高压合成AgSbTe2-Sb2Te3的热电性能研究

 利用高压方法,合成了富Sb₂Te₃的AgSbTe₂热电材料(AgSbTe₂)_1-x(Sb₂Te₃)_x (0≤x≤0.3),并对其结构和热电性质进行了研究。结果表明：(AgSbTe₂)_1-x(Sb₂Te₃)_x样品为近单相的AgSbTe₂材料;随着制备压力和Sb₂Te₃掺杂量的增加,(AgSbTe₂)_1-x(Sb₂Te₃)_x的电阻率大幅降低;Seebeck系数在高压作用下变小,而少量掺杂Sb₂Te₃却能提高Seebeck系数;在高压和微量掺杂Sb₂Te₃的共同作用下,AgSbTe₂的功率因子得到了提高;2.0 GPa高压下,制备的Ag_0.9Sb_1.1Te_2.1的品质因子达到0.466,接近Bi₂Te₃的品质因子。     

Sb2Te3 纳米结构的制备与表征

以室温热电性能优异的传统热电材料Sb₂Te₃为研究对象,利用化学气相沉积法制备Sb₂Te₃单晶纳米结构,并研究其生长机理.实验结果表明,不加催化剂时Sb₂Te₃易生长成六方纳米盘,在金催化剂条件下定向生长成纳米线.Sb₂Te₃的形貌与其晶体结构和生长机理有关.Sb₂Te₃为三角结构,Sb和     

热电材料PbTe1-xSex的高压制备及电学性能研究

 利用高温高压技术,制备了热电材料PbTe和PbSe的固溶体合金PbTe_1-xSe_x,在室温下对其结构及电学性质进行了研究。X射线衍射（XRD）测试结果表明：PbTe_1-xSe_x具有NaCl结构;晶格常数随着Se含量（x）的增加而减小;PbTe_1-xSe_x的电阻率和Seebeck系数的绝对值随x的增大而减小;功率因子随x的增大先增大而后减小,当x=0.1时功率因子最高,达到21.7 μW/(cm·K²),比相同条件下制备的PbTe高20%。     

Na填充型方钴矿化合物CoSb3的高压合成及电输运特性研究

 利用高压合成方法,在压力为2 GPa、温度为900 K的条件下,以NaN₃作为添加剂,成功地合成出了Na填充型的方钴矿化合物CoSb₃。X射线衍射（XRD）研究结果表明,当Na填充量达80%时,合成的Na填充型方钴矿化合物CoSb₃仍为单相方钴矿结构,没有Na和NaN₃等杂质峰。在室温下对不同Na填充量的样品进行了电阻率（ρ）和Seebeck系数（α）的测试,研究了不同Na填充量对样品电阻率、Seebeck系数和功率因子（α²σ）的影响。研究结果表明：室温下,样品的电导率随Na填充量的增加而增大,Seebeck系数的绝对值随Na填充量的增加而减小。当Na填充量为0.4时,样品获得了最高的功率因子（8.72 μW·cm^-1·K^-2）,此值高于He等报道的利用热压法制备的CoSb₃的值。填充量对样品电输运特性的影响规律与Pei等研究的K填充型CoSb₃的研究结果相一致。上述研究结果表明,高压合成技术有利于提高填充型方钴矿化合物的填充量,并有效地提高样品的电输运特性。     

0212型Ca3Cu2O4+δCl2-y化合物高温高压合成与研究

 利用“顶角氧掺杂”机制，即以二价氧部分替代顶角一价氯，用Ag₂O做氧源，在高温高压下制备了单相的Ca₃Cu₂O_4+δCl_2-y样品。X射线衍射分析发现，随着Ag₂O含量的增加，Ca₃Cu₂O_4+δCl_2-y样品的晶格常数a逐渐变小，c逐渐增大，体现了空穴掺杂的本质。进行了电阻率和磁化率测量，没有发现超导性，可能是空穴载流子没有达到合适的浓度所致。     

