Subjects: Physics >> Interdisciplinary Physics and Related Areas of Science and Technology submitted time 2018-03-30
Jian Zhang
Xiaoying Qin
Di Li
Chunjun Song
Xiaoguang Zhu
Yongfei Liu
Hongxing Xin
Li Chen
Tianhua Zou
Abstract： Gd-doped compounds CuGa1-xGdxTe2 (0x0.02) incorporated with tellurium nanoparticles are synthesized by fusion method. Their thermoelectric properties are investigated in the temperature range of 300-800K. The results indicate that the synergistic effect of Gd-doping and Te incorporation remarkably enhances the thermoelectric performance of CuGaTe2. Specially, the thermal conductivity of the specimen CuGa0.98Gd0.02Te2/0.7vol.%Te reduces to 0.45 Wm-1K-1 at 684K, which is ~74% smaller than that of pure CuGaTe2 (=1.76 Wm-1K-1 at 684K) due to the incorporation of nanostructure Te. The thermoelectric figure of merit value (ZT) reaches 0.75 at 737K for the specimen CuGa0.99Gd0.01Te2/0.7vol.%Te, which is ~115% larger than that of pure CuGaTe2.
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Subjects: Physics >> Interdisciplinary Physics and Related Areas of Science and Technology submitted time 2018-03-30
Abstract： CuGaTe2 based composites incorporated with graphite nanosheets(GNs) CuGaTe2/x G (G=GNs, 0x3.04 vol.%) were prepared, and the thermoelectric properties of the composites were studied from 300 to 875 K. The results show that the incorporation of GNs into the CuGaTe2 matrix can enhance the Seebeck coefficient and power factor over the whole temperature range investigated due to energy filtering effects, and the reduction of thermal conductivity below 750K owing to interface scattering. Although the resistivity increases, energy filtering significantly raises the Seebeck component, and the overall effect on power factor is positive. The sample with 2.28 vol.% GNs had the largest ZT value, reaching 0.93 at 873K, which is a ~21% improvement on pure CuGaTe2.
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