Thallium-Free Thermoelectric Materials with Extremely Low Thermal Conductivity

2007 ◽  
Vol 1044 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shinsuke Yamanaka ◽  
Ken Kurosaki ◽  
Anek Charoenphakdee ◽  
Hideaki Mastumoto ◽  
Hiroaki Muta
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Thermoelectric Properties ◽  
Thermoelectric Materials ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Low Thermal Conductivity ◽  
New Class ◽  
Thallium Compounds ◽  
Thallium Tellurides

AbstractWith the goal of developing high-performance bulk thermoelectric materials, we have characterized ternary silver thallium tellurides. The ternary silver thallium tellurides exhibit extremely low thermal conductivity (<0.5 Wm−1K−1) and consequently their thermoelectric performance is excellent. Although the extremely low thermal conductivity materials, as typified by the ternary silver thallium tellurides, would be a new class of next-generation thermoelectric materials, thallium compounds are unsuitable for practical application because of their toxicity. Against such a background, we are currently exploring thallium-free thermoelectric materials with extremely low thermal conductivity. In this paper, we will briefly summarize the thermoelectric properties of ternary thallium tellurides obtained in our group. Further experiments aimed at improving the ZT of these materials will be presented. Finally, we will propose two candidates: Ag8GeTe6 and Ga2Te3 as thallium-free low thermal conductivity materials.

Extremely Low Thermal Conductivity Substances as Novel Thermoelectric Materials

2005 ◽  
Vol 886 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shinsuke Yamanaka ◽  
Ken Kurosaki ◽  
Atsuko Kosuga ◽  
Keita Goto ◽  
Hiroaki Muta
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Thermoelectric Properties ◽  
Thermoelectric Materials ◽  
Figure Of Merit ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Thermoelectric Figure ◽  
Low Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Thallium Compounds ◽  
Thallium Tellurides

ABSTRACTWe have prepared polycrystalline bulk samples of various thallium compounds and measured their thermoelectric properties. The most remarkable point of the thermoelectric properties of the thallium compounds is the extremely low thermal conductivity. The state-of-the-art thermoelectric materials such as Bi2Te3 and TAGS materials indicate relatively low the thermal conductivity, around 1.5 W/m/K. However, the thermal conductivity of the thallium compounds is below 0.5 W/m/K; especially that of silver thallium tellurides is around 0.25 W/m/K at room temperature. This extremely low thermal conductivity leads a great advantage for an enhancement of the thermoelectric performance. In this paper, we report on the properties of some thallium compounds selected for study as novel thermoelectric materials. One of these compounds seems to have a thermoelectric figure of merit comparable to those of state-of-the-art materials.

Thermoelectric Properties of Zinc-Doped Cu5Sn2Se7 and Cu5Sn2Te7

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheryl Sturm ◽  
Leilane R. Macario ◽  
Takao Mori ◽  
Holger Kleinke
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Thermoelectric Properties ◽  
Thermoelectric Materials ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Waste Heat ◽  
Low Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Copper Chalcogenides

High-performance thermoelectric materials are currently being sought after to recycle waste heat. Copper chalcogenides in general are materials of great interest because of their naturally low thermal conductivity and readily...

Thermoelectric Properties of Ag-Tl-Te Ternary System

2005 ◽  
Vol 886 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ken Kurosaki ◽  
Atsuko Kosuga ◽  
Keita Goto ◽  
Hiroaki Muta ◽  
Shinsuke Yamanaka
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Ternary System ◽  
Thermoelectric Properties ◽  
Figure Of Merit ◽  
Ultrasonic Pulse ◽  
Thermoelectric Figure ◽  
Low Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Thallium Compounds ◽  
Thallium Tellurides ◽  
Pulse Echo

ABSTRACTWe have studied the thermoelectric properties of thallium compounds as novel thermoelectric materials. Especially, we focus on the Ag-Tl-Te ternary system, in which we found that Ag9TlTe5 exhibits an excellent thermoelectric figure of merit (ZT= 1.23) because of its extremely low thermal conductivity (around 0.22 Wm−1K−1). In this paper, we studied the thermal conductivity of four kinds of ternary silver thallium tellurides: AgTl3Te2, AgTlTe, Ag8Tl2Te5 and Ag9TlTe5, for which we found room temperature values of 0.39, 0.26, 0.14 and 0.21 Wm−1K−1, respectively. In order to understand the extremely low thermal conductivity, we performed an ultrasonic pulse echo measurement and evaluated some thermophysical properties.

