Back to Search
Start Over
Manipulation of the crystal structure defects: An alternative route to the reduction in lattice thermal conductivity and improvement in thermoelectric performance of CuGaTe2.
- Source :
-
Applied Physics Letters . 7/1/2013, Vol. 103 Issue 1, p011905-011905-5. 1p. 1 Chart, 3 Graphs. - Publication Year :
- 2013
-
Abstract
- Here, we present the manipulation of the crystal structure defects: an alternative route to reduce the lattice thermal conductivity (κL) on an atomic scale and improve the thermoelectric performance of CuGaTe2. This semiconductor with defects, represented by anion position displacement (u) and tetragonal deformation (η), generally gives low κL values when u and η distinctly deviate from 0.25 and 1 in the ideal zinc-blende structure, respectively. However, this semiconductor will show high Seebeck coefficients and low electrical conductivities when u and η are close to 0.25 and 1, respectively, due to the electrical inactivity caused by an attractive interaction between donor-acceptor defect pairs (GaCu2+ + 2VCu-). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00036951
- Volume :
- 103
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Applied Physics Letters
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 88899064
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4813088