Thermoelectric power generation represents a class of energy conversion technology,which has been used in power supply of aeronautic and astronautic exploring missions,now showing notable advantages to harvest the wid...Thermoelectric power generation represents a class of energy conversion technology,which has been used in power supply of aeronautic and astronautic exploring missions,now showing notable advantages to harvest the widely distributed waste heat and convert the abundant solar energy into electricity at lower cost than Si based photovoltaic technology.Thermoelectric dimensionless figure of merit ZT plays a key role in the conversion efficiency from thermal to electrical energy.Low thermal conductivity and large Seebeck coefficient make the AgSbTe 2 compound a very promising candidate for high efficiency p-type thermoelectric applications.The AgSbTe2-based thermoelectric system has been repeatedly studied as prospective thermoelectric materials.In this review,we firstly clarify some fundamental tradeoffs dictating the ZT value through the relationship ZT =S 2 σT/κ.We also pay special attentions to the recent advances in AgSbTe2 based thermoelectric materials.Finally,we provide an outlook of new directions in this filed.展开更多
Ternary semiconducting AgSbTe2 nanowire arrays were synthesized for the first time by using the direct-current electrodeposition technique.X-ray diffraction,scanning electron microscopy,energy dispersive spectrometry,...Ternary semiconducting AgSbTe2 nanowire arrays were synthesized for the first time by using the direct-current electrodeposition technique.X-ray diffraction,scanning electron microscopy,energy dispersive spectrometry,and transmission electron microscopy analyses indicate that the nanowire arrays are high filling,ordered,single crystalline and the nanowires have a highly preferential orientation grown along the[100]direction.Annealing studies show that compared with other temperatures,annealing at 100°C can significantly increase the crystallinity of AgSbTe2 nanowires.The optical absorbance spectra of the AgSbTe2 nanowire arrays show that the optical band gap has a strong blue shift with decreasing the diameter of the nanowire.展开更多
Polycrystalline p-type Ag 0.9 Sb 1.1 x Mn x Te 2.05（x = 0.05,0.10,and 0.20） compounds have been prepared by a combined process of melt-quenching and spark plasma sintering.The sample composition of Ag 0.9 Sb 1.1 x M...Polycrystalline p-type Ag 0.9 Sb 1.1 x Mn x Te 2.05（x = 0.05,0.10,and 0.20） compounds have been prepared by a combined process of melt-quenching and spark plasma sintering.The sample composition of Ag 0.9 Sb 1.1 x Mn x Te 2.05 has been specially designed in order to achieve the doping effect by replacing part of Sb with Mn and to present the uniformly dispersed Ag 2 Te phase in the matrix by adding insufficient Te,which is beneficial for optimizing the electrical transport properties and enhancing the phonon scattering effect.All the samples have the NaCl-type structure according to our X-ray powder diffraction analysis.After the treatment of spark plasma sintering,only the sample with x = 0.20 has a small amount of MnTe 2 impurities.The thermal analysis indicates that a tiny amount of Ag 2 Te phase exists in all these samples.The presence of the MnTe 2 impurity with high resistance and high thermal conductivity leads to the deteriorative thermoelectric performance of the sample with x = 0.20 due to the decreased electrical transport properties and the increased thermal conductivity.In contrast,the sample with x = 0.10 exhibits enhanced thermoeletric properties due to the Mn-doping effect.A dimensionless thermoelectric figure of merit of 1.2 is attained for the sample with x = 0.10 at 573 K,showing promising thermoelectric properties in the medium temperature range.展开更多
文摘Thermoelectric power generation represents a class of energy conversion technology,which has been used in power supply of aeronautic and astronautic exploring missions,now showing notable advantages to harvest the widely distributed waste heat and convert the abundant solar energy into electricity at lower cost than Si based photovoltaic technology.Thermoelectric dimensionless figure of merit ZT plays a key role in the conversion efficiency from thermal to electrical energy.Low thermal conductivity and large Seebeck coefficient make the AgSbTe 2 compound a very promising candidate for high efficiency p-type thermoelectric applications.The AgSbTe2-based thermoelectric system has been repeatedly studied as prospective thermoelectric materials.In this review,we firstly clarify some fundamental tradeoffs dictating the ZT value through the relationship ZT =S 2 σT/κ.We also pay special attentions to the recent advances in AgSbTe2 based thermoelectric materials.Finally,we provide an outlook of new directions in this filed.
基金Supported by the Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation under Grant No 11040606M52the National High Tech-nology Research and Development Program of China Grant No 2013AA065502.
文摘Ternary semiconducting AgSbTe2 nanowire arrays were synthesized for the first time by using the direct-current electrodeposition technique.X-ray diffraction,scanning electron microscopy,energy dispersive spectrometry,and transmission electron microscopy analyses indicate that the nanowire arrays are high filling,ordered,single crystalline and the nanowires have a highly preferential orientation grown along the[100]direction.Annealing studies show that compared with other temperatures,annealing at 100°C can significantly increase the crystallinity of AgSbTe2 nanowires.The optical absorbance spectra of the AgSbTe2 nanowire arrays show that the optical band gap has a strong blue shift with decreasing the diameter of the nanowire.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11144002 and 51172276)
文摘Polycrystalline p-type Ag 0.9 Sb 1.1 x Mn x Te 2.05（x = 0.05,0.10,and 0.20） compounds have been prepared by a combined process of melt-quenching and spark plasma sintering.The sample composition of Ag 0.9 Sb 1.1 x Mn x Te 2.05 has been specially designed in order to achieve the doping effect by replacing part of Sb with Mn and to present the uniformly dispersed Ag 2 Te phase in the matrix by adding insufficient Te,which is beneficial for optimizing the electrical transport properties and enhancing the phonon scattering effect.All the samples have the NaCl-type structure according to our X-ray powder diffraction analysis.After the treatment of spark plasma sintering,only the sample with x = 0.20 has a small amount of MnTe 2 impurities.The thermal analysis indicates that a tiny amount of Ag 2 Te phase exists in all these samples.The presence of the MnTe 2 impurity with high resistance and high thermal conductivity leads to the deteriorative thermoelectric performance of the sample with x = 0.20 due to the decreased electrical transport properties and the increased thermal conductivity.In contrast,the sample with x = 0.10 exhibits enhanced thermoeletric properties due to the Mn-doping effect.A dimensionless thermoelectric figure of merit of 1.2 is attained for the sample with x = 0.10 at 573 K,showing promising thermoelectric properties in the medium temperature range.
