Journal of Inorganic Materials, Volume. 39, Issue 11, 1283(2024)

Single- and Two-band Transport Properties Crossover in Bi2Te3 Based Thermoelectrics

Yuting MENG... Xuemei WANG, Shuxian ZHANG, Zhiwei CHEN* and Yanzhong PEI* |Show fewer author(s)
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  • Interdisciplinary Materials Research Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, China
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    Crystal structure of Bi2Te2.7Se0.3
    XRD patterns of powder (a) and single crystal (b) specimens for Bi1.99Ag0.01Te3, Bi2Te2.7Se0.3 and Bi2Te2.697Se0.3I0.003
    Two-band model for n- and p-type Bi2Te3[24,40 -41] at room temperatureSeebeck coefficient (a, c) and Hall mobility (b, d) along the in-plane direction with respect to the Hall coefficient and Hall carrier concentration; Colorful figures are available on website
    Two-band model for n- and p-type Bi2Te2.7Se0.3 at room temperature with different mobility ratiosSeebeck coefficient (a, c) and Hall mobility (b, d) along the in-plane direction[42⇓⇓⇓⇓⇓⇓-49] (circles) and random-orientation[50⇓⇓-53] (stars) with respect to the Hall coefficient and Hall carrier concentration, respectively; Varying thicknesses of the lines represents two-band curves simulated with different ratios of mobility for conduction and valence bands; Colorful figures are available on website
    Room-temperature Seebeck coefficient (a), total thermal conductivity (b), power factor (c), and zT (d) for n- and p-type Bi2Te2.7Se0.3 (along the in-plane direction[42⇓⇓⇓⇓⇓⇓-49] and random-orientation[50⇓⇓-53]) as a function of electrical conductivity, along with the estimation by single-band (dashed lines) and two-band (solid lines) modelsColorful figures are available on website
    • Table 1.

      Parameters used in the two-band model for Bi2Te3 and Bi2Te2.7Se0.3

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      Table 1.

      Parameters used in the two-band model for Bi2Te3 and Bi2Te2.7Se0.3

      ParameterBi2Te3Bi2Te2.7Se0.3
      Eg/eV0.14[24]0.21[24]
      μ0,VB,300 K/(cm2·V-1·s-1)369265
      μ0,CB,300 K/(cm2·V-1·s-1)487214
      ΞVB/eV11.512.5
      ΞCB/eV1013.8
      Nv,VB66
      Nv,CB66
      md*,VB/me1.06[24,40 -41]1.4[42]
      md*,CB/me1.06[24,41]1.4[43-49]
      κL,300 K/(W·m-1·K-1)-0.9
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    Yuting MENG, Xuemei WANG, Shuxian ZHANG, Zhiwei CHEN, Yanzhong PEI. Single- and Two-band Transport Properties Crossover in Bi2Te3 Based Thermoelectrics [J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2024, 39(11): 1283

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    Received: Apr. 2, 2024

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jan. 21, 2025

    The Author Email: CHEN Zhiwei (14czw@tongji.edu.cn), PEI Yanzhong (yanzhong@tongji.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.15541/jim20240165

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