高温高压合成CeTbO3+δ的XPS研究

 经过高温高压合成的CeTbO_3+δ进行了XPS研究，发现在1.0 GPa下，Tb⁴⁺在~600 ℃开始转变成Tb³⁺，而Ce⁴⁺在~800 ℃开始向Ce³⁺转变。在1 000~1 200 ℃形成单相萤石结构化合物CeTbO_3+δ的Ce是以Ce³⁺、Ce⁴⁺混合价形式存在，Tb全部变成Tb³⁺。实验表明，用Ce_3d谱上~888 eV峰的峰位及其与882 eV峰的相对强度变化可以定性判断化合物中是否含有Ce³⁺。研究了高温高压合成的CeTbO_3+δ的稳定性随时间的变化问题。     

高温高压下C3N6H6分解产物的研究

 采用高温高压方法分解缩聚三聚氰胺（C₃N₆H₆），得到一种棕黑色粉末。经过X射线粉末衍射分析，产物主要由未完全分解的原料、碳和分解过程中的过渡相组成。透射电镜观察结果显示，过渡相在某一方向具有长周期结构；在扫描电镜下观察形貌，产物为片状组织，且其中有少量气孔；X射线能散结果表明，C∶N≈3.27∶1（原子比）；此外，进行了红外吸收谱和X射线光电子能谱测试，产物主要键合状态是C(sp²)＝N和C(sp²)—N。     

稀土焦绿石化合物R2Fe4/3W2/3O7的高温高压稳定性研究和X射线相分析

 本文利用X射线粉末衍射和位敏探测技术，研究了R₂Fe_4/3W_2/3O₇（R=Er、Yb、Dy）化合物经高温高压处理后的变化情况。在3.7 GPa，1 200 ℃条件下，六方相R₂Fe_4/3W_2/3O₇化合物按两种方式分解，而直接由R₂O₃，Fe₂O₃和WO₃原料出发，经上述同样的高温高压条件合成所得的产物与六方相高温高压分解产物相同，均为R₂WO₆、RFeO₃、WO₃和Fe₂O₃的多相聚合物。同时给出了R₂Fe_4/3W_2/3O₇六方相高温高压下的稳定区范围。     

高温超导体低温、高压下的物理性质的研究

 在3~20 GPa压力范围内，测量了含氧量较低的YBa₂Cu₃O_7-δ（δ=0.46）单晶压力增强效应（dT_c/dp=4.9KGPa^-1）；YBa₂Cu₃O₇（T_c0=90 K）单晶在压力下临界电流密度随压力变化；外磁场H=30 kO_e时，T_c与磁场、压力关系；压力达16.5 GPa下，Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O_x单晶T_c(p)关系（dT_c/dp=-0.4 KGPa^-1）。发现Y系高温超导体的温度压力导数dT_c/dp与T_c0中间呈dT_c/dp=b-mT_c0线性关系（b、m为常数）。结合压力下Y系超导体结构相变和含氧量对T_c影响，分析这类超导体T_c有很强的正压力效应的原因。把实验结果同几种超导电性微观理论模型进行了分析和比较。     

Gd2O2S:Eu荧光谱及能级的高压研究

 在21 500~11 500 cm^-1光谱区间内测量了Gd₂O₂S:Eu的荧光光谱，测量是在室温和液氮条件下进行的，对122条低温谱线和96条常温谱线进行了指认。识别了Eu³⁺离子⁵D_0~2及⁷F_0~6的39个斯塔克能级中的35个能级。在0~15 GPa压力范围内，研究了Gd₂O₂S:Eu高压下的发射光谱。在压力作用下，发现所有观测到的谱线都红移，强度降低。6个⁵D_0~2能级下降速度大于⁷F_J，⁵D₂、⁷F_2~5多重态的斯塔克劈裂变大，而⁵D₁和⁷F₁的劈裂变小。     

Electrical transport and high thermoelectric properties of PbTe doped with Bi2Te3 prepared by HPHT

In this paper, n-type lead telluride (PbTe) compounds doped with Bi₂Te₃ have been successfully prepared by high pressure and high temperature (HPHT) technique. The composition-dependent thermoelectric properties of PbTe doped with Bi₂Te₃ have been studied at room temperature. The figure-of-merit, Z, for PbTe is very sentivite to the dopants, which could be improved largely although the doped content of Bi₂Te₃ is very small (<0.08 mol%). In addition, the maximum value reaches to 9.3×10⁻⁴ K⁻¹, which is about 20% higher than that of PbTe alloyed with Bi₂Te₃ sintered at ambient pressure (7.6×10⁻⁴ K⁻¹) and several times higher than that of small grain size PbTe containing other dopants. The improved thermoelectric performance in this study may be due to the effect of high pressure and the low lattice thermal conductivity resulting from Bi₂Te₃ as source of dopants.     

