The Mechanism Behind the High zT of SnSe<sub>2</sub> Added SnSe at High Temperatures

Author:

Kim JunSu,Hwang Seong-Mee,Park Hyunjin,Tang Yinglu,Seo Won-Seon,Ryu Chae Woo,Yang Heesun,Shin Weon Ho,Kim Hyun-Sik

Abstract

SnSe is a promising thermoelectric material due to its low toxicity, low thermal conductivity, and multiple valence band structures, which are ideal for high electronic transport properties. The multiple valence band structure has attracted many attempts to engineer the carrier concentration of the SnSe via doping, to place its fermi level at a position where the maximum number of valence bands can participate in the electronic transport. Up until now, ~5 × 10<sup>19</sup> cm<sup>-3</sup> was the highest carrier concentration achieved in SnSe via doping. Recently, introducing SnSe<sub>2</sub> into SnSe was found to effectively increase the carrier concentration as high as ~6.5 × 10<sup>19</sup> cm<sup>-3</sup> (at 300 K) due to the generated Sn vacancies. This high carrier concentration at 300 K, combined with the reduction in lattice thermal conductivity due to SnSe<sub>2</sub> micro-domains formed within the SnSe lattice, improved the thermoelectric performance (<i>zT</i>) of SnSe – <i>x</i>SnSe<sub>2</sub> as high as ~2.2 at 773 K. Here, we analyzed the changes in the electronic band parameters of SnSe as a function of temperature with varying SnSe<sub>2</sub> content using the Single Parabolic Band (SPB) model. According to the SPB model, the calculated density-of-states effective mass and the fermi level are changed with temperature in such a way that the Hall carrier concentration (<i>nH</i>) of the SnSe – xSnSe2 samples at 773 K coincides with the optimum <i>nH</i> where the theoretically maximum <i>zT</i> is predicted. To optimize the <i>nH</i> at high temperatures for the highest <i>zT</i>, it is essential to tune the 300 K <i>nH</i> and the rate of <i>nH</i> change with increasing temperature via doping.

Funder

University of Seoul

National Research Foundation of Korea

Ministry of Education

Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

Publisher

The Korean Institute of Metals and Materials

Subject

Metals and Alloys,Surfaces, Coatings and Films,Modeling and Simulation,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

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