Manipulating the intrinsic vacancies for enhanced thermoelectric performance in Eu2ZnSb2 Zintl phase

Chen Chen; Xiaofang Li; Wenhua Xue; Fengxian Bai; Yifang Huang; Honghao Yao; Shan Li; Zongwei Zhang; Xinyu Wang; Jiehe Sui; Xingjun Liu; Feng Cao; Yumei Wang; Qian Zhang

doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.104771

Manipulating the intrinsic vacancies for enhanced thermoelectric performance in Eu₂ZnSb₂ Zintl phase

Chen Chen
, Xiaofang Li
, Wenhua Xue
, Fengxian Bai
, Yifang Huang
, Honghao Yao
, Shan Li
, Zongwei Zhang
, Xinyu Wang
, Jiehe Sui
, Xingjun Liu
, Feng Cao
, Yumei Wang
, Qian Zhang

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Abstract

Zintl compounds have caught great attention in thermoelectric applications due to their intrinsic “electron-crystal, phonon-glass” structures. Previous studies suggested that Zintl-phase Eu₂ZnSb₂ was a promising thermoelectric material due to its ultralow thermal conductivity. In this work, we used Ag to regulate the Zn–Sb framework for enhanced electrical properties, and prepared Eu₂Zn_1-0.5xAg_xSb₂ (x = 0.02, 0.06, and 0.1) by ball milling and spark plasma sintering. The additional Ag fills the initial vacancies and causes both increased carrier concentration and mobility. The maximum ZT reaches ~0.92 at 823 K for Eu₂Zn_0.97Ag_0.06Sb₂. By further reducing the Zn content, the carrier concentration increases close to the optimum value, and a peak ZT value of ~1.1 at 823 K was achieved for Eu₂Zn_0.95Ag_0.06Sb₂.

Original language	English
Article number	104771
Journal	Nano Energy
Volume	73
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.104771
State	Published - Jul 2020
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Carrier mobility
EuZnSb
Intrinsic vacancies
Thermoelectric
Zintl phase

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