n-Type AlCuFeMn Medium-Entropy Alloy with Reduced Thermal Conductivity: A Prospective Thermoelectric Material

IF 2.2 4区工程技术 Q3 ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC

Journal of Electronic Materials Pub Date : 2024-10-18 DOI:10.1007/s11664-024-11518-7

Palash Swarnakar, Abhigyan Ojha, Partha Sarathi De, Sivaiah Bathula, Amritendu Roy

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Abstract

Developing affordable thermoelectric (TE) materials is critical for efficient waste heat recovery in industries. With the goal of developing novel, affordable TE materials, the present experimental–theoretical investigation, for the first time, presents a rigorous analysis of the electrical and thermal transport properties of a multi-principal-component AlCuFeMn alloy (MPCA). TE properties related to electronic transport, including the Seebeck coefficient, electrical conductivity, and thermal conductivity, were measured on a vacuum-cast sample and were computed using semi-classical Boltzmann transport theory. Additionally, ab initio calculations were performed to calculate the lattice thermal conductivity. The alloy demonstrated overall thermal conductivity of < 4 W/mK, comparable to conventional thermoelectric materials, while the computed lattice thermal conductivity was < 1 W/mK. Such low thermal conductivity may be attributed to the complex microstructure as well as the uniform distribution of aluminium in the matrix. The power factor of the alloy, however, was small (< 0.1 mW/mK²), translating to a low figure of merit (ZT ~ 0.01). Our study indicates that composition engineering can potentially improve the power factor and thus the overall TE response in an AlCuFeMn alloy.

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Journal of Electronic Materials 工程技术-材料科学：综合

CiteScore

4.10

自引率

4.80%

发文量

693

审稿时长

3.8 months

期刊介绍： The Journal of Electronic Materials (JEM) reports monthly on the science and technology of electronic materials, while examining new applications for semiconductors, magnetic alloys, dielectrics, nanoscale materials, and photonic materials. The journal welcomes articles on methods for preparing and evaluating the chemical, physical, electronic, and optical properties of these materials. Specific areas of interest are materials for state-of-the-art transistors, nanotechnology, electronic packaging, detectors, emitters, metallization, superconductivity, and energy applications. Review papers on current topics enable individuals in the field of electronics to keep abreast of activities in areas peripheral to their own. JEM also selects papers from conferences such as the Electronic Materials Conference, the U.S. Workshop on the Physics and Chemistry of II-VI Materials, and the International Conference on Thermoelectrics. It benefits both specialists and non-specialists in the electronic materials field. A journal of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society.