanical strength, and thermal conductivity. The results showed that our geopolymer foams layered on polystyrene boards (with optimal thickness) have the highest fire resistance performance among others. This combination could withstand temperatures of up to 800 °C for more than 15 min without the temperature rising on the insulated side. Results of the best-performing geopolymer foam underline the technical characteristics of the material, with an average apparent density of 1 g/cm3, a volume porosity of 55%, a thermal conductivity of 0.25 W/mK, and excellent fire resistance.
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- Van Su Le
- Department of Material Science, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Liberec, Studentska 2, 461 17 Liberec, Czech Republic; (V.V.N.); (A.S.); (P.Ł.); (K.E.B.); (S.M.); (T.Š.); (P.L.)
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Material Science, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Liberec, Studentska 2, 461 17 Liberec, Czech Republic; (V.V.N.); (A.S.); (P.Ł.); (K.E.B.); (S.M.); (T.Š.); (P.L.)
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- Department of Material Science, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Liberec, Studentska 2, 461 17 Liberec, Czech Republic; (V.V.N.); (A.S.); (P.Ł.); (K.E.B.); (S.M.); (T.Š.); (P.L.)
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- Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Urbino, Via Ca’ Le Suore 2/4, 61029 Urbino, Italy;
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- Faculty of Civil Engineering, Nha Trang University, Nguyen Dinh Chieu 2, Nha Trang 650000, Vietnam;
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- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Nha Trang University, Nguyen Dinh Chieu 2, Nha Trang 650000, Vietnam;
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- Department of Material Science, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Liberec, Studentska 2, 461 17 Liberec, Czech Republic; (V.V.N.); (A.S.); (P.Ł.); (K.E.B.); (S.M.); (T.Š.); (P.L.)
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- Department of Material Science, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Liberec, Studentska 2, 461 17 Liberec, Czech Republic; (V.V.N.); (A.S.); (P.Ł.); (K.E.B.); (S.M.); (T.Š.); (P.L.)
- Department of Materials Technology and Production Systems, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Lodz University of Technology, Stefanowskiego 1/15, 90-537 Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Material Science, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Liberec, Studentska 2, 461 17 Liberec, Czech Republic; (V.V.N.); (A.S.); (P.Ł.); (K.E.B.); (S.M.); (T.Š.); (P.L.)
- Accademia Kaliska im. Prezydenta Stanislawa Wojciechowskiego w Kaliszu, Nowy Świat 4, 62-800 Kalisz, Poland
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- Department of Material Science, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Liberec, Studentska 2, 461 17 Liberec, Czech Republic; (V.V.N.); (A.S.); (P.Ł.); (K.E.B.); (S.M.); (T.Š.); (P.L.)
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- Department of Material Science, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Liberec, Studentska 2, 461 17 Liberec, Czech Republic; (V.V.N.); (A.S.); (P.Ł.); (K.E.B.); (S.M.); (T.Š.); (P.L.)
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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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Xu W, Yang H, Liu C, Zhang Z, Chen C, Ye Z, Lu Z, Wang X, Gao J, Chen J, Xie Z, Miao L. Optimized Electronic Bands and Ultralow Lattice Thermal Conductivity in Ag and Y Codoped SnTe. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2021; 13:32876-32885. [PMID: 34242005 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c04326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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As a lead-free thermoelectric material, SnTe is inhibited by its inherent high carrier concentration and high thermal conductivity. This work describes the synergistic effect on the modulation of band structure and microstructural defects of SnTe by Ag and Y codoping, which gives rise to band convergence and multiple microstructural defects (secondary phases, dislocations, and boundaries) in the matrix and endows Sn0.94Ag0.09Y0.05Te with an increased power factor of ∼2485 μW m-1 K-2, an extremely low lattice thermal conductivity of ∼0.61 W m-1 K-1, and a peak zT as high as ∼1.2 at 873 K. This work reveals that the combination of Ag and Y could play a role in the synergistic optimization of electronic and phonon transport properties of SnTe by modifying the band structure and microstructures, providing guidance for enhancing the thermoelectric performance of the relevant materials.
