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High pressure high temperature technology is an effective route for preparing thermoelectric materials. In this work, a series of multi-doped Mg2.02−xAl x Si1−3yBi2ySb y (x = 0.03, 0.06, y = 0.005, 0.01) compounds have been prepared successfully by high pressure and high temperature method. The effects of post annealing on the microstructure and thermoelectric properties have been investigated. It is found that both electrical conductivity and thermal conductivity are significantly suppressed by annealing. Lower lattice thermal conductivities are observed in Mg1.96Al0.06Si1−3yBi2ySb y compounds, which should be attributed to the increased point-defects phonon scattering of Bi and Sb dopants induced by Al addition. Finally, a maximal figure of merit of 0.9 is achieved by Mg1.96Al0.06Si0.985Bi0.01Sb0.005 at 773 K.
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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51772231), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (WUT 2018IB002 and 2018IB007) and the open foundation of Hubei Key Laboratory of Theory and Application of Advanced Materials Mechanics (TAM201806).
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Wei, J., Duan, B., Li, J. et al. High pressure synthesis of multiple doped Mg2Si-based thermoelectric materials. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 29, 10904–10910 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-018-9168-z
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