碘掺杂与碳纳米管界面工程协同优化PbTe基材料热电输运性质研究

Synergistic optimization of thermoelectric transport properties in PbTe-based materials by iodine doping and carbon nanotube interface engineering

  • 摘要: 碲化铅(PbTe)是典型的中温区热电材料,可用于工业余热温差发电领域。然而,PbTe存在本征载流子浓度偏低的固有缺陷,且各热电输运参数间的相互制约关系限制了热电转换性能的进一步提升。本文采用碘(I)替位施主掺杂与碳纳米管(carbon nanotubes, CNTs)界面复合的协同改性策略,同步调控PbTe基体的电子与声子输运行为。首先,利用I原子置换Te晶格格位以优化载流子浓度,有效提升材料的电导率与功率因子。随后,通过高能球磨工艺引入CNTs,在基体内部构建异质界面。该异质界面能够发挥双重调控作用:一方面高效散射声子,显著降低晶格热导率;另一方面借助界面势垒诱发载流子能量过滤效应,提高Seebeck系数。结果表明,最优组分PbTe-0.4%I-0.4%CNTs(I为摩尔分数,CNTs为质量分数)在723 K下的峰值热电优值约为1.22,较纯PbTe提升近6倍。研究证实,载流子浓度精准调控耦合异质界面工程,是高效提升PbTe基中温热电材料综合性能的可行技术途径。

     

    Abstract: Lead telluride (PbTe) is a promising medium-temperature thermoelectric material for waste heat recovery. However, intrinsic PbTe suffers from low carrier concentration, and the trade-off between electrical and thermal transport parameters hinders the improvement of thermoelectric performance. In this study, a synergistic modification strategy combining iodine (I) substitutional donor doping and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) interfacial compositing was adopted to simultaneously regulate electronic and phonon transport in the PbTe matrix. Iodine atoms substituted Te lattice sites to optimize carrier concentration, thereby boosting electrical conductivity and the power factor. Furthermore, CNTs were introduced via high-energy ball milling to construct abundant heterointerfaces. These heterointerfaces achieved dual effects: they strongly scattered phonons to reduce lattice thermal conductivity, while interfacial potential barriers triggered the carrier energy filtering effect to enhance the Seebeck coefficient, thus alleviating the trade-off between electrical and thermal properties. The results demonstrated that the optimal composition, PbTe-0.4%I-0.4%CNTs (where I in molar fraction and CNTs in mass fraction), exhibited a peak thermoelectric figure of merit of approximately 1.22 at 723 K, which is nearly six times higher than that of pristine PbTe. This work verifies that the combination of carrier concentration regulation and heterointerface engineering is an effective route to improve the thermoelectric performance of PbTe-based medium-temperature materials.

     

/

返回文章
返回