Excellent thermoelectric performance predicted in Sb2Te with natural superlattice structure

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Using first-principles calculations combined with the Boltzmann transport theory,we explore the thermoelectric prop-erties of natural superlattice (SL) structure Sb2Te.The results show that n-type Sb2Te possesses larger Seebeck coeffi-cient of 249.59 (318.87) μV/K than p-type Sb2Te of 219.85 (210.38) μV/K and low lattice thermal conductivity of 1.25(0.21) W/mK along the in-plane (out-of-plane) direction at 300 K.The excellent electron transport performance is mainly attributed to steeper density of state around the bottom of conduction band.The ultralow lattice thermal conductivity of Sb2Te is mainly caused by low phonon group velocity and strong anharrnonicity.Further analysis shows that the decrease of group velocity comes from flatter dispersion curves which are contributed by the Brillouin-zone folding.The strong anharmonicity is mainly due to the presence of lone-pair electrons in Sb2Te.Combining such a high Seebeck coefficient with the low lattice thermal conductivity,maximum n-type thermoelectric figure of merit (ZT) of 1.46 and 1.38 could be achieved along the in-plane and out-of-plane directions at room temperature,which is higher than the reported values of Sb2Te3.The findings presented here provide insight into the transport property of Sb2Te and highlight potential applications of thermoelectric materials at room temperature.
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