Thermopower enhancement in Pb1-xMnxTe alloys and its effect on thermoelectric efficiency

NPG Asia Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Pei, Yanzhong ^a   Wang, Heng ^b   Gibbs, Zachary M ^b   LaLonde, Aaron D ^b   Snyder, Jeffrey G ^b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Band engineering; Resonant states; Thermoelectric

Indexed keywords

ALLOY SCATTERING; BAND ENGINEERING; MULTIPLE-BAND; RESONANT STATE; THERMOELECTRIC; THERMOELECTRIC EFFICIENCY; THERMOELECTRIC FIGURE OF MERIT; THERMOPOWER ENHANCEMENT;

LEAD; SEMICONDUCTING TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; THALLIUM COMPOUNDS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

THERMOELECTRIC POWER;

EID: 84870505083     PISSN: 18844049     EISSN: 18844057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/am.2012.52     Document Type: Article

References (72)

1. Heremans, J. P., Jovovic, V., Toberer, E. S., Saramat, A., Kurosaki, K., Charoenphakdee, A., Yamanaka, S. & Snyder, G. J. Enhancement of thermoelectric efficiency in PbTe by distortion of the electronic density of states. Science 321, 554-557 (2008).
2. Heremans, J. P., Wiendlocha, B. & Chamoire, A. M. Resonant levels in bulk thermoelectric semiconductors. Energ. Environ. Sci. 5, 5510-5530 (2012).
3. Pei, Y., Shi, X., LaLonde, A., Wang, H., Chen, L. & Snyder, G. J. Convergence of electronic bands for high performance bulk thermoelectrics. Nature 473, 66-69 (2011).
4. Pei, Y., LaLonde, A., Iwanaga, S. & Snyder, G. J. High thermoelectric figure of merit in heavy-hole dominated PbTe. Energ. Environ. Sci. 4, 2085-2089 (2011).
5. Pei, Y., LaLonde, A. D., Heinz, N. A., Shi, X., Iwanaga, S., Wang, H., Chen, L. & Snyder, G. J. Stabilizing the optimal carrier concentration for high thermoelectric efficiency. Adv. Mater. 23, 5674-5678 (2011).
6. LaLonde, A. D., Pei, Y., Wang, H. & Jeffrey Snyder, G. Lead telluride alloy thermoelectrics. Mater. Today 14, 526-532 (2011).
7. Bardeen, J. & Shockley, W. Deformation potentials and mobilities in non-polar crystals. Phys. Rev. 80, 72-80 (1950).
8. Herring, C. & Vogt, E. Transport and deformation potential theory for many-valley semiconductors with anisotropic scattering. Phys. Rev. 101, 944-961 (1956).
9. Kane, E. Band structure of indium antimonide. J. Phys. Chem. Solids 1, 249-261 (1957).
10. Ravich, Y. I., Efimova, B. A. & Tamarche, V. I. Scattering of current carriers and transport phenomena in Lead Chalcogenides.1. Theory. Phys. Status Solidi B-Basic Res. 43, 11-33 (1971).
11. Ravich, Y. I., Efimova, B. A. & Smirnov, I. A. Semiconducting Lead Chalcogenides (Plenum Press, New York, 1970).
12. Lawaetz, P. Low-Field mobility and galvanomagnetic properties of holes in germanium with phonon scattering. Phys. Rev. 174, 867-880 (1968).
13. Chasmar, R. P. & Stratton, R. The thermoelectric figure of merit and its relation to thermoelectric generators. J. Electr. Control 7, 52-72 (1959).
14. Ure, R. W. & Heikes, R. R. In: Thermoelectricity: Science and Engineering (eds Heikes, R. R.& Ure, R. W.) Ch. 11, 339-388 (Interscience Publishers, New York, 1961).
15. Goldsmid, H. J. Thermoelectric Refrigeration (Plenum Press, New York, 1964).