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- Wenjing Xu
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Information Material, Guangxi Collaborative Innovation Center of Structure and Property for New Energy and Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, P. R. China
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- School of Physics and Electronic & Electrical Engineering, and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Modern Measurement Technology and Intelligent Systems, Huaiyin Normal University, Huai'an 223300, P. R. China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Information Material, Guangxi Collaborative Innovation Center of Structure and Property for New Energy and Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, P. R. China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Information Material, Guangxi Collaborative Innovation Center of Structure and Property for New Energy and Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, P. R. China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Information Material, Guangxi Collaborative Innovation Center of Structure and Property for New Energy and Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, P. R. China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Information Material, Guangxi Collaborative Innovation Center of Structure and Property for New Energy and Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, P. R. China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Information Material, Guangxi Collaborative Innovation Center of Structure and Property for New Energy and Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, P. R. China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Information Material, Guangxi Collaborative Innovation Center of Structure and Property for New Energy and Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, P. R. China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Information Material, Guangxi Collaborative Innovation Center of Structure and Property for New Energy and Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering & School of Physical Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, P. R. China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Information Material, Guangxi Collaborative Innovation Center of Structure and Property for New Energy and Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, P. R. China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Information Material, Guangxi Collaborative Innovation Center of Structure and Property for New Energy and Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, P. R. China
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, SIT Research Laboratories, Innovative Global Program, Faculty of Engineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo 135-8548, Japan
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Sarkar D, Roychowdhury S, Arora R, Ghosh T, Vasdev A, Joseph B, Sheet G, Waghmare UV, Biswas K. Metavalent Bonding in GeSe Leads to High Thermoelectric Performance. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:10350-10358. [PMID: 33619797 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202101283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [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: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Orthorhombic GeSe is a promising thermoelectric material. However, large band gap and strong covalent bonding result in a low thermoelectric figure of merit, zT≈0.2. Here, we demonstrate a maximum zT≈1.35 at 627 K in p-type polycrystalline rhombohedral (GeSe)0.9 (AgBiTe2 )0.1 , which is the highest value reported among GeSe based materials. The rhombohedral phase is stable in ambient conditions for x=0.8-0.29 in (GeSe)1-x (AgBiTe2 )x . The structural transformation accompanies change from covalent bonding in orthorhombic GeSe to metavalent bonding in rhombohedral (GeSe)1-x (AgBiTe2 )x . (GeSe)0.9 (AgBiTe2 )0.1 has closely lying primary and secondary valence bands (within 0.25-0.30 eV), which results in high power factor 12.8 μW cm-1 K-2 at 627 K. It also exhibits intrinsically low lattice thermal conductivity (0.38 Wm-1 K-1 at 578 K). Theoretical phonon dispersion calculations reveal vicinity of a ferroelectric instability, with large anomalous Born effective charges and high optical dielectric constant, which, in concurrence with high effective coordination number, low band gap and moderate electrical conductivity, corroborate metavalent bonding in (GeSe)0.9 (AgBiTe2 )0.1 . We confirmed the presence of low energy phonon modes and local ferroelectric domains using heat capacity measurement (3-30 K) and switching spectroscopy in piezoresponse force microscopy, respectively.
