Abstract
The thermoelectric performance of the materials, which is of great interest for the waste heat recovery and solid-state cooling, is determined by figure of merit or the ZT for the two-dimensional honeycomb lattices GeC, SnC and SiC. Using the first principles calculations based on the GGA and HSE approximation, it is found that that SiC and SnC are indirect semiconductors, unlike GeC which exhibits a direct band gap. Furthermore, calculations employing semi-classical Boltzmann transport theory reveal that the thermoelectric performance of these 2D compounds is improved with respect to their graphene, silicene and germanene counterparts. At 700 K, the highest figure of merit (ZT) is 0.78 and 0.46 for GeC and SiC respectively, while it reaches the great value of 2.08 for SnC material that exhibits the lowest thermal conductivity. Our findings assess the potential of CX {X = Si,Ge,Sn} compounds as suitable thermoelectric materials at the temperature gradient from 100 to 700 K.
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