Electronic transport descriptors for the rapid screening of thermoelectric materials
Electronic transport descriptors for the rapid screening of thermoelectric materials
The discovery of novel materials for thermoelectric energy conversion has potential to be accelerated by data-driven screening combined with high-throughput calculations. One way to increase the efficacy of successfully choosing a candidate material is through its evaluation using transport descriptors. Using a data-driven screening, we selected 12 potential candidates in the trigonal ABX2 family, followed by charge transport property simulations from first principles. The results suggest that carrier scattering processes in these materials are dominated by ionised impurities and polar optical phonons, contrary to the oft-assumed acoustic-phonon-dominated scattering. Using these data, we further derive ground-state transport descriptors for the carrier mobility and the thermoelectric powerfactor. In addition to low carrier mass, high dielectric constant was found to be an important factor towards high carrier mobility. A quadratic correlation between dielectric constant and transport performance was established and further validated with literature. Looking ahead, dielectric constant can potentially be exploited as an independent criterion towards improved thermoelectric performance. Combined with calculations of thermal conductivity including Peierls and inter-branch coherent contributions, we conclude that the trigonal ABX2 family has potential as high performance thermoelectrics in the intermediate temperature range for low grade waste heat harvesting.
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Deng, Tianqi
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Sullivan, Michael B.
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Wu, Gang
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Shiomi, Junichiro
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Yang, Shuo-Wang
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1 September 2021
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Recatala Gomez, Jose
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Ohnishi, Masatoshi
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Repaka, D. V. Maheswar
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Kumar, Pawan
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Suwardi, Ady
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Nandhakumar, Iris S.
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Biswas, Kanishka
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Sullivan, Michael B.
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Wu, Gang
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Shiomi, Junichiro
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Yang, Shuo-Wang
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Hippalgaonkar, Kedar
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Deng, Tianqi, Recatala Gomez, Jose, Ohnishi, Masatoshi, Repaka, D. V. Maheswar, Kumar, Pawan, Suwardi, Ady, Nandhakumar, Iris S., Biswas, Kanishka, Sullivan, Michael B., Wu, Gang, Shiomi, Junichiro, Yang, Shuo-Wang and Hippalgaonkar, Kedar
(2021)
Electronic transport descriptors for the rapid screening of thermoelectric materials.
Materials Horizons, 8 (9), .
(doi:10.1039/D1MH00751C).
Abstract
The discovery of novel materials for thermoelectric energy conversion has potential to be accelerated by data-driven screening combined with high-throughput calculations. One way to increase the efficacy of successfully choosing a candidate material is through its evaluation using transport descriptors. Using a data-driven screening, we selected 12 potential candidates in the trigonal ABX2 family, followed by charge transport property simulations from first principles. The results suggest that carrier scattering processes in these materials are dominated by ionised impurities and polar optical phonons, contrary to the oft-assumed acoustic-phonon-dominated scattering. Using these data, we further derive ground-state transport descriptors for the carrier mobility and the thermoelectric powerfactor. In addition to low carrier mass, high dielectric constant was found to be an important factor towards high carrier mobility. A quadratic correlation between dielectric constant and transport performance was established and further validated with literature. Looking ahead, dielectric constant can potentially be exploited as an independent criterion towards improved thermoelectric performance. Combined with calculations of thermal conductivity including Peierls and inter-branch coherent contributions, we conclude that the trigonal ABX2 family has potential as high performance thermoelectrics in the intermediate temperature range for low grade waste heat harvesting.
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Accepted/In Press date: 8 June 2021
e-pub ahead of print date: 8 June 2021
Published date: 1 September 2021
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T. D., M. B. S., G. W., and S.-W. Y. acknowledge the support of Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) of Singapore (Grant No. 1527200024) and the use of computing resources at the A*STAR Computational Resource Centre and National Supercomputer Centre, Singapore. J. R.-G., D. V. M. R., P. K., A. A., and K. H. would like to acknowledge the Accelerated Materials Development for Manufacturing Program at A*STAR via the AME Programmatic Fund by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research under Grant No. A1898b0043. K. H. would like to acknowledge funding via the NRF Fellowship NRF-NRFF13-2021. J. R.-G. and I. N. would like to thank A*STAR Graduate Academy’s ARAP programme for funding J. R.-G.’s graduate studies in IMRE, A*STAR. M. O. and J. S. would like to acknowledge JSPS KAKENHI (19H00744, 20K14661) and JST CREST (JPMJCR20Q3).
Funding Information:
T. D., M. B. S., G. W., and S.-W. Y. acknowledge the support of Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) of Singapore (Grant No. 1527200024) and the use of computing resources at the A*STAR Computational Resource Centre and National Supercomputer Centre, Singapore. J. R.-G., D. V. M. R., P. K., A. A., and K. H. would like to acknowledge the Accelerated Materials Development for Manufacturing Program at A*STAR via the AME Programmatic Fund by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research under Grant No. A1898b0043. K. H. would like to acknowledge funding via the NRF Fellowship NRF-NRFF13-2021. J. R.-G. and I. N. would like to thank A*STAR Graduate Academy's ARAP programme for funding J. R.-G.'s graduate studies in IMRE, A*STAR. M. O. and J. S. would like to acknowledge JSPS KAKENHI (19H00744, 20K14661) and JST CREST (JPMJCR20Q3).
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Tianqi Deng
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Jose Recatala Gomez
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Masatoshi Ohnishi
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D. V. Maheswar Repaka
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Pawan Kumar
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Ady Suwardi
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Kanishka Biswas
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Michael B. Sullivan
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Gang Wu
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Junichiro Shiomi
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Shuo-Wang Yang
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Kedar Hippalgaonkar
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