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arXiv 2006.06260cond-mat.mtrl-scicond-mat.str-el
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提高Cu2Se热电效率的电子源

Electronic Origin for the Enhanced Thermoelectric Efficiency of Cu2Se

Shucui Sun, Yiwei Li, Yujie Chen, Xiang Xu, Lu Kang, Jingsong Zhou, Wei Xia, Shuai Liu, Meixiao Wang, Juan Jiang, Aiji Liang, Ding Pei, Kunpeng Zhao, Pengfei Qi… 展开作者

Shucui Sun, Yiwei Li, Yujie Chen, Xiang Xu, Lu Kang, Jingsong Zhou, Wei Xia, Shuai Liu, Meixiao Wang, Juan Jiang, Aiji Liang, Ding Pei, Kunpeng Zhao, Pengfei Qiu, Xun Shi, Lidong Chen, Yanfeng Guo, Zhengguo Wang, Yan Zhang, Zhongkai Liu, Lexian Yang, Yulin Chen

摘要:

热电材料(TM)可以独特地将废热转化为电能,这为日益严峻的全球能源危机提供了潜在的解决方案。具有Cu离子电导率的块状Cu2Se在其结构转变附近(约400 K)表现出热电优值zT的显著增强(约3倍)。在这里,我们展示了一个系统的研究的电子结构的Cu2Se和它的温度演变,使用高分辨率角分辨光电子能谱。在整个结构转变加热时,布里渊区的角落附近的电子态逐渐消失,而布里渊区的中心附近的带突然向高结合能移动,并开发一个能隙。有趣的是,所观察到的能带重构很好地再现了Cu2Se的Seebeck系数的温度演化,为400 K附近热电性能的急剧增强提供了电子起源。目前的研究结果不仅在凝聚态系统的结构相变、电子结构和热电性质之间架起了桥梁,而且为新一代热电材料的研究和设计提供了有价值的见解。

英文摘要:

Thermoelectric materials (TMs) can uniquely convert waste heat into electricity, which provides a potential solution for the global energy crisis that is increasingly severe. Bulk Cu2Se, with ionic conductivity of Cu ions, exhibits a significant enhancement of its thermoelectric figure of merit zT by a factor of ~3 near its structural transition around 400 K. Here, we show a systematic study of the electronic structure of Cu2Se and its temperature evolution using high-resolution angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. Upon heating across the structural transition, the electronic states near the corner of the Brillouin zone gradually disappear, while the bands near the centre of Brillouin zone shift abruptly towards high binding energies and develop an energy gap. Interestingly, the observed band reconstruction well reproduces the temperature evolution of the Seebeck coefficient of Cu2Se, providing an electronic origin for the drastic enhancement of the thermoelectric performance near 400 K. The current results not only bridge among structural phase transition, electronic structures, and thermoelectric properties in a condensed matter system, but also provide valuable insights into the search and design of new generation of thermoelectric materials.

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