Issue 12, 2014
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Energy & Environmental Science

Sulfide bornite thermoelectric material: a natural mineral with ultralow thermal conductivity†

Pengfei Qiu,ab   Tiansong Zhang,b   Yuting Qiu,b   Xun Shi*ab  and  Lidong Chen*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1295 Dingxi Road, Shanghai 200050, China
E-mail: xshi@mail.sic.ac.cn, cld@mail.sic.ac.cn

b CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

Abstract

We report a new type of thermoelectric material, sulfide bornite (Cu5FeS4), which is a widespread natural mineral that is composed of non-toxic and earth-abundant elements. Bornite has ultralow thermal conductivity, tuneable electrical transport properties, and enhanced stability under large electric currents. It shows great potential as a new economical and eco-friendly thermoelectric material.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4EE02428A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
31 Jul 2014
Accepted
22 Sep 2014
First published
10 Oct 2014

Energy Environ. Sci., 2014,7, 4000-4006

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Sulfide bornite thermoelectric material: a natural mineral with ultralow thermal conductivity

P. Qiu, T. Zhang, Y. Qiu, X. Shi and L. Chen, Energy Environ. Sci., 2014, 7, 4000 DOI: 10.1039/C4EE02428A

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