Nature of thermoelectric properties occurring in defected Sn2P2S6chalcogenide crystals
| Autor: | Malgorzata Makowska-Janusik, T. Babuka, Yu. Vysochanskii, K. E. Glukhov, A. Kohutych |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Materials science
Chalcogenide Thermodynamics 02 engineering and technology General Chemistry 010402 general chemistry 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Condensed Matter Physics 01 natural sciences Crystallographic defect 0104 chemical sciences Crystal Condensed Matter::Materials Science chemistry.chemical_compound chemistry Condensed Matter::Superconductivity Seebeck coefficient Vacancy defect Phase (matter) Thermoelectric effect General Materials Science Charge carrier 0210 nano-technology |
| Zdroj: | CrystEngComm. 22:2336-2349 |
| ISSN: | 1466-8033 |
| DOI: | 10.1039/c9ce02017a |
| Popis: | Detailed first-principles calculations were performed to explain the physical nature of the thermoelectric properties occurring in Sn2P2S6 (SPS) crystals with deviation from stoichiometry. Consequently, a computational model was formulated to calculate the thermoelectric parameters of nonstoichiometric SPS crystals in the paraelectric phase by taking into account the calculations of cohesive energy, Ecoh, crystal formation energy, Ef, and vacancy formation energy, Evf, using the DFT and DFT+U methods. Using the Boltzmann formula, the relative concentrations of different types of point defects in bulk SPS systems were determined. These data were used to calculate the temperature behavior of nonstoichiometric SPS crystals. Experimental temperature dependence of conductivity was determined. Consequently, the concentration of charge carriers, their mobilities, and temperature behaviors of the Seebeck coefficient in the SPS crystal could be determined. The experimentally obtained dependencies of the thermoelectric effect demonstrated an agreement with the experimental measurements, confirming the validity of the proposed model of point defect formation in the material under consideration, thereby proving the unexpected properties of the SPS crystal. |
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