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High Entropy Semiconductor AgMnGeSbTe 4 with Desirable Thermoelectric Performance
Author(s) -
Ma Zheng,
Xu Tian,
Li Wang,
Cheng Yiming,
Li Jinmeng,
Zhang Dan,
Jiang Qinghui,
Luo Yubo,
Yang Junyou
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.202103197
Subject(s) - materials science , thermoelectric effect , semiconductor , condensed matter physics , thermal conductivity , degenerate semiconductor , phonon , seebeck coefficient , band gap , atmospheric temperature range , figure of merit , electrical resistivity and conductivity , analytical chemistry (journal) , thermodynamics , optoelectronics , physics , chemistry , chromatography , quantum mechanics , composite material
Abstract A new p‐type high entropy semiconductor AgMnGeSbTe 4 with a band gap of ≈0.28 eV is reported as a promising thermoelectric material. AgMnGeSbTe 4 crystallizes in the rock‐salt NaCl structure with cations Ag, Mn, Ge, and Sb randomly disordered over the Na site. Thus, a strong lattice distortion forms from the large difference in the atomic radii of Ag, Mn, Ge, and Sb, resulting in a low lattice thermal conductivity of 0.54 W m −1 K −1 at 600 K. In addition, the AgMnGeSbTe 4 exhibits a degenerate semiconductor behavior and a large average power factor of 10.36 µW cm −1 K −2 in the temperature range of 400–773 K. As a consequence, the AgMnGeSbTe 4 has a peak figure of merit ( ZT ) of 1.05 at 773 K and a desirable average ZT value of 0.84 in the temperature range of 400–773 K. Moreover, the thermoelectric performance of AgMnGeSbTe 4 can be further enhanced by precipitating of Ag 8 GeTe 6 , which acts as extra scatting centers for holes with low energy and phonons with medium wavelength. The simultaneous optimization in power factor and lattice thermal conductivity yields a peak ZT of 1.27 at 773 K and an average ZT of 0.92 (400–773 K) in AgMnGeSbTe 4 ‐1 mol% Ag 8 GeTe 6 .