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Chin. Phys. B, 2018, Vol. 27(4): 048402    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/27/4/048402
Special Issue: SPECIAL TOPIC — Recent advances in thermoelectric materials and devices
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Graphene-enhanced thermoelectric properties of p-type skutterudites

Dandan Qin(秦丹丹)1, Yuan Liu(刘嫄)2,3, Xianfu Meng(孟宪福)1, Bo Cui(崔博)2, Yaya Qi(祁亚亚)2, Wei Cai(蔡伟)2, Jiehe Sui(隋解和)1
1. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China;
2. Department of Physics and TcSUH, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA;
3. Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC, Melrose Park, IL 60160, USA
Abstract  Nanocomposite is proved to be an effective method to improve thermoelectric performance. In the present study, graphene is introduced into p-type skutterudite La0.8Ti0.1Ga0.1Fe3CoSb12 by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) method to form skutterudite/graphene nanocomposites. It is demonstrated that the graphene has no obvious effect on the electrical conductivity of La0.8Ti0.1Ga0.1Fe3CoSb12, but the Seebeck coefficient is slightly improved at high temperature, thereby leading to high power factor. Furthermore, due to the enhancement of phonon scattering by the graphene, the lattice thermal conductivity is reduced significantly. Ultimately, the maximum zT value of La0.8Ti0.1Ga0.1Fe3CoSb12/graphene is higher than that of graphene-free alloy and reaches to 1.0 at 723 K. Such an approach raised by us enriches prospects for future practical application.
Keywords:  skutterudites      graphene      nanocomposites      thermoelectric properties  
Received:  15 January 2018      Revised:  08 March 2018      Accepted manuscript online: 
PACS:  84.60.Rb (Thermoelectric, electrogasdynamic and other direct energy conversion)  
  72.15.Jf (Thermoelectric and thermomagnetic effects)  
  77.84.Cg (PZT ceramics and other titanates)  
  81.20.-n (Methods of materials synthesis and materials processing)  
Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51622101, 51771065, and 51471061).
Corresponding Authors:  Jiehe Sui     E-mail:  suijiehe@hit.edu.cn

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Dandan Qin(秦丹丹), Yuan Liu(刘嫄), Xianfu Meng(孟宪福), Bo Cui(崔博), Yaya Qi(祁亚亚), Wei Cai(蔡伟), Jiehe Sui(隋解和) Graphene-enhanced thermoelectric properties of p-type skutterudites 2018 Chin. Phys. B 27 048402

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