Departmental Papers (MSE)
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Journal Article
Date of this Version
5-19-2009
Abstract
Chalcopyritelike quaternary chalcogenides, Cu(2)ZnSnQ(4) (Q=S,Se), were investigated as an alternative class of wide-band-gap p-type thermoelectric materials. Their distorted diamondlike structure and quaternary compositions are beneficial to lowering lattice thermal conductivities. Meanwhile, partial substitution of Cu for Zn creates more charge carriers and conducting pathways via the CuQ(4) network, enhancing electrical conductivity. The power factor and the figure of merit (ZT) increase with the temperature, making these materials suitable for high temperature applications. For Cu(2.1)Zn(0.9)SnQ(4), ZT reaches about 0.4 at 700 K, rising to 0.9 at 860 K.
Keywords
ELECTRONIC-STRUCTURE, THIN-FILMS, SN, SEMICONDUCTOR, TRANSPORT, CRYSTAL, SYSTEM
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Date Posted: 15 July 2009
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A wide-band-gap p-type thermoelectric material based on quaternary chalcogenides of Cu[sub 2]ZnSnQ[sub 4] (Q = S,Se) Min-Ling Liu, Fu-Qiang Huang, Li-Dong Chen, and I-Wei Chen, Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 202103 (2009), DOI:10.1063/1.3130718
Publisher URL: http://link.aip.org/link/?APPLAB/94/202103/1