Nanowires exhibit excellent thermoelectric performance,due to the stronger quantum confinement and phonon scattering effect compared to bulk materials.However,it is a challenge to accurately evaluate the thermoelectri...Nanowires exhibit excellent thermoelectric performance,due to the stronger quantum confinement and phonon scattering effect compared to bulk materials.However,it is a challenge to accurately evaluate the thermoelectric performance of nanowires.In this paper,the thermoelectric properties of an individual suspended Sb_(2)Se_(3) nanowire have been characterized by comprehensive T-type method,including thermal conductivity,electrical conductivity,Seebeck coefficient and figure of merit.The thermal conductivity increases from 0.57 W/(m·K)to 3.69 W/(m·K)with temperature increasing from 80 K to 320 K.The lattice vibration dominates the heat conduction process,and due to its flawless crystal structure,the thermal conductivity is not lower than the reported values of bulk Sb_(2)Se_(3).The electrical conductivity increases from 7.83 S/m to 688 S/m in the temperature range of 50 K–320 K,which is a great improvement compared with the corresponding bulk value.At 294 K,the Seebeck coefficient of the Sb_(2)Se_(3) nanowire is–1120μV/K and the corresponding figure of merit is 0.064.展开更多
基金the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2020YFA0715000)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(Grant Nos.52127816 and 52176078)。
文摘Nanowires exhibit excellent thermoelectric performance,due to the stronger quantum confinement and phonon scattering effect compared to bulk materials.However,it is a challenge to accurately evaluate the thermoelectric performance of nanowires.In this paper,the thermoelectric properties of an individual suspended Sb_(2)Se_(3) nanowire have been characterized by comprehensive T-type method,including thermal conductivity,electrical conductivity,Seebeck coefficient and figure of merit.The thermal conductivity increases from 0.57 W/(m·K)to 3.69 W/(m·K)with temperature increasing from 80 K to 320 K.The lattice vibration dominates the heat conduction process,and due to its flawless crystal structure,the thermal conductivity is not lower than the reported values of bulk Sb_(2)Se_(3).The electrical conductivity increases from 7.83 S/m to 688 S/m in the temperature range of 50 K–320 K,which is a great improvement compared with the corresponding bulk value.At 294 K,the Seebeck coefficient of the Sb_(2)Se_(3) nanowire is–1120μV/K and the corresponding figure of merit is 0.064.