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- Debattam Sarkar
- New Chemistry Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Jakkur P.O., Bangalore, 560064, India
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- New Chemistry Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Jakkur P.O., Bangalore, 560064, India
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- Theoretical Sciences Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Jakkur P.O., Bangalore, 560064, India
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- New Chemistry Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Jakkur P.O., Bangalore, 560064, India
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- Department of Physical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali, Sector 81, S. A. S. Nagar, Manauli, P.O., 140306, India
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- Elettra Sincrotrone, Trieste S.C.p.A., S.S. 14 Km 163.5, Area Science Park, Basovizza, 34149 Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Physical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali, Sector 81, S. A. S. Nagar, Manauli, P.O., 140306, India
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- Theoretical Sciences Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Jakkur P.O., Bangalore, 560064, India.,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, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Jakkur P.O., Bangalore, 560064, India.,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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Mallick MM, Rösch AG, Franke L, Ahmed S, Gall A, Geßwein H, Aghassi J, Lemmer U. High-Performance Ag-Se-Based n-Type Printed Thermoelectric Materials for High Power Density Folded Generators. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2020; 12:19655-19663. [PMID: 32267668 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c01676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [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: 06/11/2023]
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High-performance Ag-Se-based n-type printed thermoelectric (TE) materials suitable for room-temperature applications have been developed through a new and facile synthesis approach. A high magnitude of the Seebeck coefficient up to 220 μV K-1 and a TE power factor larger than 500 μW m-1 K-2 for an n-type printed film are achieved. A high figure-of-merit ZT ∼0.6 for a printed material has been found in the film with a low in-plane thermal conductivity κF of ∼0.30 W m-1 K-1. Using this material for n-type legs, a flexible folded TE generator (flexTEG) of 13 thermocouples has been fabricated. The open-circuit voltage of the flexTEG for temperature differences of ΔT = 30 and 110 K is found to be 71.1 and 181.4 mV, respectively. Consequently, very high maximum output power densities pmax of 6.6 and 321 μW cm-2 are estimated for the temperature difference of ΔT = 30 K and ΔT = 110 K, respectively. The flexTEG has been demonstrated by wearing it on the lower wrist, which resulted in an output voltage of ∼72.2 mV for ΔT ≈ 30 K. Our results pave the way for widespread use in wearable devices.
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- Md Mofasser Mallick
- Light Technology Institute, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Light Technology Institute, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Light Technology Institute, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Light Technology Institute, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute for Applied Materials, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Light Technology Institute, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Institute of Microstructure Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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Yang G, Sang L, Li M, Kazi Nazrul Islam SM, Yue Z, Liu L, Li J, Mitchell DRG, Ye N, Wang X. Enhancing the Thermoelectric Performance of Polycrystalline SnSe by Decoupling Electrical and Thermal Transport through Carbon Fiber Incorporation. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2020; 12:12910-12918. [PMID: 32101408 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c00873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Thermoelectric (TE) materials have attracted extensive interest because of their ability to achieve direct heat-to-electricity conversion. They provide an appealing renewable energy source in a variety of applications by harvesting waste heat. The record-breaking figure of merit reported for single crystal SnSe has stimulated related research on its polycrystalline counterpart. Boosting the TE conversion efficiency requires increases in the power factor and decreases in thermal conductivity. It is still a big challenge, however, to optimize these parameters independently because of their complex interrelationships. Herein, we propose an innovative approach to decouple electrical and thermal transport by incorporating carbon fiber (CF) into polycrystalline SnSe. We show that the incorporation of highly conductive CF can successfully enhance the electrical conductivity, while greatly reducing the thermal conductivity of polycrystalline SnSe. As a result, a high TE figure-of-merit (zT) of 1.3 at 823 K is obtained in p-type SnSe/CF composite polycrystalline materials. Furthermore, SnSe samples incorporated with CFs exhibit superior mechanical properties, which are favorable for device fabrication applications. Our results indicate that the dispersion of CF can be a good way to greatly improve both TE and mechanical performance.
