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Effect of Band Gap Reduction on the Thermoelectric Properties of In2Se3 Based Semiconductors after Co-Doping of Cu and Te
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国家自然科学基金项目 (51071115、51171136);陕西省自然科学基础研究计划重点项目 (2009JZ009);陕西省教育厅专项科研计划项目 (09JK476)

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    a-In2Se3 is one of the A2IIIB3IV type semiconductors with a wide band gap. A proper co-doping of Cu and Te leads to the formation of slab Cu2Se, which accounts for the reduction of band gap Eg, with its value decreasing from 1.32 eV for the intrinsic a-In2Se3 to 1.14 eV. This reduction of band gap is responsible for the remarkable improvement in thermoelectric properties, with the maximum power factor p increasing from 0.76′10-4 to 2.8×10-4 W·m-1·K-2 and the highest ZT value from 0.25 to 0.63. A proper co-doping results in a change in morphology from the amorphous-like structure represented by In2Se3 to the visible polycrystalline form, observed using HRTEM, and this change is directly related to the moderate enhancement of lattice thermal conductivity above 500 K

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[Cui Jiaolin, Zhang Xiaojun, Li Yiyun, Gao Yulan. Effect of Band Gap Reduction on the Thermoelectric Properties of In2Se3 Based Semiconductors after Co-Doping of Cu and Te[J]. Rare Metal Materials and Engineering,2012,41(12):2118~2122.]
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  • Received:November 11,2011
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