Synthesis and thermoelectric properties of Bi-doped SnSe thin films

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/ac11da

Abstract Bi doped n-type SnSe thin films were prepared by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and their structure and thermoelectric properties were studied. The x-ray diffraction patterns, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and microscopic images show that the prepared SnSe thin films were composed of pure SnSe crystals. The Seebeck coefficients of the Bi-doped SnSe were greatly improved compared to that of undoped SnSe thin films. Specifically, Sn_0.99Bi_0.01Se thin film exhibited a Seebeck coefficient of -905.8μV·K^-1 at 600 K, much higher than 285.5 μV·K^-1 of undoped SnSe thin film. Further first-principles calculations reveal that the enhancement of the thermoelectric properties can be explained mainly by the Fermi level lifting and the carrier pockets increasing near the Fermi level due to Bi doping in the SnSe samples. Our results suggest the potentials of the Bi-doped SnSe thin films in thermoelectric applications.

Keywords: SnSe thin films Bi doping thermoelectric properties Seebeck coefficient

Received: 16 February 2021
Revised: 19 June 2021
Accepted manuscript online: 07 July 2021

PACS:	63.20.dk	(First-principles theory)
	73.50.Lw	(Thermoelectric effects)
	68.35.bg	(Semiconductors)

Fund: Project supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2017YFB0405702) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51672179).

Corresponding Authors: Xi Zhang, Gang Xiang
E-mail: xizhang@scu.edu.cn;gxiang@scu.edu.cn

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Jun Pang(庞军), Xi Zhang(张析), Limeng Shen(申笠蒙), Jiayin Xu(徐家胤), Ya Nie(聂娅), and Gang Xiang(向钢) Synthesis and thermoelectric properties of Bi-doped SnSe thin films 2021 Chin. Phys. B 30 116302

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