Rational design from materials to devices enables an efficiency of 10.5% based on thermoelectric (Bi, Sb)2Te3 and Mg3(Bi, Sb)2 for power generation

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Publication Date 2023-12-07
DOI 10.1039/D3EE03411A
Impact Factor 38.532
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Yuxin Sun, Yuke Zhu, Hao Wu, Nuo Qu, Liangjun Xie, Jianbo Zhu, Zihang Liu, Qian Zhang, Wei Cai, Fengkai Guo, Jiehe Sui


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Abstract

p-Type (Bi, Sb)2Te3 is the most excellent thermoelectric material near room temperature; however, the drastically declined performance makes it incapable of coping with low-grade waste heat recovery scenarios above 500 K. Herein, firstly, a great advance in thermoelectric performance is realized through reasonable composition control and microstructure design, including lithium acceptor doping to improve the electrical transport performance and subsequent Te addition to suppress the donor-like effect to further fine-tune the power factor, as well as the construction of dispersed nanopores, which leads to very low thermal conductivity. As a result, a highly competitive ZT of 1.42 at 373 K and a ZTave of 1.23 from 303 K to 523 K are achieved concurrently. Secondly, (Bi, Sb)2Te3 and its higher-temperature analogue Sb2Te3 are organized in a segmented structure by one-step sintering to broaden the temperature range. Similarly, optimized Mg3(Sb, Bi)2 materials with different high-performance temperature ranges are used to prepare the n-type segmented leg. Finally, a 2-pair module is fabricated, showing an efficiency of up to 10.5% and a power density of 0.53 W cm−2 with a temperature difference of 380 K. This work provides robust evidence for the high potential of (Bi, Sb)2Te3/Mg3(Bi, Sb)2 segmented modules for waste heat recovery.

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