Grain boundary engineering strategy for simultaneously reducing the electron concentration and lattice thermal conductivity in n-type Bi2Te2.7Se0.3-based thermoelectric materialsopen access
- Authors
- Lee, Seunghyeok; Jung, Sung-Jin; Park, Gwang Min; Hong, Junpyo; Lee, Albert S.; Baek, Seung-Hyub; Kim, Heesuk; Park, Tae Joo; Kim, Jin-Sang; Kim, Seong Keun
- Issue Date
- Jul-2023
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Keywords
- Atomic layer deposition; Carrier concentration; Grain boundary engineering; N-type Bi2Te2.7Se0.3 (BTS); Thermoelectric materials
- Citation
- Journal of the European Ceramic Society, v.43, no.8, pp 3376 - 3382
- Pages
- 7
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- Journal of the European Ceramic Society
- Volume
- 43
- Number
- 8
- Start Page
- 3376
- End Page
- 3382
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/erica/handle/2021.sw.erica/112591
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2023.02.017
- ISSN
- 0955-2219
1873-619X
- Abstract
- This study demonstrates atomic layer deposition (ALD) of an extremely thin Al2O3 layer over n-type Bi2Te2.7Se0.3 to alleviate the adverse effects of multiple boundaries on their thermoelectric performance. Multiple boundaries reduce thermal conductivity (κ), but generate electrons, deviating from the optimum carrier concentration. Only one Al2O3 ALD cycle effectively suppresses Te volatilization at the grain boundaries, resulting in a decrease from 5.8 × 1019/cm3 to 3.6 × 1019/cm3 in the electron concentration. Concurrently, the one-cycle-Al2O3 coating produces fine grains, thus inducing numerous boundaries, ultimately suppressing the lattice κ from 0.64 to 0.33 W/m·K. A further increase in the number of Al2O3 cycles leads in a significant rise in the resistance, resulting in degradation of thermoelectric performance. Consequently, the ZT value is increased by 51 % as a result of Al2O3 coating with a single ALD cycle. Our approach offers new insights into the simultaneous reduction of the κ and electron concentration in n-type Bi2Te3-based materials. © 2023 The Authors
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