Improved thermoelectric performance in p-type Bi0.48Sb1.52Te3 bulk material by adding MnSb2Se4

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/26/1/017202

Abstract Bismuth telluride (Bi₂Te₃) based alloys, such as p-type Bi_0.5Sb_1.5Te₃, have been leading candidates for near room temperature thermoelectric applications. In this study, Bi_0.48Sb_1.52Te₃ bulk materials with MnSb₂Se₄ were prepared using high-energy ball milling and spark plasma sintering (SPS) process. The addition of MnSb₂Se₄ to Bi_0.48Sb_1.52Te₃ increased the hole concentration while slightly decreasing the Seebeck coefficient, thus optimising the electrical transport properties of the bulk material. In addition, the second phases of MnSb₂Se₄ and Bi_0.48Sb_1.52Te₃ were observed in the Bi_0.48Sb_1.52Te₃ matrix. The nanoparticles in the semi-coherent second phase of MnSb₂Se₄ behaved as scattering centres for phonons, yielding a reduction in the lattice thermal conductivity. Substantial enhancement of the figure of merit, ZT, has been achieved for Bi_0.48Sb_1.52Te₃ by adding an Mn_0.8Cu_0.2Sb₂Se₄ (2 mol%) sample, for a wide range of temperatures, with a peak value of 1.43 at 375 K, corresponding to ~40% improvement over its Bi_0.48Sb_1.52Te₃ counterpart. Such enhancement of the thermoelectric (TE) performance of p-type Bi₂Te₃ based materials is believed to be advantageous for practical applications.

Keywords: Bi_0.48Sb_1.52Te₃ thermoelectric materials semi-coherent second phase ZT enhancement

Received: 13 September 2016
Revised: 26 October 2016
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PACS:	72.15.Jf	(Thermoelectric and thermomagnetic effects)
	74.25.fg	(Thermoelectric effects)

Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51472052 and Y6J1421A41).

Corresponding Authors: Jikang Jian, Huaizhou Zhao
E-mail: jianjikang@126.com;hzhao@iphy.ac.cn

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Binglei Cao(曹丙垒), Jikang Jian(简基康), Binghui Ge(葛炳辉), Shanming Li(李善明), Hao Wang(王浩), Jiao Liu(刘骄), Huaizhou Zhao(赵怀周) Improved thermoelectric performance in p-type Bi_0.48Sb_1.52Te₃ bulk material by adding MnSb₂Se₄ 2017 Chin. Phys. B 26 017202

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