Abstract
High-performance thermoelectric (TE) devices are promising for waste-heat recovery and power generation. Recently, Sb2Si2Te6 has been demonstrated as a promising p-type TE material with high performance and low cost. However, Sb2Si2Te6-based TE devices have not yet been fabricated. The performance of TE devices depends on not only TE materials, but also electrode materials and inner interfaces. Herein, we utilize the high throughput strategy to screen the appropriate electrode material and find that cobalt exhibits a low contact resistance (2.47 μΩ cm−2) and a high shear strength (18.03 MPa). Furthermore, we successfully fabricate one eight-couple Sb2Si1.99Ge0.01Te6 (p-type)/Yb0.3Co4Sb12 (n-type) TE module with optimized geometric parameters by the finite element method. The module exhibits a high output power density (0.92 W cm−2) and a decent energy conversion efficiency (4.2%) under a temperature difference of 500 K. Our studies will promote further development of Sb2Si2Te6 materials and Sb2Si2Te6-based devices.
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