Development of High Performance Mg3(Sb, Bi)2-based Thermoelectric Materials
XU Chenhui1,2, KONG Dong1,2, KUANG Zhixiang1,2, CHEN Zhuo1,2, MA Yan1,2, ZOU Fuxiang1,2, CHEN Xin1,2, HU Xiaoming1,2, FENG Bo1,2, FAN Xi'an1,2,*
1 Key Laboratory for Ferrous Metallurgy and Resources Utilization of Ministry of Education, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430081, China 2 The State Key Laboratory of Refractories and Metallurgy, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430081, China
Abstract: Thermoelectric materials that convert electric energy and thermal energy are applied as functional materials in waste heat recovery and semiconductor refrigeration. Research on conventional thermoelectric materials has reached maturity; further development of such materials is hampered by the high cost of raw materials and low thermoelectric conversion efficiency. To overcome these limitations, Mg3(Sb, Bi)2Zintl phases have attracted extensive attention since their discovery and have been widely applied as thermoelectric materials because of their low cost and intrinsic low thermal conductivity. In addition, N-type Mg3(Sb, Bi)2-based conduction materials, having a high Seebeck coefficient owing to high energy band degeneracy, are hypothesized to be more effective than conventional medium- and low-temperature thermoelectric materials. However, the application of Mg3(Sb, Bi)2-based thermoelectric materials is limited because of the low carrier concentration caused by the large bandgap and the low thermal stability due to Mg vacancies. In addition to the maintenance of initial low thermal conductivity of such materials, researchers have continually tried to improve the electrical transport performance and thermal stability by employing different preparation processes and by conducting component and structure optimization. At present, the maximum ZT value of Mg3(Sb, Bi)2-based thermoelectric materials is above 1.8, and the conversion efficiency of the Mg3(Sb, Bi)2-based thermoelectric devices has been comparable to that of conventional low-temperature thermoelectric materials. This paper summarizes the physical properties and preparation methods of Mg3(Sb, Bi)2-based thermoelectric materials. The research progress on different optimization methods to prepare Mg3(Sb, Bi)2-based thermoelectric materials is discussed in detail, and possible future developments of the materials are presented.
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*樊希安,武汉科技大学材料与冶金学院教授、博士研究生导师。1999年安徽工业大学钢铁冶金专业本科毕业,2004年昆明理工大学冶金物理化学专业硕士毕业,2007年华中科技大学材料学专业博士毕业,2009年从武汉理工大学材料复合新技术国家重点实验室博士后出站。目前主要从事热-电转换温差发电技术、磁-电能量转换技术、辐射换热技术及其关键新材料等方面的研究工作。发表论文100余篇,包括Journal of Materials Chemistry、Materials & Design、Journal of Physics D:Applied Physics、Journal of Alloys and Compounds、Ceramics International、Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials等。groupfxa@163.com
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