Improving the thermoelectric properties of thick Sb2Te3 film via Cu doping and annealing deposited by DC magnetron sputtering using a mosaic target

Thick Cu-doped Sb₂Te₃ films were deposited on flexible substrate by DC magnetron sputtering from a mosaic Cu–Sb₂Te₃ target. The Cu-doped Sb₂Te₃ films were vacuum annealed to improve their thermoelectric properties. Density functional theory was used to clarify the internal mechanism of the Cu doped into the Sb₂Te₃ system. The results showed that Cu substitution on a Sb site induced electronic states or impurity peaks of Sb₂Te₃ at a valence band maximum. The carrier concentration of the Cu-doped Sb₂Te₃ films increased as the Cu-doped concentration increased. However, the crystallite size and Seebeck coefficient of the Cu-doped Sb₂Te₃ films decreased as the Cu-doped concentration increased. Post-annealing treatment improved the microstructure and thermoelectric properties of the Cu-doped Sb₂Te₃ films. The maximum electrical conductivity and power factor values of 754.20 S/cm at 50 °C and 1.56 10⁻³ W/mK² at 100 °C were obtained in the annealed film with a Cu-doped concentration of 3 at%.     

Enhanced power factor of Ag0.208Sb0.275Te0.517 prepared by HPHT

In this Letter, p-type thermoelectric materials Ag_0.208Sb_0.275Te_0.517 with enhanced power factor were prepared by high pressure and high temperature (HPHT) method. The samples are near single phase AgSbTe₂ with a very small quantity of impurities including Ag₂Te and Te. The concentration of impurities decreases with an increase of synthetic pressure. The synthetic pressure-dependent transport properties including electrical resistivity, Seebeck coefficient and power factor were studied at room temperature. We find the power factor of the sample prepared at the synthetic pressure of 2.1 GPa reaches a maximum value of 14.6 μW cm⁻¹ K⁻², which is about two times higher than that of the same sample prepared at normal pressure (6.9 μW cm⁻¹ K⁻²).     

粗糙界面对Bi2Te3/PbTe超晶格热电优值影响的理论分析

以Bi₂Te₃/PbTe超晶格薄膜为例,分析电子在Bi₂Te₃量子阱中的输运过程,综合了薄膜的经典散射效应和理想量子效应,并以此混合效应为基础,在PbTe障碍层厚度一定时,模拟计算了两种混合效应中量子效应占不同比例时,Bi₂Te₃/PbTe超晶格热电优值的变化.在镜面反射占混合效应的0.3时,得到的热电优值与当前报道的量子阱超晶格的实验值接近. 关键词： 超晶格 粗糙界面 热电优值     

Effective Mass Enhancement and Thermal Conductivity Reduction for Improving the Thermoelectric Properties of Pseudo-Binary Ge2Sb2Te5

Ge₂Sb₂Te₅ is a famous phase-change memory material for rewriteable optical storage, which is widely applied in the information storage field. The stable trigonal phase of Ge₂Sb₂Te₅ shows potential as a thermoelectric material as well, due to its tunable electrical transport properties and low lattice thermal conductivity. In this work, the carrier concentration and effective mass of Ge₂Sb₂Te₅ are modulated by substituting Te with Se. Meanwhile, the thermal conductivity reduces from 2.48 W m⁻¹ K⁻¹ for Ge₂Sb₂Te₅ to 1.37 W m⁻¹ K⁻¹ for Ge₂Sb₂Te_3.5Se_1.5 at 703 K. Therefore, the thermoelectric figure of merit zT increases from 0.24 for Ge₂Sb₂Te₅ to 0.41 for Ge₂Sb₂Te_3.5Se_1.5 at 703 K. This study reveals that Se alloying is an effective way to enhance the thermoelectric properties of Ge₂Sb₂Te₅.     

