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Thermoelectric properties of Cu-doped Cu2SnSe4 compounds

Zheng Li-Xian Hu Jian-Feng Luo Jun

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Thermoelectric properties of Cu-doped Cu2SnSe4 compounds

Zheng Li-Xian, Hu Jian-Feng, Luo Jun
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  • Cu2SnSe4 compound, as a non-toxic inexpensive thermoelectric material, has low thermal conductivity and adjustable conductivity, which promises to have a high-efficiency thermoelectric application in a medium-temperature range. The Cu-doped bulk samples of Cu2+xSnSe4 (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) compounds are synthesized by a fast method, i.e. by combining high energy ball milling with spark plasma sintering. In this work, the thermoelectric properties of Cu-doped Cu2SnSe4 compound are investigated. The experimental results reveal that the intrinsic vacancy at Cu/Sn site of Cu2SnSe4 can be completely filled by Cu (i.e. x = 1 in Cu2+xSnSe4). The crystal structures of all Cu2+xSnSe4 samples have the same space group F3m as that of the undoped Cu2SnSe4. The electrical conductivity of Cu2+xSnSe4 increases rapidly with the content of Cu doped at intrinsic vacancy increasing, concretely, it increases by two orders of magnitude and reaches a maximum value at x = 0.8. The increase in electrical conductivity results in the significant improvement in power factor. The observed results display that the increase in electrical conductivity is a nonlinear relationship with Cu-doping content in a range of 0 < x < 0.1, but is linearly related to the Cu-doping content in a range of 0.1 ≤ x ≤ 0.8. Meanwhile, the carrier (hole) concentration is observed to reach a maximum value at x = 0.2 and then slightly decreases at x = 0.8. The rapid increase in electrical conductivity with Cu-doping content increasing may be attributed to the intensifying of Cu-Se bond network that plays a dominant role in controlling hole transport in Cu2SnSe4. The carrier mobility also increases with the Cu-doping content increasing in the range of 0 ≤ x ≤ 0.8, which is in contrast to the common scenarios in thermoelectric materials that the carrier mobility decreases with the increase in the carrier concentration. Furthermore, the carrier transport mechanism of Cu2+xSnSe4 sample is revealed to be able to be described by the small polaron hopping model, which means the strong coupling between electron and phonon. The analysis of thermal conductivities of the Cu2+xSnSe4 samples reveals that the relationship between the electronic thermal conductivity and the electrical conductivity cannot be described by the classical Wiedemanmn-Franz law, which may be attributed to the formation of electron-phonon coupled small polaron. Therefore, the coupling between electron and phonon inside the Cu2+xSnSe4 structure strongly influences the behaviors of carrier transmission and thermal conductivity.
      Corresponding author: Hu Jian-Feng, jianfenghu@shu.edu.cn
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  • 图 1  Cu2SnSe4的晶体结构

    Figure 1.  Crystal structure of Cu2SnSe4.

    图 2  Cu2+xSnSe4 (x = 0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1)的(a) 室温XRD图谱、(b) 晶胞参数、(c) SEM和EDS元素分布图

    Figure 2.  (a) XRD patterns, (b) cell parameter and (c) SEM images and EDS mappings of the Cu2+xSnSe4 samples (x = 0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1) at room temperature.

    图 3  样品Cu2+xSnSe4 (x = 0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1)的(a) 电导率、(b) 小极化子模型拟合、(c) Seebeck系数和(d) 功率因子, 其中Re.代表文献[30]结果

    Figure 3.  Temperature dependence of (a) electrical conductivity, (b) the small polaron hopping model fitting, (c) Seebeck coefficient and (d) power factor (PF) for the samples of Cu2+xSnSe4 (x = 0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1). Re. represents the results of Ref [30]

    图 4  (a) Cu2+xSnSe4 (x = 0, 0.03[30], 0.06[30], 0.1[30], 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1)在323 K的电导率和极化子激活能 (插图为标记处放大图); (b) Cu2+xSnSe4部分样品的室温载流子浓度和迁移率

    Figure 4.  (a) Electrical conductivity and activation energy for the sample of Cu2+xSnSe4 (x = 0, 0.03[30], 0.06[30], 0.1[30], 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1) at 323 K; (b) carrier concentration and carrier mobility of Cu2+xSnSe4 at room temperature.

    图 5  样品Cu2+xSnSe4 (x = 0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1)的热导率随温度的变化

    Figure 5.  Temperature dependence of total thermal conductivity for the sample of Cu2+xSnSe4 (x = 0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1)

    图 6  样品Cu2+xSnSe4 (x = 0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1)的ZT随温度的变化

    Figure 6.  Temperature dependence of the figure of merit for the sample of Cu2+xSnSe4 (x = 0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1).

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    Sussardi A, Tanaka T, Khan A U 2015 J. Materiomics 1 196Google Scholar

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    Rowe D M 2005 Thermoelectrics Handbook: Macro to Nano (1st Ed.) (Boca Raton: CRC press) Chaper 1 pp3−6

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    Chasmar R P, Stratton R 1959 Int. J. Electron. 7 52Google Scholar

    [8]

    Rowe D M, Min G E 1998 J. Power Sources 73 193Google Scholar

    [9]

    Pan R, Yamei L, Jian H, et al. 2018 Inorg. Chem. Front. 5 2380Google Scholar

    [10]

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    Qiu P, Shi X, Chen L 2016 Energy Storage Mater. 3 85Google Scholar

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  • Received Date:  06 June 2020
  • Accepted Date:  09 August 2020
  • Available Online:  04 December 2020
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