Silicon-based thermoelectrics made from a boron-doped silicon dioxide nanocomposite

Matthew L. Snedaker; Yichi Zhang; Christina S. Birkel; Heng Wang; Tristan Day; Yifeng Shi; Xiulei Ji; Stephan Kraemer; Carolyn E. Mills; Armin Moosazadeh; Martin Moskovits; G. Jeffrey Snyder; Galen D. Stucky

doi:10.1021/cm401990c

Silicon-based thermoelectrics made from a boron-doped silicon dioxide nanocomposite

Matthew L. Snedaker, Yichi Zhang, Christina S. Birkel, Heng Wang, Tristan Day, Yifeng Shi, Xiulei Ji, Stephan Kraemer, Carolyn E. Mills, Armin Moosazadeh, Martin Moskovits, G. Jeffrey Snyder, Galen D. Stucky^*

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We report a method for preparing p-type silicon germanium bulk alloys directly from a boron-doped silica germania nanocomposite. This is the first successful attempt to produce and characterize the thermoelectric properties of SiGe-based thermoelectric materials prepared at temperatures below the alloy's melting point through a magnesiothermic reduction of the silica-germania nanocomposite. We observe a thermoelectric power factor that is competitive with the literature record obtained for high energy ball milled nanocomposites. The large grain size in our hot pressed samples limits the thermoelectric figure of merit to 0.5 at 800 C for an optimally doped Si₈₀Ge₂₀ alloy.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	4867-4873
Number of pages	7
Journal	Chemistry of Materials
Volume	25
Issue number	24
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/cm401990c
State	Published - Dec 23 2013

Keywords

germania
magnesiothermic reduction
silica
silicon germanium
thermoelectrics

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Chemical Engineering(all)
Materials Chemistry

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