Enhancement of thermoelectric performance in a non-toxic CuInTe2/SnTe coated grain nanocomposite

Junphil Hwang; Minju Lee; Byung Kyu Yu; Mi Kyung Han; Woochul Kim; Jungwon Kim; Rabih Al Rahal Al Orabi; Hongchao Wang; Somnath Acharya; Jiyong Kim; Yingshi Jin; Hwanjoo Park; Sujin Kim; So Hyeon Yang; Sung Jin Kim

doi:10.1039/d1ta02893f

Enhancement of thermoelectric performance in a non-toxic CuInTe₂/SnTe coated grain nanocomposite

Junphil Hwang, Minju Lee, Byung Kyu Yu, Mi Kyung Han, Woochul Kim, Jungwon Kim, Rabih Al Rahal Al Orabi, Hongchao Wang, Somnath Acharya, Jiyong Kim, Yingshi Jin, Hwanjoo Park, Sujin Kim, So Hyeon Yang, Sung Jin Kim

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Abstract

A thermoelectric coated grain nanocomposite CuInTe₂/SnTe with eco-friendly elements was synthesized. The nanocomposite contains a coating layer of CuInTe₂and SnO₂at the grain boundaries of the SnTe matrix. The coating layer was synthesized using the cation exchange process considering the hard soft acid base (HSAB) concept, the solubility product, and crystal structure. The CuInTe₂coating layer blocks the low energy carriers of the composite resulting in 40% enhancement of the Seebeck coefficient due to energy filtering. The coherent phonon scattering by the coating layer of CuInTe₂effectively reduces the lattice thermal conductivity to almost the minimum theoretical limit. The thermoelectric figure of merit (zT) for the CuInTe₂/SnTe nanocomposite was as high as 1.68 at 823 K, which is significantly higher than that of bulk SnTe in the mid-temperature range. The averagezTfrom 373 K to 823 K for the nanocomposite was 0.76, which is promising for utilization in industrial application.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	14851-14858
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Volume	9
Issue number	26
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/d1ta02893f
State	Published - 14 Jul 2021

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