Influence of Bi substitution with rare-earth elements on the transport properties of BiCuSeO oxyselenides

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العنوان: Influence of Bi substitution with rare-earth elements on the transport properties of BiCuSeO oxyselenides
المؤلفون: Novitskii, Andrei, Serhiienko, Illia, Novikov, Sergey, Ashim, Yerzhan, Zheleznyi, Mark, Kuskov, Kirill, Pankratova, Daria, Konstantinov, Petr, Voronin, Andrei, Tretiakov, Oleg, Inerbaev, Talgat, Burkov, Alexander, Khovaylo, Vladimir
سنة النشر: 2021
مصطلحات موضوعية: Condensed Matter - Materials Science
الوصف: In this study, we demonstrate that introducing of rare-earth elements, $R$ = La or Pr, into the Bi-O charge reservoir layer of BiCuSeO leads to an increase of both, the charge carrier concentration and the effective mass. Although the charge carrier mobility slightly decreases upon Bi$^{3+}$ to $R^{3+}$ substitution, the electronic transport properties are significantly improved in a broad temperature range from 100 K to 800 K. In particular, the electrical resistivity decreases by two times, while the Seebeck coefficient drops from 323 ${\mu}$V K$^{-1}$ to 238 ${\mu}$V K$^{-1}$ at 800 K. Thus, a power factor of nearly 3 ${\mu}$W cm$^{-1}$ K$^{-2}$ is achieved for Bi$_{0.92}$La$_{0.08}$CuSeO sample at 800 K. Meanwhile, a noticeable decrease of the lattice thermal conductivity is observed for the substituted samples, which can be attributed to the enhanced point defect scattering mostly originated from atomic mass fluctuations between $R$ and Bi. Ultimately, a maximum $zT$ value of nearly 0.34 at 800 K is obtained for the Bi$_{0.92}$La$_{0.08}$CuSeO sample, which is ~30% higher than that of pristine BiCuSeO.
Comment: 15 pages, 8 figures, 3 tables; Supplemental information: 18 pages, 15 figures, 2 tables
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.2c01375
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/2104.10509
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.2104.10509
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv