Sulfur Vacancy-Driven Band Splitting and Phonon Anharmonicity Enhance the Thermoelectric Performance in n-Type CuFeS2

M Moorthy, P Govindaraj, R Parasuraman… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Ternary chalcogenides of CuFeS2–x (x= 0.00–0.20) chalcopyrites were synthesized via
vacuum melting reaction/uniaxial hot pressing, and their thermoelectrical properties were …

The Role of Zn in Chalcopyrite CuFeS2: Enhanced Thermoelectric Properties of Cu1–xZnxFeS2 with In Situ Nanoprecipitates

H Xie, X Su, G Zheng, T Zhu, K Yin… - Advanced Energy …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Chalcopyrite (CuFeS2) is a widespread natural mineral, composed of earth‐abundant and
nontoxic elements. It has been considered a promising n‐type material for thermoelectric …

Manipulating the phase transformation temperature to achieve cubic Cu 5 FeS 4− x Se x and enhanced thermoelectric performance

L Guo, B Zhang, H Zhu, H Wu, Y Yan, X Gong… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Cu5FeS4, one of the promising Earth-abundant and low-toxicity Cu-based thermoelectric
materials, transforms from an orthorhombic structure to a cubic phase when heated, which …

Tin-Substituted Chalcopyrite: An n-Type Sulfide with Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance

S Tippireddy, F Azough, Vikram, FT Tompkins… - Chemistry of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The dearth of n-type sulfides with thermoelectric performance comparable to that of their p-
type analogues presents a problem in the fabrication of all-sulfide devices. Chalcopyrite …

Enhancement of thermoelectric properties of CuFeS 2 through formation of spinel-type microprecipitates

S Tippireddy, F Azough, A Bhui, I Mikulska… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
CuFeS2 (chalcopyrite) is a promising n-type thermoelectric candidate for low-grade waste
heat recovery. In this work, chromium-containing CuFeS2 materials of general formula Cu1 …

Structural, microstructural, magnetic, and thermoelectric properties of bulk and nanostructured n-type CuFeS2 Chalcopyrite

M Moorthy, J Palraj, L Kannan, S Katlakunta… - Ceramics …, 2022 - Elsevier
Bulk and nanoparticles of n-type CuFeS 2 Chalcopyrite have been synthesized using
vacuum melting reaction and conventional hydrothermal method, respectively. The powder …

Structural and thermoelectric properties of n-type isocubanite CuFe 2 S 3

T Barbier, D Berthebaud, R Frésard… - Inorganic Chemistry …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
An effective strategy to enhance thermoelectric performance consists of scattering phonons
by point defects, such as the ones intrinsic to the n-type isocubanite CuFe2S3. In this …

[HTML][HTML] First-principles assessment of thermoelectric properties of CuFeS2

J Park, Y Xia, V Ozoliņš - Journal of Applied Physics, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Composed of inexpensive and naturally abundant elements, the chalcopyrite mineral
CuFeS 2 has received attention as a potentially useful thermoelectric. We use first-principles …

Exceptionally low thermal conductivity realized in the chalcopyrite CuFeS2 via atomic-level lattice engineering

B Ge, H Lee, C Zhou, W Lu, J Hu, J Yang, SP Cho… - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Designing irregular but desirable atomic arrangements in crystal lattices of solids can greatly
change their intrinsic physical properties beyond expectations from common doping and …

Enhanced thermoelectric performance of N-type eco-friendly material Cu1-xAgxFeS2 (x= 0–0.14) via bandgap tuning

B Ge, Z Shi, C Zhou, J Hu, G Liu, H Xia, J Xu… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2019 - Elsevier
CuFeS 2 is an eco-friendly n-type thermoelectric (TE) material but with poor performance. It
is worth noting that the bandgap (E g) reduction can enhance the carrier mobility (μ H) which …