Article Enhanced High-Temperature Thermoelectric Performance of Yb4Sb3 via Ce/Bi Co-doping and Metallic Contact Deposition for Device Integration

Sylvain Le Tonquesse ORCID ; Hugo Bouteiller ORCID ; Yoshitaka Matsushita SAMURAI ORCID (National Institute for Materials Science) ; Araseli Cortez ; Sabah K. Bux ; Kazuki Imasato ; Michihiro Ohta ; Jean-François Halet ORCID ; Takao Mori SAMURAI ORCID (National Institute for Materials Science) ; Franck Gascoin ; David Berthebaud ORCID

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Sylvain Le Tonquesse, Hugo Bouteiller, Yoshitaka Matsushita, Araseli Cortez, Sabah K. Bux, Kazuki Imasato, Michihiro Ohta, Jean-François Halet, Takao Mori, Franck Gascoin, David Berthebaud. Enhanced High-Temperature Thermoelectric Performance of Yb4Sb3 via Ce/Bi Co-doping and Metallic Contact Deposition for Device Integration. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 2023, 6 (19), 10088-10097. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.3c01693
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Thermoelectrics (TE) for very high temperatures (>800 K) have numerous potential applications in heavy industry and space exploration. This article focuses on the compound Yb4Sb3 which is a promising p-type counterpart to the structurally related and high-performance n-type RE3Te4 (RE = Nd, La, Pr) for the fabrication of high-temperature TE modules. A quick and efficient method for synthesizing pure and fully dense Yb4Sb3 samples was developed and optimized using high-energy ball milling followed by reactive spark plasma sintering. The technique was utilized to produce a series of doubly doped CexYb4−xBi0.2Sb2.8 compounds. X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were employed to establish the solubility limit of Ce, which was determined to be x = 0.4. TE properties of Yb4Sb3 and Ce0.4Yb3.6Bi0.2Sb2.8 were measured up to 1273 K, revealing that the doping strategy was effective in reducing the charge carrier concentration and thermal conductivity. This led to a significant increase in the TE figure-of-merit zT from 0.2 to 0.4 at 1273 K. In addition, screening of metallic contacts was conducted for the development of a thermoelectric module with Yb4Sb3. The results showed that two robust TE legs with Ni and Cu contacts were successfully produced through spark plasma sintering. The measured electric contact resistances were very promising, with average values of 2 and 1 μΩ cm2 for Ni and Cu contacts, respectively.

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    This document is the unedited Author’s version of a Submitted Work that was subsequently accepted for publication in ACS Applied Energy Materials, copyright © 2023 American Chemical Society after peer review. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.3c01693.

Keyword: thermoelectric

Date published: 2023-10-09

Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)

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  • ACS Applied Energy Materials (ISSN: 25740962) vol. 6 issue. 19 p. 10088-10097

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  • Agence Nationale de la Recherche ANR-18- CE05-0037
  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science PE21708

Manuscript type: Author's version (Submitted manuscript)

MDR DOI: https://doi.org/10.48505/nims.5119

First published URL: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.3c01693

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