Revelation of Inherently High Mobility Enables Mg₃Sb₂ as a Sustainable Alternative to n-Bi₂Te₃ Thermoelectrics.

ABSTRACT: Over the past years, thermoelectric Mg₃Sb₂ alloys particularly in n-type conduction, have attracted increasing attentions for thermoelectric applications, due to the multivalley conduction band, abundance of constituents, and less toxicity. However, the high vapor pressure, causticity of Mg, and the high melting point of Mg₃Sb₂ tend to cause the inclusion in the materials of boundary phases and defects that affect the transport properties. In this work, a utilization of tantalum-sealing for melting enables n-type Mg₃Sb₂ alloys to show a substantially higher mobility than ever reported, which can be attributed to the purification of phases and to the coarse grains. Importantly, the inherently high mobility successfully enable

SUBMITTER: Shi X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6702648 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature