Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance of Bulk Bismuth Selenide: Synergistic Effect of Indium and Antimony Co-doping

Jamal Deen Musah, Liu Linlin, Chen Guo, Andrei Novitskii, Abdul Mojeed O. Ilyas, Illia Serhiienko, Vladimir Khovaylo, Vellaisamy A.L. Roy, Chi Man Lawrence Wu

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Abstract

The thermoelectric (TE) performance of pristine Bi2Se3is inferior to that of Bi2Te3. Therefore, the study on Bi2Se3has faced a decline. The lower performance is due to the low power factor and high thermal conductivity. In recent years, single aliovalent doping has been adopted to improve the TE performance of Bi2Se3. Here, we adopt an isovalent co-doping approach using indium and antimony to create a manifold enhancement in the TE performance of Bi2Se3via the creation of neutral impurities and deep defect states (DDSs). A high figure of merit (ZT = 0.47) is obtained at 473 K for a doping concentration of 0.1 at. %. The TE performance obtained for Bi2-xInxSb2x/3Se3, x = 0.1 at. %, is comparable to that obtained in several reports for pristine Bi2Te3. Our density functional theory calculation reveals an underlying DDS located at ∼15 eV below the Fermi level. This leads to enhanced electronic properties via density of states optimization induced by the co-doping. The isovalent doping is expected to create neutral impurities, which causes less scattering to conduction electrons while absorbing phonon vibration, thus improving the TE performance.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3862-3871
Number of pages10
JournalACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering
Volume10
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 28 Mar 2022
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Co-doping
  • bismuth selenide
  • isovalent doping
  • metal chalcogenides
  • power factor (PF)
  • thermoelectric (TE) enhancement

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