16. Pei, Y., LaLonde, A. D., Wang, H. & Snyder, G. J. Low Effective mass leading to high thermoelectric performance. Energ. Environ. Sci. 5, 7963-7969 (2012).
17. LaLonde, A. D., Pei, Y. & Snyder, G. J. Reevaluation of PbTe1-xIx as high performance n-type thermoelectric material. Energ. Environ. Sci. 4, 2090-2096 (2011).
18. Wang, H., Pei, Y., LaLonde, A. D. & Snyder, G. J. Heavily doped p-Type PbSe with high thermoelectric performance: an alternative for PbTe. Adv. Mater. 23, 1366-1370 (2011).
19. Fedorov, M. I. Band structure parameters influence on the thermoelectric figure of merit. ECT2007. 5th European Conference on Thermoelectrics 7, 1-6 (2006).
20. Andreev, A. A. & Radionov, V. N. Determination of band structure of lead telluride from measurements of Hall effect at high temperatures. Soviet Phys. Semiconductors 1, 145-148 (1967).
21. Allgaier, R. S. Valence Bands in Lead Telluride. J. Appl. Phys. 32, 2185-2189 (1961).
22. Crocker, A. J. & Rogers, L. M. Valence band structure of PbTe. J. Phys. Colloques 29, 129-132 (1968).
23. Kim, H. & Kaviany, M. Effect of thermal disorder on high figure of merit in PbTe. Phys. Rev. B. 86, 045213 (2012).
24. Chernik, I. A., Kaidanov, V. I., Vinogradova, M. I. & Kolomoets, N. V. Investigation of the valence band of lead telluride using transport phenomena. Soviet Phys. Semiconductors 2, 645-651 (1968).
25. Crocker, A. J. & Rogers, L. M. Interpretation of the Hall coefficient, electrical resisiivity anad Seebeckc oefficient of p-type lead telluride. Brit. J. Appl. Phys. 18, 563-573 (1967).
26. Airapetyants, S. V., Vinograd, M. N., Dubrovsk, I. N., Kolomoet, N. V. & Rudnik, I. M. Structure of the valence band of heavily doped lead telluride. Soviet. Phys. Solid State 8, 1069-1072 (1966).
27. Sysoeva, L. M., Vinograd, M. N., Kolomoet, N. V. & Ravich, Y. I. Influence of the second valence band on the thermoelectric figure of merit of P-Type material. Soviet Phys. Semiconductors 3, 975-977 (1970).
28. Allgaier, R. S. & Houston, B. B. Hall coefficient behavior and the second valence band in lead telluride. J. Appl. Phys. 37, 302-309 (1966).
29. Pei, Y., LaLonde, A. D., Heinz, N. A. & Snyder, G. J. High Thermoelectric Figure of Merit in PbTe Alloys Demonstrated in PbTe-CdTe. Adv. Energ. Mater. 2, 670-675 (2012).
30. Pei, Y., Heinz, N. A., LaLonde, A. & Snyder, G. J. Combination of large nanostructures and complex band structure for high performance thermoelectric lead telluride. Energ. Environ. Sci. 4, 3640-3645 (2011).
31. Singh, D. J. Doping-dependent thermopower of PbTe from Boltzmann transport calculations. Phys. Rev. B 81, 195217 (2010).
32. Osinniy, V., Jedrzejczak, A., Domuchowski, W., Dybko, K., Witkowska, B. & Story, T. Pb1-xMnxTe crystals as a new thermoelectric material. Acta Phys. Pol. A 108, 809-816 (2005).
33. Rogers, L. & Crocker, A. Transport and optical properties of the CdxPb1-xSe and MgxPb1-xSe. J. Phys. D Appl. Phys. 5, 1671 (1972).
34. Crocker, A. J. & Sealy, B. J. Some physical properties of PbTe-MgTe alloy system. J. Phys. Chem. Solids 33, 2183-2190 (1972).
35. Rogers, L. M. & Crocker, A. J. Transport and optical properties of the MgxPbl-x,Te alloy system. J. Phys. D Appl. Phys. 4, 1016 (1971).
