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_id: '13093'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: The direct, solid state, and reversible conversion between heat and electricity
using thermoelectric devices finds numerous potential uses, especially around
room temperature. However, the relatively high material processing cost limits
their real applications. Silver selenide (Ag2Se) is one of the very few n-type
thermoelectric (TE) materials for room-temperature applications. Herein, we report
a room temperature, fast, and aqueous-phase synthesis approach to produce Ag2Se,
which can be extended to other metal chalcogenides. These materials reach TE figures
of merit (zT) of up to 0.76 at 380 K. To improve these values, bismuth sulfide
(Bi2S3) particles also prepared in an aqueous solution are incorporated into the
Ag2Se matrix. In this way, a series of Ag2Se/Bi2S3 composites with Bi2S3 wt %
of 0.5, 1.0, and 1.5 are prepared by solution blending and hot-press sintering.
The presence of Bi2S3 significantly improves the Seebeck coefficient and power
factor while at the same time decreasing the thermal conductivity with no apparent
drop in electrical conductivity. Thus, a maximum zT value of 0.96 is achieved
in the composites with 1.0 wt % Bi2S3 at 370 K. Furthermore, a high average zT
value (zTave) of 0.93 in the 300–390 K range is demonstrated.
acknowledgement: 'Open Access is funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF). B.N.,
M.L., Y.Z., K.X., and X.H. thank the China Scholarship Council (CSC) for the scholarship
support. C.C. received funding from the FWF “Lise Meitner Fellowship” grant agreement
M 2889-N. M.I. acknowledges the financial support from ISTA and the Werner Siemens
Foundation. ICN2 acknowledges funding from Generalitat de Catalunya 2021SGR00457
and project NANOGEN (PID2020-116093RB-C43) funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033/.
ICN2 was supported by the Severo Ochoa program from Spanish MCIN/AEI (Grant No.:
CEX2021-001214-S) and was funded by the CERCA Programme/Generalitat de Catalunya.
J.L. is a Serra Húnter Fellow and is grateful to the ICREA Academia program and
projects MICINN/FEDER PID2021-124572OB-C31 and 2021 SGR 01061. K.H.L. acknowledges
support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (22208293). This study
is part of the Advanced Materials programme and was supported by MCIN with funding
from European Union NextGenerationEU (PRTR-C17.I1) and by Generalitat de Catalunya.'
article_processing_charge: No
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Bingfei
full_name: Nan, Bingfei
last_name: 'Nan'
- first_name: Mengyao
full_name: Li, Mengyao
last_name: Li
- first_name: Yu
full_name: Zhang, Yu
last_name: Zhang
- first_name: Ke
full_name: Xiao, Ke
last_name: Xiao
- first_name: Khak Ho
full_name: Lim, Khak Ho
last_name: Lim
- first_name: Cheng
full_name: Chang, Cheng
id: 9E331C2E-9F27-11E9-AE48-5033E6697425
last_name: Chang
orcid: 0000-0002-9515-4277
- first_name: Xu
full_name: Han, Xu
last_name: Han
- first_name: Yong
full_name: Zuo, Yong
last_name: Zuo
- first_name: Junshan
full_name: Li, Junshan
last_name: Li
- first_name: Jordi
full_name: Arbiol, Jordi
last_name: Arbiol
- first_name: Jordi
full_name: Llorca, Jordi
last_name: Llorca
- first_name: Maria
full_name: Ibáñez, Maria
id: 43C61214-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Ibáñez
orcid: 0000-0001-5013-2843
- first_name: Andreu
full_name: Cabot, Andreu
last_name: Cabot
citation:
ama: Nan B, Li M, Zhang Y, et al. Engineering of thermoelectric composites based
on silver selenide in aqueous solution and ambient temperature. ACS Applied
Electronic Materials. 2023. doi:10.1021/acsaelm.3c00055
apa: Nan, B., Li, M., Zhang, Y., Xiao, K., Lim, K. H., Chang, C., … Cabot, A. (2023).
Engineering of thermoelectric composites based on silver selenide in aqueous solution
and ambient temperature. ACS Applied Electronic Materials. American Chemical
Society. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.3c00055
chicago: Nan, Bingfei, Mengyao Li, Yu Zhang, Ke Xiao, Khak Ho Lim, Cheng Chang,
Xu Han, et al. “Engineering of Thermoelectric Composites Based on Silver Selenide
in Aqueous Solution and Ambient Temperature.” ACS Applied Electronic Materials.
American Chemical Society, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.3c00055.
ieee: B. Nan et al., “Engineering of thermoelectric composites based on silver
selenide in aqueous solution and ambient temperature,” ACS Applied Electronic
Materials. American Chemical Society, 2023.
ista: Nan B, Li M, Zhang Y, Xiao K, Lim KH, Chang C, Han X, Zuo Y, Li J, Arbiol
J, Llorca J, Ibáñez M, Cabot A. 2023. Engineering of thermoelectric composites
based on silver selenide in aqueous solution and ambient temperature. ACS Applied
Electronic Materials.
mla: Nan, Bingfei, et al. “Engineering of Thermoelectric Composites Based on Silver
Selenide in Aqueous Solution and Ambient Temperature.” ACS Applied Electronic
Materials, American Chemical Society, 2023, doi:10.1021/acsaelm.3c00055.
short: B. Nan, M. Li, Y. Zhang, K. Xiao, K.H. Lim, C. Chang, X. Han, Y. Zuo, J.
Li, J. Arbiol, J. Llorca, M. Ibáñez, A. Cabot, ACS Applied Electronic Materials
(2023).
date_created: 2023-05-28T22:01:03Z
date_published: 2023-05-05T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-08-01T14:50:48Z
day: '05'
department:
- _id: MaIb
doi: 10.1021/acsaelm.3c00055
external_id:
isi:
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isi: 1
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
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url: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.3c00055
month: '05'
oa: 1
oa_version: Published Version
project:
- _id: 9B8804FC-BA93-11EA-9121-9846C619BF3A
grant_number: M02889
name: Bottom-up Engineering for Thermoelectric Applications
- _id: 9B8F7476-BA93-11EA-9121-9846C619BF3A
name: 'HighTE: The Werner Siemens Laboratory for the High Throughput Discovery of
Semiconductors for Waste Heat Recovery'
publication: ACS Applied Electronic Materials
publication_identifier:
eissn:
- 2637-6113
publication_status: epub_ahead
publisher: American Chemical Society
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: '1'
status: public
title: Engineering of thermoelectric composites based on silver selenide in aqueous
solution and ambient temperature
type: journal_article
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