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Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance by Resonant Doping and Embedded Magnetic Impurity

Sujin Kim1, Junphil Hwang1,2,*, Tae-Soo You3, Seongbeom Yeon3, Jungwon Kim4, Byung-Kyu Yu1, Mi-Kyung Han1, Minju Lee1, Somnath Acharya5 et al.

Jiyong Kim5, Woochul Kim5, and Sung-Jin Kim1,†

  • 1Department of Chemistry and Nano Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120-750, Korea
  • 2Green Energy R&D Division, Korea Construction Equipment Technology Institute (KOCETI), Jeonbuk 54004, Korea
  • 3Department of Chemistry and BK21 Four Research Team, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Chungbuk 28644, Korea
  • 4Institute of Advanced Composite Materials, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Jeonbuk 55324, Korea
  • 5School of Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, Korea

  • *tainm7@naver.com
  • †sjkim@ewha.ac.kr
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Phys. Rev. Applied 19, 014034 – Published 11 January, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.19.014034

Abstract

The thermoelectric energy-conversion efficiency is significantly enhanced by introducing magnetism. Doping Cr atoms in a Cu2SnS3(CTS) matrix modifies the electron density of state (e-DOS) and causes a special electron-transport mechanism by localized impurity spin moments. The localized spin moments cause a spin-spin exchange interaction with the spin of itinerant electrons of the CTS matrix. This is clearly verified in M-T measurement, which deviated from Curie’s law. The figure of merit (zT) of the magnetic nanocomposite was 8 times higher than that of pristine CTS by the synergetic effect of modifying e-DOS near the Fermi level and electron transport by localized spin moments.

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Phys. Rev. Applied 19, 014034– Published 11 January, 2023
  • Received 4 April 2022
  • Revised 8 November 2022
  • Accepted 28 November 2022
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