• 文献标题:   Enhanced Thermoelectric Properties of Graphene/Cu2SnSe3 Composites
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHAO DG, WANG XZ, WU D
  • 作者关键词:   thermoelectric, composite, ternary diamondlike semiconductor, graphene
  • 出版物名称:   CRYSTALS
  • ISSN:   2073-4352
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Jinan
  • 被引频次:   6
  • DOI:   10.3390/cryst7030071
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

Cu2SnSe3 material is regarded as a potential thermoelectric material due to its relatively high carrier mobility and low thermal conductivity. In this study, graphene was introduced into the Cu2SnSe3 powder by ball milling, and the bulk graphene/Cu2SnSe3 thermoelectric composites were prepared by spark plasma sintering. The graphene nanosheets distributed uniformly in the Cu2SnSe3 matrix. Meanwhile, some graphene nanosheets tended to form thick aggregations, and the average length of these aggregations was about 3 mu m. With the fraction of graphene increasing, the electrical conductivity of graphene/Cu2SnSe3 samples increased greatly while the Seebeck coefficient was decreased. The introduction of graphene nanosheets can reduce the thermal conductivity effectively resulting from the phonon scattering by the graphene interface. When the content of graphene exceeds a certain value, the thermal conductivity of graphene/Cu2SnSe3 composites starts to increase. The achieved highest figure of merit (ZT) for 0.25 vol % graphene/Cu2SnSe3 composite was 0.44 at 700 K.