Journal of Inorganic Materials, Volume. 35, Issue 12, 1373(2020)

Optimization of Thermoelectric Transport Properties of Nb-doped Mo1-xWxSeTe Solid Solutions

Xingyuan ZHOU... Wei LIU*, Cheng ZHANG, Fuqiang HUA, Min ZHANG, Xianli SU and Xinfeng TANG* |Show fewer author(s)
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  • State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
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    XRD patterns of the prepared Mo1-xWxSeTe (0≤x≤0.5) solid solutions
    Temperature dependent lattice thermal conductivities of Mo1-xWxSeTe (0≤x≤0.5)
    Powder XRD patterns of the prepared Nb2yMo0.5-yW0.5-ySeTe (0≤y≤0.035) solid solutions
    Temperature dependence of (a) electrical conductivity s, (b) Seebeck coefficient S and (c) power factor PF of Nb2yMo0.5-yW0.5-ySeTe (0≤y≤0.035) solid solutions with inset in (a) showing the impurity states introduced by the Nb doping.
    Pisarenko plots for Nb2yMo0.5-yW0.5-ySeTe (0≤y≤0.035) samples compared with the reported data
    Temperature dependent (a) thermal conductivity κ, (b) lattice thermal conductivity κL and (c) figure of merit ZT for Nb2yMo0.5-yW0.5-ySeTe (0≤y≤0.035) solid solutions
    Powder XRD patterns of the prepared Mo1-xWxSeTe (x=0.75 and 1)
    SEM fractured surface morphologies of Mo1-xWxSeTe
    Temperature dependence of (a, d) electrical conductivity σ, (b, e) Seebeck coefficient S, and (c, f) thermal conductivity κ of Mo1-xWxSeTe solid solutions (0≤x≤0.5) measured along the ⊥P and //P directions
    Temperature dependence of (a) electrical conductivity σ, (b) Seebeck coefficient S, (c) power factor PF, (d) thermal conductivity κ, (e) lattice thermal conductivity κL and (f) the ZT values of Nb2yMo0.5-yW0.5-ySeTe (0≤y≤0.035) solid solutions measured along the //P direction
    Comparison of thermoelectric properties along ⊥p and //P directions among Nb2yMo0.5-yW0.5-ySeTe solid solutions with y=0.015 and 0.025 as well as Nb0.05Mo0.95SeTe and Ta0.05Mo0.95Se2 in the previous reports
    • Table 1. 1 Compositions, cell parameters and optical band gaps of Mo1-xWxSeTe (0≤x≤0.5) solid solutions

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      Table 1. 1 Compositions, cell parameters and optical band gaps of Mo1-xWxSeTe (0≤x≤0.5) solid solutions

      SampleActual compositionLattice parameters/nmEg/eV
      x=0MoSe1.02Te1.04a=0.35, c=1.3671.030
      x=0.25Mo0.74W0.25Se0.9Te0.96a=0.3512, c=1.3751.005
      x=0.5Mo0.54W0.46Se0.93Te0.94a=0.3.5, c=1.3710.998
    • Table 1. Compositions and transport parameters of Nb2yMo0.5-yW0.5-ySeTe (0≤y≤0.035) solid solutions at room temperature

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      Table 1. Compositions and transport parameters of Nb2yMo0.5-yW0.5-ySeTe (0≤y≤0.035) solid solutions at room temperature

      SampleActual compositionp/(×1020, cm-3)μ/(cm2·V-1·s-1)σ/(×104, S·m-1)S/(μV·K-1)
      ⊥P//P⊥P//P⊥P//P
      y=0Mo0.54W0.46Se0.93Te0.940.160.790.260.020.0122.442.0
      y=0.005Mo0.53W0.47Se0.99Te1.091.531.371.320.330.3217.215.1
      y=0.015Nb0.03Mo0.51W0.46Se0.93Te0.965.962.952.522.822.4010293.1
      y=0.025Nb0.04Mo0.44W0.52Se0.97Te0.956.615.454.805.765.0765.970.9
      y=0.035Nb0.05Mo0.51W0.43Se0.90Te0.867.635.724.296.985.2453.252.0
    • Table 2. 2 LF factors of Mo1-xWxSeTe (0≤x≤0.5) solid solutions

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      Table 2. 2 LF factors of Mo1-xWxSeTe (0≤x≤0.5) solid solutions

      SampleP0PLF
      x=00.310.710.58
      x=0.250.300.540.34
      x=0.50.290.450.23
    • Table 3. 3 Compositions and cell parameters of Nb2yMo0.5-yW0.5-ySeTe (0≤y≤0.035) solid solutions

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      Table 3. 3 Compositions and cell parameters of Nb2yMo0.5-yW0.5-ySeTe (0≤y≤0.035) solid solutions

      SampleActual compositionLattice parameters/nm
      Mo0.5W0.5SeTeMo0.54W0.46Se0.93Te0.94a=0.350, c=1.371
      Nb0.01Mo0.495W0.495SeTeMo0.53W0.47Se0.99Te1.09a=0.351, c=1.371
      Nb0.03Mo0.485W0.485SeTeNb0.03Mo0.51W0.46Se0.93Te0.96a=0.351, c=1.370
      Nb0.05Mo0.475W0.475SeTeNb0.04Mo0.44W0.52Se0.97Te0.95a=0.352, c=1.371
      Nb0.07Mo0.465W0.465SeTeNb0.05Mo0.51W0.43Se0.90Te0.86a=0.352, c=1.371
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    Xingyuan ZHOU, Wei LIU, Cheng ZHANG, Fuqiang HUA, Min ZHANG, Xianli SU, Xinfeng TANG. Optimization of Thermoelectric Transport Properties of Nb-doped Mo1-xWxSeTe Solid Solutions[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2020, 35(12): 1373

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    Category: RESEARCH PAPER

    Received: Mar. 16, 2020

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Mar. 10, 2021

    The Author Email: LIU Wei (w.liu@whut.edu.cn), TANG Xinfeng (tangxf@whut.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.15541/jim20200135

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