Enhancement of the thermoelectric figure of merit in n-type Cu0.008Bi2Te2.7Se0.3 by using Nb doping

Kyu Hyoung Lee; Byungki Ryu; Hee Jung Park; Kimoon Lee; Jong Wook Roh; Sang Il Kim; Sungwoo Hwang; Soon Mok Choi; Jong Young Kim; Jeong Hoon Lee; Jae Hong Lim; Sung Wng Kim

doi:10.3938/jkps.68.7

Enhancement of the thermoelectric figure of merit in n-type Cu_0.008Bi₂Te_2.7Se_0.3 by using Nb doping

Kyu Hyoung Lee, Byungki Ryu, Hee Jung Park, Kimoon Lee, Jong Wook Roh, Sang Il Kim, Sungwoo Hwang, Soon Mok Choi, Jong Young Kim, Jeong Hoon Lee, Jae Hong Lim, Sung Wng Kim

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

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Abstract

Doping with foreign atom has been shown to be an effective way to enhance the dimensionless figure of merit ZT of Bi₂Te₃-based thermoelectric raw materials. Herein, we report that doping with Nb is effective in enhancing the Seebeck coefficient of n-type Cu_0.008Bi₂Te_2.7Se_0.3 polycrystalline bulks. Considering compensation of the Seebeck coefficient due to decrease of the electrical conductivity in Nb-doped compositions, the absolute value of Seebeck coefficient rather increased benefiting from an enhancement of the density of states (DOS) effective mass m* from 1.09m₀ (Cu_0.008Bi₂Te_2.7Se_0.3) to 1.21m₀ − 1.27m₀ (Cu_0.008Bi_2−xNb_xTe_2.7Se_0.3) due to a DOS engineering effect. The values of ZT were 0.84 at 300 K and 0.86 at 320 K for Cu_0.008Bi_1.99Nb_0.01Te_2.7Se_0.3. This compositional tuning approach highlights the possibility of further enhancement of ZT for n-type Bi₂Te₃-based compounds by using a combination of nanostructuring technologies to reduce the thermal conductivity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	7-11
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of the Korean Physical Society
Volume	68
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3938/jkps.68.7
Publication status	Published - 2016 Jan 1

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Funding Information:
This work was supported by a Human Resources Development program (No. 20124010203270) of the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP) grant funded by the Korea government’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. J.H. Lee was supported by a Research Grant from Kwangwoon University in 2014.

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© 2016, The Korean Physical Society.

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