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Understanding of the Extremely Low Thermal Conductivity in High-Performance Polycrystalline SnSe through Potassium Doping
Yue-Xing Chen,Zhen-Hua Ge,Zhen-Hua Ge,Meijie Yin,Dan Feng,Xueqin Huang,Wenyu Zhao,Jiaqing He +7 more
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In this article, the electrical transport properties of polycrystalline SnSe and K0.01Sn0.99Se were investigated by combining mechanical alloying and spark plasma sintering.Abstract:
P-type polycrystalline SnSe and K0.01Sn0.99Se are prepared by combining mechanical alloying (MA) and spark plasma sintering (SPS). The highest ZT of ≈0.65 is obtained at 773 K for undoped SnSe by optimizing the MA time. To enhance the electrical transport properties of SnSe, K is selected as an effective dopant. It is found that the maximal power factor can be enhanced significantly from ≈280 μW m−1 K−2 for undoped SnSe to ≈350 μW m−1 K−2 for K-doped SnSe. It is also observed that the thermal conductivity of polycrystalline SnSe can be enhanced if the SnSe powders are slightly oxidized. Surprisingly, after K doping, the absence of Sn oxides at grain boundaries and the presence of coherent nanoprecipitates in the SnSe matrix contribute to an impressively low lattice thermal conductivity of ≈0.20 W m−1 K−1 at 773 K along the sample section perpendicular to pressing direction of SPS. This extremely low lattice thermal conductivity coupled with the enhanced power factor results in a record high ZT of ≈1.1 at 773 K along this direction in polycrystalline SnSe.read more
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