Issue 44, 2014

Structural evolvement and thermoelectric properties of Cu3−xSnxSe3 compounds with diamond-like crystal structures

Abstract

Polycrystalline samples of Cu3−xSnxSe3 were synthesized in the composition range x = 0.87–1.05. A compositionally induced evolvement from tetragonal via cubic to monoclinic crystal structures is observed, when the composition changes from a Cu-rich to a Sn-rich one. The Cu3−xSnxSe3 materials show a metal-to-semiconductor transition with increasing x. Electronic transport properties are governed by the charge-carrier concentration which is well described by a linear dispersion-band model. The lattice component of the thermal conductivity is practically independent of x which is attributed to the opposite influence of the atomic ordering and the inhomogeneous distribution of the Cu–Se or Sn–Se bonds with different polarities in the crystal structure. The highest thermoelectric figure of merit ZT of 0.34 is achieved for x = 1.025 at 700 K.

Graphical abstract: Structural evolvement and thermoelectric properties of Cu3−xSnxSe3 compounds with diamond-like crystal structures

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
18 May 2014
Accepted
14 Sep 2014
First published
15 Sep 2014

Dalton Trans., 2014,43, 16788-16794

Author version available

Structural evolvement and thermoelectric properties of Cu3−xSnxSe3 compounds with diamond-like crystal structures

J. Fan, W. Schnelle, I. Antonyshyn, I. Veremchuk, W. Carrillo-Cabrera, X. Shi, Y. Grin and L. Chen, Dalton Trans., 2014, 43, 16788 DOI: 10.1039/C4DT01457J

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