摘要
热电材料可有效回收废热并将其转化为电能,然而转换效率受复杂耦合热电参数的限制。高效热电材料需要具有优异的电传输和良好的隔热性能。具有类金刚石结构的Cu2SnSe3是一种潜在的中温区热电材料,本研究通过在Sn位和Cu引入Ag离子,分别获得了高电传输相Cu2Sn0.93Ag0.07Se3和低热传输相Cu1.91Ag0.09SnSe3,然后通过机械混合和烧结制备了Cu2Sn0.93Ag0.07Se3和Cu1.91Ag0.09SnSe3两相复合的材料。利用两相材料的晶体结构相同和晶格常数匹配的特点,在高温段有效地协同调控了Cu2SnSe3材料的电输运和热输运性能,从而使材料的高温热电性能得到优化,用有效介质理论很好地描述了高性能的两相复合材料的电和热传输行为。
Thermoelectric materials enable the direct inter-conversion between electrical energy and thermal energy.However, the conversion efficiency is limited by complex interdependent thermoelectric parameters, while the high performance thermoelectrics should simultaneously possess excellent electrical transport properties and poor thermal conductivities. The diamond-like compound Cu2 SnSe3 is a promising middle-temperature thermoelectric material. In this work, the phase(Cu2 Sn0.93 Ag0.07 Se3) with excellent electrical transport properties and the phase(Cu1.91 Ag0.09 SnSe3)with poor thermal conductivities were obtained just through Ag doping on the Sn and Cu sites, respectively. Meanwhile, their Seebeck coefficients were also quite different. To combine their advantages, the composites of Cu2 Sn0.93 Ag0.07 Se3 and Cu1.91 Ag0.09 SnSe3 were fabricated through mechanical mixing and sintering. Benefited from the same crystal structure and the similar lattice parameters for these two phases, the small-mismatch phase interface is supposed to scatter phonons with little influence to the electrons, especially at high temperature. Therefore, the thermoelectric performance is improved due to the synergistically optimized electrical and thermal transport properties,which are well supported by the effective media theory for the composite.
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