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The existence of Ge vacancy induces an inherently hole concentration up to 1021 21 cm-- 3 in pristine thermoelectric GeTe, which results in a need of-10 % aliovalent dopants for optimization. However, the extra carrier scattering by the dopants would notably deteriorate the carrier mobility. In this work, CuSbTe2-alloying 2-alloying is revealed to increase the formation energy of Ge-vacancy, leading to a rapid reduction in hole concentration down to 1.3 x 1020 20 cm-- 3 but with a mobility above 100 cm2/V-s. 2 /V-s. Along with a further Pb-substitution at Ge sites for lattice thermal conductivity reduction and band alignment, a peak figure of merit zT of-2.4 at 625 K is eventually realized in the rhombohedral structure, leading to a specific power density of as high as 70 W/m and a conversion efficiency of-10 % under a temperature difference of 302 K. This illustrates r-GeTe as truly efficient thermoelectrics particularly for low-grade heat recovery applications.
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MATERIALS TODAY PHYSICS
ISSN: 2542-5293
Year: 2024
Volume: 45
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