Journal of Inorganic Materials, Volume. 34, Issue 3, 315(2019)

High Thermoelectric Performance of SnTe from the Disproportionation of SnO

Hui-Shan HU, Jun-You YANG, Ji-Wu XIN, Si-Hui LI, Qing-Hui JIANG, [in Chinese], [in Chinese], [in Chinese], [in Chinese], and [in Chinese]
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  • State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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    PbTe-based compositions are considered as excellent thermoelectric materials for the mid-temperature. However, the toxicity of lead limits its wide application. SnTe compounds, an analogue of PbTe, has attracted much attention. However, its ultrahigh carrier concentration and the large lattice thermal conductivity leads to a low ZT value of SnTe. In this work,thethermoelectric performance of SnTe is synergistically enhanced by introduction of Sn and SnO2 from the disproportionation of SnO in the process of the hot press sintering. On the one hand, Sn can compensate the Sn vacancies and decrease the carrier concentration of SnTe, leading to a simultaneous enhancement on resistivity and the Seebeck coefficient. For instance, compared with the pristine SnTe, resistivity and the Seebeck coefficient increases from 6.5μΩ•m to 10.5μΩ•m and from 105μV•K-1 to 146μV•K-1,respectively, for the sample of SnTe-6mol% SnO at 873K. On the other hand, in-situ generated SnO2 nanoparticles are dispersedly distributed on the grain boundaries, leading to the multiscale phonon scattering and the reduced lattice thermal conductivity. The minimum lattice thermal conductivity value is 0.6 W•m-1•K-1 for the sample SnTe-6mol% SnO at 873K, which is ~33% reduction compared with that of the pristine SnTe. As a result, the maximum ZT value of 0.96 (~100% enhancement, compared with that of the pristine SnTe) at 873K is achieved for the sample SnTe-6mol% SnO.

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    Hui-Shan HU, Jun-You YANG, Ji-Wu XIN, Si-Hui LI, Qing-Hui JIANG, [in Chinese], [in Chinese], [in Chinese], [in Chinese], [in Chinese]. High Thermoelectric Performance of SnTe from the Disproportionation of SnO[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2019, 34(3): 315

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    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Jun. 28, 2018

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Sep. 26, 2021

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    DOI:10.15541/jim20180288

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