Abstract
Bismuth telluride-based (Bi2Te3) alloys have long been considered the best thermoelectric (TE) materials at room temperature. However, the n-type Bi2Te3 alloys always exhibit poor thermoelectric performance than their p-type counterpart, which severely limits the energy conversion efficiency of thermoelectric devices. Here, we demonstrate that incorporating AgBiSe2 can concurrently regulate the electrical and thermal transport properties as well as improve the mechanical performance of n-type Bi2Te2.69Se0.33Cl0.03 for high thermoelectric performance. Among these, AgBiSe2 effectively enhanced the Seebeck coefficients of n-type Bi2Te2.69Se0.33Cl0.03 due to the reduced carrier concentration and reduced the thermal conductivity of n-type Bi2Te2.69Se0.33Cl0.03 owing to the enhanced phonon scattering by AgBiSe2 as well as its low thermal conductivity nature. Consequently, the simultaneous optimization of electrical and thermal transport properties enables us to achieve a maximum ZT of ∼1.21 (at ∼353 K) and an average ZTave of ∼1.07 (300-433 K) for 3.5 wt % AgBiSe2-incorporated Bi2Te2.69Se0.33Cl0.03, which are ∼25.62 and ∼23.36% larger than those of Bi2Te2.69Se0.33Cl0.03, respectively. This work proves that the incorporation of AgBiSe2 is an efficient way to improve the thermoelectric performance of bismuth telluride-based materials.
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