Enhanced thermoelectric properties in N-type Mg2Si0.4−xSn0.6Sbx synthesized by alkaline earth metal reduction-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Enhanced thermoelectric properties in N-type Mg2Si0.4−xSn0.6Sbx synthesized by alkaline earth metal reduction

Published:2019 Issue:7 Volume:9 Page:4008-4014
ISSN:2046-2069
Container-title:RSC Advances
language:en
Short-container-title:RSC Adv.

Author:

Chen Jin¹²³⁴⁵,Xue Wenhua⁵⁶⁷⁴,Li Shan⁵⁶⁷⁴,Zhang Gengxin¹²³⁴,Cai Gemei¹²³⁴^ORCID,Zhao Huaizhou⁵⁶⁷⁴

Affiliation:

1. School of Materials Science and Engineering

2. Central South University

3. Changsha

4. China

5. Institute of Physics

6. Chinese Academy of Science

7. Beijing

Abstract

Sb doped Mg₂Si_0.4Sn_0.6 materials feature with lots of dislocations at grain boundaries and plenty of nanoscale Mg₂Si–Mg₂Sn spinodal phases, both of which can scatter heat carrying phonons and suppress the bipolar effects, with a optimal ZT of 1.42.

Funder

National Natural Science Foundation of China

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

General Chemical Engineering,General Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2019/RA/C8RA09936G

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