Synergistic Regulation of Phonon and Electronic Properties to Improve the 
Thermoelectric Performance of Chalcogenide CuIn1−xGaxTe2:yInTe (x = 0–0.3) with 
In Situ Formed Nanoscale Phase InTe

Li, Min; Luo, Yong; Hu, Xiaojuan; Cai, Gemei; Han, Zhong-Kang; Du, Zhengliang; Cui, Jiaolin

doi:10.1002/aelm.201901141

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Synergistic Regulation of Phonon and Electronic Properties to Improve the Thermoelectric Performance of Chalcogenide CuIn_1−xGa_xTe₂:yInTe (x = 0–0.3) with In Situ Formed Nanoscale Phase InTe

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Hu, Xiaojuan
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Han, Zhong-Kang
Center for Energy Science and Technology, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology;
Theory, Fritz Haber Institute, Max Planck Society;

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Li, M., Luo, Y., Hu, X., Cai, G., Han, Z.-K., Du, Z., et al. (2020). Synergistic Regulation of Phonon and Electronic Properties to Improve the Thermoelectric Performance of Chalcogenide CuIn_1−xGa_xTe₂:yInTe (x = 0–0.3) with In Situ Formed Nanoscale Phase InTe. Advanced Electronic Materials, 6(2): 1901141. doi:10.1002/aelm.201901141.

Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0005-8FEA-3

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Most ternary Cu‐In‐Te chalcogenides have large bandgaps and high Seebeck coefficients, hence they have received much attention in the thermoelectric (TE) community. However, it is still challenging to reduce their thermal conductivities while sustaining their electrical properties; therefore, much work needs to be done. The phonon and electronic properties in ternary CuInTe₂‐based chalcogenides CuIn_1−xGa_xTe₂:yInTe (x = 0–0.3) with in situ formed nanoscale phase InTe precipitated in the grain boundaries is synergistically regulated. This regulation reduces the lattice thermal conductivity by a factor of ≈2 compared to pristine CuInTe₂, due to phonon–phonon interaction and point defect scatterings introduced in the main phase at high temperatures for samples at x ≤ 0.2, combined with the phonon blocking effect from InTe at low and middle temperatures. At the same time, the power factor enhances by 73%. As a result, the TE performance improves significantly with a peak figure of merit value of 1.22 at ≈850 K.