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- Guangsai Yang
- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, Australian Institute for Innovative Materials, University of Wollongong, North Wollongong, New South Wales 2500, Australia
- Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, PR China
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- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, Australian Institute for Innovative Materials, University of Wollongong, North Wollongong, New South Wales 2500, Australia
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, 2500 Australia
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- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, Australian Institute for Innovative Materials, University of Wollongong, North Wollongong, New South Wales 2500, Australia
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- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, Australian Institute for Innovative Materials, University of Wollongong, North Wollongong, New South Wales 2500, Australia
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- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, Australian Institute for Innovative Materials, University of Wollongong, North Wollongong, New South Wales 2500, Australia
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, 2500 Australia
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- Faculty of Materials Engineering, Shandong Jianzhu University, Jinan, Shandong 250101, PR China
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- Faculty of Materials Engineering, Shandong Jianzhu University, Jinan, Shandong 250101, PR China
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- Electron Microscopy Centre, Australian Institute for Innovative Materials, University of Wollongong, North Wollongong, New South Wales 2500, Australia
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- Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, PR China
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- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, Australian Institute for Innovative Materials, University of Wollongong, North Wollongong, New South Wales 2500, Australia
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, 2500 Australia
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Chen C, Xue W, Li S, Zhang Z, Li X, Wang X, Liu Y, Sui J, Liu X, Cao F, Ren Z, Chu CW, Wang Y, Zhang Q. Zintl-phase Eu 2ZnSb 2: A promising thermoelectric material with ultra low thermal conductivity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:2831-6. [PMID: 30718395 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1819157116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Zintl compounds are considered to be potential thermoelectric materials due to their "phonon glass electron crystal" (PGEC) structure. A promising Zintl-phase thermoelectric material, 2-1-2-type Eu2ZnSb2 (P63/mmc), was prepared and investigated. The extremely low lattice thermal conductivity is attributed to the external Eu atomic layers inserted in the [Zn2Sb2]2- network in the structure of 1-2-2-type EuZn2Sb2 [Formula: see text], as well as the abundant inversion domain boundary. By regulating the Zn deficiency, the electrical properties are significantly enhanced, and the maximum ZT value reaches ∼1.0 at 823 K for Eu2Zn0.98Sb2 Our discovery provides a class of Zintl thermoelectric materials applicable in the medium-temperature range.
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Gao W, Wang Z, Huang J, Liu Z. Extraordinary Thermoelectric Performance Realized in Hierarchically Structured AgSbSe 2 with Ultra low Thermal Conductivity. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2018; 10:18685-18692. [PMID: 29767496 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b03243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Thermoelectric conversion from low-grade heat to electricity is regarded as the highly reliable and environmentally friendly technology in energy-harvesting area. However, how to develop efficient thermoelectric materials using a simple fabrication method is still a critical challenge in thermoelectric community. Here, we first fabricate the high thermoelectric performance of Ca-doped AgSbSe2 with a hierarchical microstructure using a facile approach, namely, mechanical alloying (for only 30 min) and a quick hot-pressing method. The hierarchical microstructure, including point defects (atomic scale), dislocations, and nanoprecipitates (nanoscale) as well as grain boundaries (microscale), strongly scatters phonons with comparable sizes without deterioration of carrier mobility. Because of the higher carrier concentration of nanostructured AgSbSe2 than that of coarse-grain AgSbSe2, power factor can also be improved slightly after nanostructuring. Ca doping further optimizes the carrier concentration and creates the point-defect scattering of phonons, leading to the ultralow lattice thermal conductivity ∼0.27 W m-1 K-1 at 673 K and thus largely improving the peak ZT up to 1.2. The high thermoelectric performance in combination with a facile fabrication method highlights AgSbSe2-based materials as robust thermoelectric candidates for energy harvesting.
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- Department of Physics and TcSUH , University of Houston , Houston , Texas 77204 , United States
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Anharmonic lattice vibrations govern heat transfer in materials, and anharmonicity is commonly assumed to be dominant at high temperature. The textbook cubic ionic defect-free crystal CsCl is shown to have an unexplained low thermal conductivity at room temperature (ca. 1 W/(m K)), which increases to around 13 W/(m K) at 25 K. Through high-resolution X-ray diffraction it is unexpectedly shown that the Cs atomic displacement parameter becomes anharmonic at 20 K.