36. Agaev, Z. F., Allakhverdiev, E. M., Murtuzov, G. M. & Abdinov, D. S. Electrical properties of Pb1-xMnxTe crystals. Inorg. Mater. 39, 449-451 (2003).
37. Vinogradova, M. N., Kolomoets, N. V. & Sysoeva, L. M. Influence of manganese on energy spectrum of p-Pbte. Soviet Phys. Semiconductors 5, 186-189 (1971).
38. Drabkin, I. A., Zakharyu, Gf & Nelson, I. V. Optical width of the forbidden band of Pb1- xMnxTe solid solutions. Soviet Phys. Semiconductors 5, 277-278 (1971).
39. Neuwirth, J., Jantsch, W., Palmetshofer, L. & Zulehner, W. Optical properties of Pb 1-x Mn x Te. J. Phys. C: Solid State Phys. 19, 2475 (1986).
40. Łusakowski, A., Bogusawski, P. & Radzyń ski, T. Calculated electronic structure of Pb1- xMnxTe (0oxo11%): the role of L and S valence band maxima. Phys. Rev. B 83, 115206 (2011).
41. Pei, Y. & Morelli, D. Vacancy phonon scattering in thermoelectric In2Te3-InSb solid solutions. Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 122112 (2009).
42. Gruzinov, B., Drabkin, I., Eliseeva, Y., Lev, E. & Nelson, I. Electrical and optical properties of thallium-doped PbTe. Soviet Phys. Semiconductors 13, 767-770 (1979).
43. Kaidanov, V. I., Nemov, S. A., Ravich, Y. I. & Zaitsev, A. M. Influence of resonance states on the hall-effect and electrical-conductivity of pbte doped with both thallium and sodium simultaneously. Soviet Phys. Semiconductors 17, 1027-1030 (1983).
44. Kaidanov, V. I., Nemov, S. A. & Ravich, Y. I. Resonant scattering of carriers in Iv-Vi semiconductors. Soviet Phys. Semiconductors 26, 113-125 (1992).
45. Nemov, S. A. & Ravich, Y. I. Thallium-doped lead chalcogenides: investigation methods and properties. Usp Fiz Nauk 168, 817-842 (1998).
46. Kaidanov & Ravich, Y. I. Deep and resonance states in AIV BVI semiconductors. Usp Fiz Nauk 145, 51-86 (1985).
47. Volkov, B., Ryabova, L. & Khokhlov, D. Mixed-valence impurities in lead telluride-based solid solutions - Resonant. Phys. Uspekhi 45, 819-846 (2002).
48. Veis, A. N., Kaidanov, V. I., Nemov, S. A., Emelin, S. N., Ksendzov, A. Y. & Shalabutov, Y. K. Impurity states of thallium in lead telluride. Soviet Phys. Semiconductors 13, 106-107 (1979).
49. Vinogradova, M. N., Gurieva, E. A., Zharskii, V. I., Zarubo, S. V. & Prokofeva, L. V. Influence of transition element (Ti) impurities on transport properties of PbTe.pdf. Soviet Phys. Semiconductors 12, 387-390 (1978).
50. Sizov, F., Teterkin, V., Prokofeva, L. & Gurieva, E. Influence of a transition element impurity (Ti) on the energy band spectrum of PbTe. Soviet Phys. Semiconductors 14, 1063-1064 (1980).
51. Koenig, J., Nielsen, M., Gao, Y.-B., Winkler, M. & Jacquot, A. Titanium forms a resonant level in the conduction band of PbTe. Physical Rev. B Condensed Matter Mater. Phys. 84, 205126 (2011).
52. Teterkin, V. V., Sizov, F. F., Prokofeva, L. V., Gromovoi, Y. S. & Vinogradova, M. N. Resonance states of transition element (Ti, Cr) impurities in Pbte. Soviet Phys. Semiconductors 17, 489-491 (1983).
53. Nielsen, M. D., Levin, E. M., Jaworski, C. M., Schmidt-Rohr, K. & Heremans, J. P. Chromium as resonant donor impurity in PbTe. Phys. Rev. B 85, 045210 (2012).
54. Baleva, M. I. & Borissova, L. D. Optical-absorption in Pbte doped with Cr. J. Phys. C Solid State 16, L907-L911 (1983).
