High Thermoelectric Performance in Electron-Doped AgBi3S5 with Ultralow Thermal Conductivity

Gangjian Tan; Shiqiang Hao; Jing Zhao; Chris Wolverton; Mercouri G. Kanatzidis

doi:10.1021/jacs.7b02399

High Thermoelectric Performance in Electron-Doped AgBi₃S₅ with Ultralow Thermal Conductivity

Gangjian Tan, Shiqiang Hao, Jing Zhao, Chris Wolverton, Mercouri G. Kanatzidis^*

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Abstract

We report electron-doped AgBi₃S₅ as a new high-performance nontoxic thermoelectric material. This compound features exceptionally low lattice thermal conductivities of 0.5-0.3 W m^-1 K^-1 in the temperature range of 300-800 K, which is ascribed to its unusual vibrational properties: "double rattling" phonon modes associated with Ag and Bi atoms. Chlorine doping at anion sites acts as an efficient electron donor, significantly enhancing the electrical properties of AgBi₃S₅. In the carrier concentration range (5 × 10¹⁸-2 × 10¹⁹ cm^-3) investigated in this study, the trends in Seebeck coefficient can be reasonably understood using a single parabolic band model with the electron effective mass of 0.22 m_e (m_e is the free electron mass). Samples of 0.33% Cl-doped AgBi₃S₅ prepared by spark plasma sintering show a thermoelectric figure of merit of ∼1.0 at 800 K.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	6467-6473
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of the American Chemical Society
Volume	139
Issue number	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.7b02399
State	Published - May 10 2017

Funding

This work is supported by a grant by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, and Office of Basic Energy Sciences under Award Number DE- SC0014520.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Chemistry
Biochemistry
Catalysis
Colloid and Surface Chemistry

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