Issue 5, 2016

High thermoelectric performance can be achieved in black phosphorus

Abstract

Few-layer black phosphorus has recently emerged as a promising candidate for novel electronic and optoelectronic devices. Here we demonstrate by first-principles calculations and Boltzmann theory that black phosphorus could also have potential thermoelectric applications and a fair ZT value of about 1.1 can be achieved at elevated temperature. Moreover, such a value can be further increased to 5.4 by substituting the P atom with the Sb atom, giving a nominal formula of P0.75Sb0.25. Our theoretical work suggests that high thermoelectric performance can be achieved without using complicated crystal structures or seeking for low-dimensional systems.

Graphical abstract: High thermoelectric performance can be achieved in black phosphorus

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
08 Oct 2015
Accepted
21 Dec 2015
First published
23 Dec 2015

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2016,4, 991-998

High thermoelectric performance can be achieved in black phosphorus

J. Zhang, H. J. Liu, L. Cheng, J. Wei, J. H. Liang, D. D. Fan, P. H. Jiang, L. Sun and J. Shi, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2016, 4, 991 DOI: 10.1039/C5TC03238E

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