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Effect of Sn-substitution on Thermoelectric Properties of Copper-based Sulfide, Famatinite Cu3SbS4
- Source :
- J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 84, 044706 (2015)
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Copper-based sulfide is an attractive material for Earth-abundant thermoelectrics. In this study, we demonstrate the effect of Sn-substitution on the electrical and thermal transport properties of fematinite Cu3SbS4 from 300 to 573 K. The carrier concentration is controlled in the range from 4 \times 10^18 to 8 \times 10^20 cm^-3 by Sn-substitution. The density-of-states effective mass is found to be ~3.0 me, assuming the single parabolic band model. The direct-type optical band gap is ~0.9 eV, which is consistent with the density functional theory calculation. The dimensionless figure of merit reaches 0.1 for Sn-doped samples at 573 K.<br />Comment: 19 pages, 8 figures in J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. (2015)
- Subjects :
- Condensed Matter - Materials Science
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Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Journal :
- J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 84, 044706 (2015)
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.1502.04762
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.7566/JPSJ.84.044706