Copper tin sulphide (Cu2SnS3, CTS) is a promising p-type thermoelectric material. In the present work, we have investigated the cation disorder in CTS disks made by sintering powders produced via high energy reactive ball-milling. The crystalline structures, electronic and thermal properties were systematically investigated. As-milled CTS shows a disordered cubic structure (c-CTS), preserved with thermal treatment up to 500 °C. By increasing the thermal treatment temperature, CTS gradually evolves towards the ordered monoclinic structure (m-CTS), reaching complete order at 650 °C. The disordered CTS has several times higher zT than the ordered CTS. In fact, ordered CTS has high thermopower, up to 700 μV/K, and high electrical resistivity leading to zT < 0.05 above 700K; whereas, disordered (c-CTS) has comparatively high zT∼0.30 above 700K. This has been related to the lower electrical resistivity, and the ultra-low thermal conductivity (k∼0.26 W/m-K), resulting from the disordered structure, promoting Phonon-Glass-Electron-Crystal (PGEC) characteristics. In our best knowledge, zT∼0.30 above 700K is the highest in CTS samples without acting on the chemistry of the system.

Ultra-Low Thermal Conductivity and Improved Thermoelectric Performance in Disordered Nanostructured Copper Tin Sulphide (Cu2SnS3, CTS) / Lohani, K.; Isotta, E.; Ataollahi, N.; Fanciulli, C.; Chiappini, A.; Scardi, P.. - In: JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS. - ISSN 0925-8388. - STAMPA. - 2020, 830:(2020), p. 154604. [10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.154604]

Ultra-Low Thermal Conductivity and Improved Thermoelectric Performance in Disordered Nanostructured Copper Tin Sulphide (Cu2SnS3, CTS)

Lohani K.;Isotta E.;Ataollahi N.;Chiappini A.;Scardi P.
2020-01-01

Abstract

Copper tin sulphide (Cu2SnS3, CTS) is a promising p-type thermoelectric material. In the present work, we have investigated the cation disorder in CTS disks made by sintering powders produced via high energy reactive ball-milling. The crystalline structures, electronic and thermal properties were systematically investigated. As-milled CTS shows a disordered cubic structure (c-CTS), preserved with thermal treatment up to 500 °C. By increasing the thermal treatment temperature, CTS gradually evolves towards the ordered monoclinic structure (m-CTS), reaching complete order at 650 °C. The disordered CTS has several times higher zT than the ordered CTS. In fact, ordered CTS has high thermopower, up to 700 μV/K, and high electrical resistivity leading to zT < 0.05 above 700K; whereas, disordered (c-CTS) has comparatively high zT∼0.30 above 700K. This has been related to the lower electrical resistivity, and the ultra-low thermal conductivity (k∼0.26 W/m-K), resulting from the disordered structure, promoting Phonon-Glass-Electron-Crystal (PGEC) characteristics. In our best knowledge, zT∼0.30 above 700K is the highest in CTS samples without acting on the chemistry of the system.
2020
Lohani, K.; Isotta, E.; Ataollahi, N.; Fanciulli, C.; Chiappini, A.; Scardi, P.
Ultra-Low Thermal Conductivity and Improved Thermoelectric Performance in Disordered Nanostructured Copper Tin Sulphide (Cu2SnS3, CTS) / Lohani, K.; Isotta, E.; Ataollahi, N.; Fanciulli, C.; Chiappini, A.; Scardi, P.. - In: JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS. - ISSN 0925-8388. - STAMPA. - 2020, 830:(2020), p. 154604. [10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.154604]
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