Temperature-dependent thermal expansion of cast and hot-pressed LAST (Pb–Sb–Ag–Te) thermoelectric materials

The thermal expansion for two compositions of cast and hot-pressed LAST (Pb–Sb–Ag–Te) n-type thermoelectric materials has been measured between room temperature and 673 K via thermomechanical analysis (TMA). In addition, using high-temperature X-ray diffraction (HT-XRD), the thermal expansion for both cast and hot-pressed LAST materials was determined from the temperature-dependent lattice parameters measured between room temperature and 623 K. The TMA and HT-XRD determined values of the coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) for the LAST compositions ranged between 20 × 10^?6 K^?1 and 24 × 10^?6 K^?1, which is comparable to the CTE values for other thermoelectric materials including PbTe and Bi₂Te₃. The CTE of the LAST specimens with a higher Ag content (Ag_0.86Pb₁₉Sb_1.0Te₂₀) exhibited a higher CTE value than that of the LAST material with a lower Ag content (Ag_0.43Pb₁₈Sb_1.2Te₂₀). In addition, a peak in the temperature-dependent CTE was observed between room temperature and approximately 450 K for both the cast and hot-pressed LAST with the Ag_0.86Pb₁₉Sb_1.0Te₂₀ composition, whereas the CTE of the Ag_0.43Pb₁₈Sb_1.2Te₂₀ specimen increased monotonically with temperature.     

Microstructures and thermoelectric properties of GeSbTe based layered compounds

Microstructures and thermoelectric properties of Ge₁Sb₂Te₄ and Ge₂Sb₂Te₅ chalcogenide semiconductors have been investigated to explore the possibility of their thermoelectric applications. The phase transformation from the face-centered cubic to hexagonal structure was observed in Ge₂Sb₂Te₅ compounds prepared by the melt spinning technique. The Seebeck coefficient and electrical resistivity of the alloys were increased due to the enhanced scattering of charge carriers at grain boundaries. The maximum power factors of the rapidly solidified Ge₁Sb₂Te₄ and Ge₂Sb₂Te₅ attained 0.975×10^-3 W m^-1K^-2 at 750 K and 0.767×10^-3 W m^-1K^-2 at 643 K respectively, higher than those of water quenched counterparts, implying that thermoelectric properties of GeSbTe based layered compounds can be improved by grain refinement. The present results show this class of chalcogenide semiconductors is promising for thermoelectric applications. PACS  84.60.Rb; 81.05.Hd; 72.20.Pa; 64.70.Kb; 61.66.Fn     

Thermoelectric properties in p-type nanostructured Ge-doped Sb100GeTe150 alloy

Ge-doped Sb₁₀₀GeTe₁₅₀ alloy were prepared using spark plasma sintering technique, and its thermoelectric properties were evaluated over the temperature range 318–492 K. Through XRD analysis, we observed the same single phase as Sb₂Te₃ and weakened diffraction peaks. Rietveld refinement reveals that there is 0.96 at.% Ge that occupies in the Sb sites, leading to the lattice distortion in the Sb–Te crystal. High-resolution TEM images show that there are many nanodomains randomly distributed in the matrix with a large amount of amorphous phase adjoined. Measurements indicated that the Seebeck coefficients (α) increase and the electrical and thermal conductivities decrease with temperature in the entire temperature range. The maximum α value reaches 135 μV/K at 492 K, and the thermal conductivities are about 0.3 W/mK lower than those of present Sb₂Te₃ for the corresponding temperatures. The highest thermoelectric figure of merit ZT for the nanostructured alloy Sb₁₀₀GeTe₁₅₀ is 0.84 at 492 K, whereas that of the currently prepared Sb₂Te₃ is 0.74 at the corresponding temperature.     

Electrodeposition of BixSb2−xTey thermoelectric thin films from nitric acid and hydrochloric acid systems

The electrochemical behaviors of Bi^III, Te^IV and Sb^III single ions and their mixtures were investigated in nitric acid and hydrochloric acid system separately. Based on which, Bi_xSb_2−xTe_y thermoelectric films were prepared by potentiostatic electrodeposition from the solutions with different concentrations of Bi^III, Te^IV and Sb^III in the two acid systems. The morphologies, compositions, structures, Seebeck coefficients and resistivities of the deposited thin films were characterized and compared by ESEM (or FESEM), EDS, XRD, Seebeck coefficient measurement system and four-probe resistivity measuring device respectively. The results show that although Bi_xSb_2−xTe_y thermoelectric thin film which structure is consistent with the standard pattern of Bi_0.5Sb_1.5Te₃ can be gained in both of the two acid solutions by adjusting the deposition potential, their morphologies and thermoelectric properties have big differences in different acid solutions.