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中国物理学会期刊

GeBi2Te4基外延薄膜的点缺陷调控及热电性能优化

CSTR: 32037.14.aps.75.20251751

Point defect engineering and thermoelectric performance optimization of GeBi2Te4-based thin films

CSTR: 32037.14.aps.75.20251751
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  • GeBi2Te4基化合物作为Bi2Te3基化合物的衍生物, 具有低晶格热导率和高热电性能潜力. 缺陷结构调控是GeBi2Te4性能优化的有效途径, 然而缺陷结构的实验表征及其影响电输运的机制仍需实验来揭示. 为了解决这一难题, 本研究采用分子束外延技术在Al2O3(000l )衬底上成功制备出高结晶质量的GeBi2Te4(000l )基薄膜, 并开展了本征缺陷结构的实验研究. 结果发现, 增加Bi束流会抑制GeBi和TeBi反位缺陷的形成, 导致电子浓度呈现先增大后降低的趋势. Bi束流达到0.075 Å/s时将实现从GeBi2Te4向GeBi4Te7的物相转变. 此时, 薄膜保持高的迁移率(48.2 cm2·V–1·s–1), 同时获得高达1.35 × 105 S·m–1的电导率以及接近114 μV·K–1的Seebeck系数. 最终, GeBi4Te7薄膜在300 K和400 K分别获得了优异的功率因子, 达1.3 mW·m–1·K–2和1.7 mW·m–1·K–2, 是目前GeBi2Te4基材料体系报道的最好水平之一. 本研究为GeBi2Te4基材料的结构调控和性能优化提供了新思路.

     

    GeBi2Te4-based materials have attracted considerable attention for thermoelectric applications due to their low lattice thermal conductivity, which arises from complex crystal structures and cation disorder. Point defect engineering serves as an effective strategy for optimizing the thermoelectric performance of GeBi2Te4. However, experimental characterization of point defects and their influence on electrical transport properties still requires further investigation. To address this issue, this study successfully fabricated a series of highly crystalline GeBi2Te4 (000l )-based thin films on Al2O3 (000l ) substrates using the molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) technique. The Bi flux was systematically varied from 0.035 Å/s to 0.075 Å/s to investigate its role in tuning intrinsic point defects and inducing a possible phase transition. Scanning tunneling microscope (STM) measurements identified GeBi and TeBi antisite defects as the dominant point defects in GeBi2Te4. Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) is employed to probe the electronic band structure of GeBi2Te4 (000l) films, revealing linearly dispersive topological surface states across the bulk band gap and a Fermi level (EF) positioned within the conduction band. The electron density initially increased and subsequently decreased with increasing Bi flux, consistent with the EF shift trend observed by ARPES-likely due to the synergistic effect of p-type GeBi and n-type TeBi antisite defects. Moreover, when the Bi flux reached 0.075 Å/s, the film underwent a phase transition from GeBi2Te4 to GeBi4Te7. The optimized GeBi4Te7 thin film exhibited the highest room-temperature carrier mobility of 48.2 cm2·V–1·s–1 among all samples, achieving excellent power factors of 1.3 mW·m–1·K–2 at 300 K and 1.7 mW·m–1·K–2 at 400 K-among the highest values reported for GeBi2Te4-based materials. The key findings of this work lie in the direct visualization of intrinsic point defects and the discovery of high -performance GeBi4Te7 with a high carrier effective mass. These results demonstrate that point defect engineering combined with phase structure regulation is effective for optimizing carrier transport and electrical properties in both GeBi2Te4-based materials.

     

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