Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance by Resonant Doping and Embedded Magnetic Impurity

Sujin Kim; Junphil Hwang; Tae Soo You; Seongbeom Yeon; Jungwon Kim; Byung Kyu Yu; Mi Kyung Han; Minju Lee; Somnath Acharya; Jiyong Kim; Woochul Kim; Sung Jin Kim

doi:10.1103/PhysRevApplied.19.014034

Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance by Resonant Doping and Embedded Magnetic Impurity

Sujin Kim, Junphil Hwang, Tae Soo You, Seongbeom Yeon, Jungwon Kim, Byung Kyu Yu, Mi Kyung Han, Minju Lee, Somnath Acharya, Jiyong Kim, Woochul Kim, Sung Jin Kim

Department of Chemistry & Nanoscience

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Abstract

The thermoelectric energy-conversion efficiency is significantly enhanced by introducing magnetism. Doping Cr atoms in a Cu2SnS3(CTS) matrix modifies the electron density of state (e-DOS) and causes a special electron-transport mechanism by localized impurity spin moments. The localized spin moments cause a spin-spin exchange interaction with the spin of itinerant electrons of the CTS matrix. This is clearly verified in M-T measurement, which deviated from Curie's law. The figure of merit (zT) of the magnetic nanocomposite was 8 times higher than that of pristine CTS by the synergetic effect of modifying e-DOS near the Fermi level and electron transport by localized spin moments.

Original language	English
Article number	014034
Journal	Physical Review Applied
Volume	19
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.19.014034
State	Published - Jan 2023

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This research is supported by the Pioneer Research Center Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning (2022M3C1A309198811). This research is supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (2021R1I1A1A01058838), and Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (2021R1A6A1A10039823).

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