55. Skrabek, E. A. & Trimmer, D. S. In: CRC Handbook of Thermoelectrics (ed. Rowe, D. M. 272 CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1995).
56. Blachnik, R. & Igel, R. Thermodynamic Properties of IV-VI Compounds Lead Chalcogenides. Z Naturforsch B 29, 625-629 (1974).
57. Pei, Y., May, A. F. & Snyder, G. J. Self-tuning the carrier concentration of PbTe/Ag2Te composites with excess ag for high thermoelectric performance. Advan. Energ. Mater. 1, 291-296 (2011).
58. Zhang, Q., Wang, H., Liu, W., Wang, H., Yu, B., Zhang, Q., Tian, Z., Ni, G., Lee, S., Esfarjani, K., Chen, G. & Ren, Z. Enhancement of thermoelectric figure-of-merit by resonant states of aluminium doping in lead selenide. Energ. Environ. Sci. 5, 5246-5251 (2012).
59. Pei, Y.-L. & Liu, Y. Electrical and thermal transport properties of Pb-based chalcogenides: PbTe, PbSe, and PbS. J. Alloy Compd. 514, 40-44 (2012).
60. Ahmad, S., Hoang, K. & Mahanti, S. D. Ab initio study of deep defect states in narrow band-gap semiconductors: Group III impurities in PbTe. Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 056403 (2006).
61. Nakayama, K., Sato, T., Takahashi, T. & Murakami, H. Doping induced evolution of fermi surface in low carrier superconductor Tl-doped PbTe. Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 227004 (2008).
62. Pifer, J. H. Magnetic resonance of Mn2 in PbS PbSe and PbTe. Phys. Rev. 157, 272-276 (1967).
63. Brown, S. R., Toberer, E. S., Ikeda, T., Cox, C. A., Gascoin, F., Kauzlarich, S. M. & Snyder, G. J. Improved Thermoelectric Performance in Yb14Mn1-xZnxSb11 by the reduction of spin-disorder scattering. Chem. Mater. 20, 3412-3419 (2008).
64. Cornett, J. E. & Rabin, O. Thermoelectric figure of merit calculations for semiconducting nanowires. Appl. Phys. Lett. 98, 182104 (2011).
65. Ravich, Y. I. In: CRC Handbook of Thermoelectrics (ed. Rowe, D. M.) Ch. 7, 65-71 (CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1995).
66. Jaworski, C. M., Wiendlocha, B., Jovovic, V. & Heremans, J. P. Combining alloy scattering of phonons and resonant electronic levels to reach a high thermoelectric figure of merit in PbTeSe and PbTeS alloys. Energ. Environ. Sci. 4, 4155-4162 (2011).
67. Klemens, P. G. The scattering of low-frequency lattice waves by static imperfections. Proc. Phys. Soc. A68, 1113-1128 (1955).
68. Callaway, J. & Vonbaeyer, H. C. Effect of point imperfections on lattice thermal conductivity. Phys. Rev. 120, 1149-1154 (1960).
69. Abeles, B. Lattice thermal conductivity of disordered semiconductor alloys at high temperatures. Phys. Rev. 131, 1906-1911 (1963).
70. Alekseeva, G. T., Efimova, B., Ostrovsk, L. M., Serebrya, O. S. & Tsypin, M. Thermal conducitivty of solid solutions based on lead telluride. Soviet Phys. Semiconductors 4, 1122-1125 (1971).
71. Koh, Y. K., Vineis, C. J., Calawa, S. D., Walsh, M. P. & Cahill, D. G. Lattice thermal conductivity of nanostructured thermoelectric materials based on PbTe. Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 153101 (2009).
72. Pei, Y., Lensch-Falk, J., Toberer, E. S., Medlin, D. L. & Snyder, G. J. High thermoelectric performance in PbTe due to large nanoscale Ag2Te precipitates and La doping. Adv. Funct. Mater. 21, 241-249 (2011).