中国物理B ›› 2018, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (4): 47206-047206.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/27/4/047206

所属专题: TOPICAL REVIEW — Recent advances in thermoelectric materials and devices

• TOPIC REVIEW—Thermal and thermoelectric properties of nano materials • 上一篇    下一篇

Multinary diamond-like chalcogenides for promising thermoelectric application

Dan Zhang(张旦), Hong-Chang Bai(白洪昌), Zhi-Liang Li(李志亮), Jiang-Long Wang(王江龙), Guang-Sheng Fu(傅广生), Shu-Fang Wang(王淑芳)   

  1. Hebei Key Laboratory of Optic-Electronic Information and Materials, College of Physics Science and Technology, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China
  • 收稿日期:2017-11-30 修回日期:2018-01-03 出版日期:2018-04-05 发布日期:2018-04-05
  • 通讯作者: Shu-Fang Wang E-mail:sfwang@hbu.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:

    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51372064 and 61704044) and the Key Project of the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province, China (Grant No. E2017201227).

Multinary diamond-like chalcogenides for promising thermoelectric application

Dan Zhang(张旦), Hong-Chang Bai(白洪昌), Zhi-Liang Li(李志亮), Jiang-Long Wang(王江龙), Guang-Sheng Fu(傅广生), Shu-Fang Wang(王淑芳)   

  1. Hebei Key Laboratory of Optic-Electronic Information and Materials, College of Physics Science and Technology, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China
  • Received:2017-11-30 Revised:2018-01-03 Online:2018-04-05 Published:2018-04-05
  • Contact: Shu-Fang Wang E-mail:sfwang@hbu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:

    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51372064 and 61704044) and the Key Project of the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province, China (Grant No. E2017201227).

摘要:

Thermoelectric (TE) materials have been considered as a strong candidate for recovering the waste heat from industry and vehicles due to the ability to convert heat directly into electricity. Recently, multinary diamond-like chalcogenides (MDLCs), such as CuInTe2, Cu2SnSe3, Cu3SbSe4, Cu2ZnSnSe4, etc., are eco-friendly Pb-free TE materials with relatively large Seebeck coefficient and low thermal conductivity and have aroused intensive research as a popular theme in the TE field. In this review, we summarize the TE performance and device development of MDLCs. The features of crystalline and electronic structure are first analyzed, and then the strategies that have emerged to enhance the TE figure of merits of these materials are illustrated in detail. The final part of this review describes the advance in TE device research for MDLCs. In the outlook, the challenges and future directions are also discussed to promote the further development of MDLCs TE materials.

关键词: thermoelectric, multinary diamond-like chancogenides, decoupling, electrical and thermal transport properties

Abstract:

Thermoelectric (TE) materials have been considered as a strong candidate for recovering the waste heat from industry and vehicles due to the ability to convert heat directly into electricity. Recently, multinary diamond-like chalcogenides (MDLCs), such as CuInTe2, Cu2SnSe3, Cu3SbSe4, Cu2ZnSnSe4, etc., are eco-friendly Pb-free TE materials with relatively large Seebeck coefficient and low thermal conductivity and have aroused intensive research as a popular theme in the TE field. In this review, we summarize the TE performance and device development of MDLCs. The features of crystalline and electronic structure are first analyzed, and then the strategies that have emerged to enhance the TE figure of merits of these materials are illustrated in detail. The final part of this review describes the advance in TE device research for MDLCs. In the outlook, the challenges and future directions are also discussed to promote the further development of MDLCs TE materials.

Key words: thermoelectric, multinary diamond-like chancogenides, decoupling, electrical and thermal transport properties

中图分类号:  (Thermoelectric and thermomagnetic effects)

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