Journal
NANOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 27, Issue 41, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/27/41/415704
Keywords
nanocables; thermoelectric; figure of merit; power factor
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [20971036]
- Innovative Research Team in University [PCS IRT1126]
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Here, we present the successful fabrication of Te/TiS2 heterostructure nanocables with enhanced thermoelectric (TE) performance by a two-step route (a facile solvothermal approach for Te nanowires and then the Te nanowires are used as templates for the controllable growth of the Te/TiS2 nanocables), which is scalable for practical nanodevice applications. The heterostructure nanocables of different sizes can be prepared by varying the synthetic composition. Measurements of the Seebeck coefficient (S), electrical conductivity (sigma), and thermal conductivity (kappa) are carried out on the same nanowires over a temperature range of 2-350 K. The heterostructure nanocables show an ultrahigh power factor (S-2 sigma) with a maximum value of 0.58Wm(-1) K-2, which comes from a high electrical conductivity and a strongly enhanced Seebeck coefficient. The figure of merit (ZT) can reach 1.91 at room temperature from a single nanocable with a diameter of 60 nm, which is thought to contribute to the formation of the hetero-phase core/shell structure. These results are expected to open up new application possibilities in nanoscale TE devices based on individual Te/TiS2 heterostructure nanocables.
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