Quadruple-layers group-IV tellurides: Low thermal conductivity and high performance two-dimensional thermoelectric materials

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qianglin Wei ◽  
Xueliang Zhu ◽  
Peng-Fei Liu ◽  
Yiyuan Wu ◽  
Jiangjiang Ma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Thermoelectric Properties ◽  
Thermoelectric Materials ◽  
First Principles ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Group Iv ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
First Principles Calculations ◽  
Low Thermal Conductivity

Through first-principles calculations, we report the thermoelectric properties of two-dimensional (2D) hexagonal group-IV tellurides XTe (X= Ge, Sn and Pb), with quadruple layers (QL) in Te-X-X-Te stackting sequence, as promising...

BaCu2Se2 based compounds as promising thermoelectric materials

2015 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 2285-2293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Li ◽  
Li-Dong Zhao ◽  
Jiehe Sui ◽  
David Berardan ◽  
Wei Cai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Electrical Conductivity ◽  
Thermoelectric Properties ◽  
Thermoelectric Materials ◽  
Low Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Na Doping

The thermoelectric properties of Na doped BaCu2Se2 were studied. The electrical conductivity of BaCu2Se2 was increased by 2 orders of magnitude through Na doping at the Ba sites, combined with a surprisingly low thermal conductivity; a ZT of 1.0 has been obtained for Ba0.925Na0.075Cu2Se2 at 773 K.

scholarly journals YCuTe2: a member of a new class of thermoelectric materials with CuTe4-based layered structure

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
pp. 2461-2472 ◽  
Author(s):  
Umut Aydemir ◽  
Jan-Hendrik Pöhls ◽  
Hong Zhu ◽  
Geoffroy Hautier ◽  
Saurabh Bajaj ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Layered Structure ◽  
Thermoelectric Materials ◽  
Low Thermal Conductivity ◽  
New Class

Intrinsically doped YCuxTe2 samples exhibit very low thermal conductivity (∼0.5 W m−1 K−1) with high zT ∼0.75 at 780 K.

scholarly journals Thermoelectric Properties of Thallium Compounds with Extremely Low Thermal Conductivity

2005 ◽  
Vol 46 (7) ◽  
pp. 1502-1505 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ken Kurosaki ◽  
Atsuko Kosuga ◽  
Hiroaki Muta ◽  
Shinsuke Yamanaka
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Thermoelectric Properties ◽  
Low Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Thallium Compounds

Recent Developments in Bulk Thermoelectric Materials

MRS Bulletin ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 199-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
George S. Nolas ◽  
Joe Poon ◽  
Mercouri Kanatzidis
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Thermoelectric Properties ◽  
Thermoelectric Materials ◽  
Carrier Transport ◽  
Heusler Alloys ◽  
Low Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Recent Developments

AbstractGood thermoelectric materials possess low thermal conductivity while maximizing electric carrier transport. This article looks at various classes of materials to understand their behavior and determine methods to modify or “tune” them to optimize their thermoelectric properties. Whether it is the use of “rattlers” in cage structures such as skutterudites, or mixed-lattice atoms such as the complex half-Heusler alloys, the ability to manipulate the thermal conductivity of a material is essential in optimizing its properties for thermoelectric applications.

Structure and Thermoelectric Properties of New Quaternary Tin and Lead Bismuth Selenides, K1+xM4-2xBi7+xSe15 (M = Sn, Pb) and K1+xSn5-xBi11+xSe22

2000 ◽  
Vol 626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antje Mrotzek ◽  
Kyoung-Shin Choi ◽  
Duck-Young Chung ◽  
Melissa A. Lane ◽  
John R. Ireland ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Single Crystal ◽  
Thermoelectric Properties ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Structure Type ◽  
Narrow Gap ◽  
Low Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Seebeck Coefficients ◽  
Metal Atoms ◽  
Anionic Framework

ABSTRACTWe present the structure and thermoelectric properties of the new quaternary selenides K1+xM4–2xBi7+xSe15 (M = Sn, Pb) and K1-xSn5-xBi11+xSe22. The compounds K1+xM4-2xBi7+xSe15 (M= Sn, Pb) crystallize isostructural to A1+xPb4-2xSb7+xSe15 with A = K, Rb, while K1-xSn5-xBi11+xSe22 reveals a new structure type. In both structure types fragments of the Bi2Te3-type and the NaCl-type are connected to a three-dimensional anionic framework with K+ ions filled tunnels. The two structures vary by the size of the NaCl-type rods and are closely related to β-K2Bi8Se13 and K2.5Bi8.5Se14. The thermoelectric properties of K1+xM4-2xBi7+xSe15 (M = Sn, Pb) and K1-xSn5-xBi11+xSe22 were explored on single crystal and ingot samples. These compounds are narrow gap semiconductors and show n-type behavior with moderate Seebeck coefficients. They have very low thermal conductivity due to an extensive disorder of the metal atoms and possible “rattling” K+ ions.

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