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Approaching high-performance of ordered structure Sb2Te3 film via unique angular intraplanar grain boundaries.

ABSTRACT: In this paper, we present an innovative electric-field-assisted magnetron-sputtering deposition method for films preparation. By grain boundary-engineering, we successeful obtained the ordered Sb2Te3 film with greatly high figure of merit via controlling external electric field. It has been found that the electric field can induce the change in the angle of intraplanar grain boundaries between (0 1 5) and (0 1 5) planes, which leads to the enhanced holes mobility and maintained low thermal conductivity. The energy filtering takes place at the angular intraplanar grain boundaries. At room temperature, a high ZT value of 1.75 can be achieved in the deposited Sb2Te3 film under 30?V external electric field. This is a very promising approach that the electric field induced deposition can develop high-performance Sb2Te3-based thermoelectric films.

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC7136274 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

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Approaching high-performance of ordered structure Sb2Te3 film via unique angular intraplanar grain boundaries.

Tan Ming M Hao Liyu L Li Hui H Li Cong C Liu Xiaobiao X Yan Dali D Yang Tie T Deng Yuan Y

Scientific reports 20200406 1

In this paper, we present an innovative electric-field-assisted magnetron-sputtering deposition method for films preparation. By grain boundary-engineering, we successeful obtained the ordered Sb2Te3 film with greatly high figure of merit via controlling external electric field. It has been found that the electric field can induce the change in the angle of intraplanar grain boundaries between (0 1 5) and (0 1 5) planes, which leads to the enhanced holes mobility and mainta ...[more]

PMID: 32249834

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