Energy-filtering-induced high power factor in PbS-nanoparticles-embedded TiS2

Yulong Wang; Junfu Wen; Zhenghua Fan; Ningzhong Bao; Rong Huang; Rong Tu; Yifeng Wang

doi:10.1063/1.4918687

Energy-filtering-induced high power factor in PbS-nanoparticles-embedded TiS₂

Yulong Wang
, Junfu Wen
, Zhenghua Fan
, Ningzhong Bao^*
, Rong Huang
, Rong Tu
, Yifeng Wang

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Physics and Electronic Science

Nanjing Tech University
Wuhan University of Technology

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We report on a greatly enhanced power factor for 1%PbS-nanoparticle-embedded TiS₂ bulk ceramic, about 1 mW/(mK²) at 300 K and 1.23 mW/(mK²) in a wide temperature range of 573 ∼ 673 K, of which the latter is among the highest so far for TiS₂-based thermoelectric materials. Compared to TiS₂, the power factor is increased by ∼110% at 300 K and (50 ∼ 35)% at 573 ∼ 673 K. This enhancement is derived from a large increase in Seebeck coefficient which overwhelmed the modest degradation of electrical conductivity, which should be attributed to energy filtering induced by the band gap offset between TiS₂ and PbS.

Original language	English
Article number	047126
Journal	AIP Advances
Volume	5
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4918687
State	Published - 1 Apr 2015

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