Ca_9Zn_(4.5-δ)Sb_9(0<δ<0.5)化合物Sr/Eu阳离子掺杂与热电性质
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  • 英文篇名:Sr/Eu cation doping and thermoelectric properties of the compound Ca_9Zn_(4.5-δ)Sb_9(0<δ<0.5)
  • 作者:张建 ; 吴震 ; 夏盛清
  • 英文作者:Jian Zhang;Zhen Wu;Shengqing Xia;State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Institute of Crystal Materials, Shandong University;
  • 关键词:热电材料 ; 阳离子 ; 掺杂 ; 晶体结构 ; 尺寸效应
  • 英文关键词:Zintl phases;;thermoelectric materials;;defects;;crystal structures;;interstitials
  • 中文刊名:KXTB
  • 英文刊名:Chinese Science Bulletin
  • 机构:山东大学晶体材料研究所国家重点实验室;
  • 出版日期:2019-02-28 15:05
  • 出版单位:科学通报
  • 年:2019
  • 期:v.64
  • 语种:中文;
  • 页:KXTB201916003
  • 页数:12
  • CN:16
  • ISSN:11-1784/N
  • 分类号:35-46
摘要
作为一种非常有前景的热电材料, Ca_9Zn_(4.5-δ)Sb_9(0<δ<0.5)相较于其他材料有着成本低、环保高效等优势.以往研究表明间隙金属元素在该体系中起着关键作用,然而由于其狭窄的域值范围制约了Ca_9Zn_(4.5-δ)Sb_9的性质调控.本文用原子半径更大的阳离子Sr/Eu来取代少量Ca,使其Seebeck系数和电学性质得以同步增强,得到了间接调控间隙原子的结果.载流子测试表明,载流子浓度有轻微降低,而载流子迁移率有着明显提升,这与增大的晶体热导性质都表明晶体结构发生了明显变化.对Ca_(9-x)Sr_(x)Zn_(4.5-δ)Sb_9系列进行了单晶X射线衍射测试,结果表明随Sr含量增大晶格参数有增大趋势,间隙Zn原子浓度上升,材料热电性能得到协同优化.最终掺杂样品中, Ca_(8.2)Eu_(0.8)Zn_(4.5-δ)Sb_9在873 K得到最大热电优值(ZT)约为0.81.
        Previous studies suggested that Zintl phases related to the Ca_9 Zn_(4.5-δ)Sb_9(0<δ<0.5) structure may be very promising thermoelectric candidates because of the complex crystal structure and extensively existing transition metal defects.Studies on compounds Yb_9 Mn_(4.2) Sb_9, Eu_9 Cd_4 Sb_9 and Ca_9 Zn_(4.5-x)Cu_xSb_9 indicated that they could achieve an optimized zT around 0.7. Especially for Ca_9 Zn_(4.5-δ)Sb_9, a very recent report suggested that a high zT of 1.1 at 875 K could be obtained in combination of various secondary phases introduced by the variation of Zn contents, which provided a chemical potential to change the composition. However, to change the composition of Ca_9 Zn_(4.5-δ)Sb_9 is actually very difficult to implement owing to the narrow homogeneity range. In this work, with Ca substituted by big cations such as Eu~(2+)and Sr~(2+), the unit cell of Ca_9 Zn_(4.5-δ)Sb_9 was expanded, and similar significant enhancement on the thermoelectric performance was resulted.All syntheses were handled inside a glovebox, then the reactants were loaded in the Nb tube and arc-welded, which were enclosed in a fused silica tube. The reactions were firstly heated to 1173 K in 6 h and then maintained at this temperature for24 h. After the homogeneity process, the furnace was slowly cooled down to 873 K at a rate of 6 K/h, followed by another dwelling for 6 hours and finally cooled down to 573 K at a rate of 10 K/h. At last, the furnace was shut down and the reactions were opened in the glovebox. The compound were fully characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction(SXRD)and powder X-ray diffraction(PXRD), Energy dispersive spectrometer(EDS) and Hall effect measurement, etc. Singlecrystal X-ray diffraction(SXRD) proves that with the increase of Sr component, the crystal parameters are slightly increasing. Hall effect measurement show that the substitution of Ca by Eu or Sr can both lead to an obvious decreasing on the carrier(holes) concentration, and the resultant mobility for Sr/Eu-doped materials is very similar if compared by the same doping level. It is also noted that neither the carrier concentration nor the mobility seems to vary linearly with the Eu/Sr-doping contents, which means a saturated state will be eventually approached. This phenomenon is consistent with the speculation above that the changes on the properties should predominantly originate from the change of interstitial Zn content, which the size effect dominated. While the decreasing carrier concentrations as well as the increasing mobility and lattice thermal conductivity all point to a structure modification, the crystal structures of these doped materials were systematically verified through the single crystal X-ray diffraction.In conclusion, although a direct measurement on such a small composition variation is very difficult(the X-ray diffraction results prove it), the significantly reduced carrier concentration and increased mobility as well as lattice thermal conductivity can still provide some useful hints on understanding the property optimization of these materials. For material Ca_(8.2) Eu_(0.8) Zn_(4.5-δ)Sb_9, high figure of merit with ZT~0.81 has been achieved at 873 K.
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