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<p>GeTe-based alloys are promising thermoelectric materials for use at medium temperatures owing to their excellent thermoelectric performance. In this study, Ge<sub>0.8-<i>x</i></sub>Mn<sub>0.1</sub>Pb<sub>0.1</sub>Sb<sub><i>x</i></sub>Te alloys were obtained via vacuum melting and hot-press sintering. Sb doping effectively decreased the carrier concentration, resulting in an enhancement of the Seebeck coefficient and consequently imparting excellent electrical transport performance to the sample. With doping concentration increasing, the structure of the sample changed from rhombohedral to cubic, creating a more favorable band structure for electronic transport properties. The incorporation of Sb into GeTe intensifies the lattice defects within the material. The significant decrease in the lattice thermal conductivity of the Ge<sub>0.71</sub>Mn<sub>0.1</sub>Pb<sub>0.1</sub>Sb<sub>0.09</sub>Te alloy to 0.84 W m<sup>−1</sup>&#xa0;K<sup>−1</sup> at 323 K is primarily attributed to the phonon scattering effect emanating from the presence of edge dislocation, point defects, and inherent grain boundaries. Finally, the maximum <i>ZT</i> value of the Ge<sub>0.74</sub>Mn<sub>0.1</sub>Pb<sub>0.1</sub>Sb<sub>0.06</sub>Te alloy was  ~ 1.53 773&#xa0;K, which is a significant enhancement of 0.35 compared to the undoped Ge<sub>0.8</sub>Mn<sub>0.1</sub>Pb<sub>0.1</sub>Te alloy. This substantial improvement underscores the positive impact of the selected doping elements and their concentrations on the overall thermoelectric performance of the alloy.</p> Graphical Abstract <p></p>

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Optimizing thermoelectric performance through Sb doping in Ge0.8Mn0.1Pb0.1Te alloys

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  • 发表日期：

    2025年6月30日

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  • Jun-Xiang Zhang,
  • Qi-Dong Wang,
  • Bing Sun,
  • Jia-Qiang Zhao,
  • Mei-Jiao Wang,
  • Ting-Ting Chen,
  • Juan Li,
  • Shuai Zhang,
  • Xiu Yin,
  • Lian-Zhen Cao,
  • En-Si Cao,
  • Li Sun,
  • Hong-Yu Zhu,
  • Tai-Chao Su,
  • Dong-Wei Ao,
  • Hong-An Ma

摘要

GeTe-based alloys are promising thermoelectric materials for use at medium temperatures owing to their excellent thermoelectric performance. In this study, Ge0.8-xMn0.1Pb0.1SbxTe alloys were obtained via vacuum melting and hot-press sintering. Sb doping effectively decreased the carrier concentration, resulting in an enhancement of the Seebeck coefficient and consequently imparting excellent electrical transport performance to the sample. With doping concentration increasing, the structure of the sample changed from rhombohedral to cubic, creating a more favorable band structure for electronic transport properties. The incorporation of Sb into GeTe intensifies the lattice defects within the material. The significant decrease in the lattice thermal conductivity of the Ge0.71Mn0.1Pb0.1Sb0.09Te alloy to 0.84 W m−1 K−1 at 323 K is primarily attributed to the phonon scattering effect emanating from the presence of edge dislocation, point defects, and inherent grain boundaries. Finally, the maximum ZT value of the Ge0.74Mn0.1Pb0.1Sb0.06Te alloy was  ~ 1.53 773 K, which is a significant enhancement of 0.35 compared to the undoped Ge0.8Mn0.1Pb0.1Te alloy. This substantial improvement underscores the positive impact of the selected doping elements and their concentrations on the overall thermoelectric performance of the alloy.

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