Gang Wu, Qiang Zhang, Xiaojian Tan, Yuntian Fu, Zhe Guo, Zongwei Zhang, Qianqian Sun, Yan Liu, Huilie Shi, Jingsong Li, Jacques G Noudem, Jiehua Wu, Guo-Qiang Liu, Peng Sun, Haoyang Hu, Jun Jiang
Bismuth-telluride-based alloy has long been considered as the most promising candidate for low-grade waste heat power generation. However, optimizing the thermoelectric performance of n-type Bi2 Te3 is more challenging than that of p-type counterparts due to its greater sensitivity to texture, and thus limits the advancement of thermoelectric modules. Herein, we enhance the thermoelectric performance of n-type Bi2 Te3 by incorporating a small amount of CuGaTe2 , resulting in a peak ZT of 1.25 and a distinguished average ZT of 1...
April 12, 2024: Advanced Materials