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- Mattia Sist
- Center for Materials Crystallography, Department of Chemistry and iNANO, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, 8000, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Center for Materials Crystallography, Department of Chemistry and iNANO, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, 8000, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Center for Materials Crystallography, Department of Chemistry and iNANO, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, 8000, Aarhus, Denmark.,Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, TIMS and CiRfSE, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, 305-8571, Japan
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- Center for Materials Crystallography, Department of Chemistry and iNANO, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, 8000, Aarhus, Denmark
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Gharleghi A, Chu YH, Lin FH, Yang ZR, Pai YH, Liu CJ. Optimization and Analysis of Thermoelectric Properties of Unfilled Co(1-x-y)Ni(x)Fe(y)Sb3 Synthesized via a Rapid Hydrothermal Procedure. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2016; 8:5205-15. [PMID: 26866463 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b09327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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A series of nanostructured co-doped Co(1-x-y)Ni(x)Fe(y)Sb3 were fabricated using a rapid hydrothermal method at 170 °C for a duration of 12 h, followed by evacuated-and-encapsulated heating at 580 °C for a short period of 5 h. The resulting samples were characterized using powder X-ray diffraction, field emission scanning electron microscopy, bulk density, electronic and thermal transport measurements. The power factor of Co(1-x-y)Ni(x)Fe(y)Sb3 is significantly enhanced in the high-temperature region due to significant enhancement of the electrical conductivity and absolute value of thermopower. The latter arises from the onset of bipolar effect being shifted to higher temperatures as compared with the non-doped CoSb3. The room temperature thermal conductivity falls in the range between 1.22 and 1.67 W m(-1) K(-1) for Co(1-x-y)Ni(x)Fe(y)Sb3. The thermal conductivity of both the (x,y) = (0.14,10) and (0.14,12) samples is measured up to 600 K and found to decrease with increasing temperature. The thermal conductivity of the (0.14,10) sample goes down to ∼1.02 W m(-1) K(-1). As a result, zT = 0.68 is attained at 600 K. The lattice thermal conductivity is analyzed to gain insight into the contribution of various scattering processes that suppress the heat transfer through the phonons in Co(1-x-y)Ni(x)Fe(y)Sb3. The effect of the simultaneous presence of Co, Ni, and Fe elements on the electronic structure and transport properties of Co(1-x-y)Ni(x)Fe(y)Sb3 is described using the quantum mechanical tunneling theory of electron transmission among the potential barriers.
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- Ahmad Gharleghi
- Department of Physics, National Changhua University of Education , Changhua 500, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Changhua University of Education , Changhua 500, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Changhua University of Education , Changhua 500, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Changhua University of Education , Changhua 500, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Changhua University of Education , Changhua 500, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Changhua University of Education , Changhua 500, Taiwan
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Yang L, Chen ZG, Hong M, Han G, Zou J. Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance of Nanostructured Bi2Te3 through Significant Phonon Scattering. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2015; 7:23694-9. [PMID: 26451626 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b07596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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N-type Bi2Te3 nanostructures were synthesized using a solvothermal method and in turn sintered using sparking plasma sintering. The sintered n-type Bi2Te3 pellets reserved nanosized grains and showed an ultralow lattice thermal conductivity (∼0.2 W m(-1) K(-1)), which benefits from high-density small-angle grain boundaries accommodated by dislocations. Such a high phonon scattering leads an enhanced ZT of 0.88 at 400 K. This study provides an efficient method to enhance thermoelectric performance of thermoelectric nanomaterials through nanostructure engineering, making the as-prepared n-type nanostructured Bi2Te3 as a promising candidate for room-temperature thermoelectric power generation and Peltier cooling.
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- Lei Yang
- Materials Engineering, The University of Queensland , Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Materials Engineering, The University of Queensland , Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Materials Engineering, The University of Queensland , Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Materials Engineering, The University of Queensland , Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Materials Engineering, The University of Queensland , Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
- Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, The University of Queensland , Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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