We evaluate theoretically the thermoelectric efficiency of the layered perovskite Sr2Nb2O7 via calculations of the electronic structure and transport coefficients within density-functional theory and Bloch-Boltzmann relaxation-time transport theory. The predicted figure-of-merit tensor ZT, computed with energy-, chemical potential-, and temperature-dependent relaxation times, has one component increasing monotonically from around 0.4 at room temperature to 2.4 at 1250 K at an optimal carrier density of around 2×1020cm-3, while the other components are small. The Seebeck coefficient is about 250 to 300 μV/K at optimal doping and reaches 800 μV/K at lower doping. We provide a python code implementing various approximations to the energy-dependent relaxation-time transport, which can be used to address different systems with an appropriate choice of material parameters.
Efficient thermoelectricity in Sr2Nb2 O7 with energy-dependent relaxation times
Bosin A.Secondo
;Fiorentini V.
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2020-01-01
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We evaluate theoretically the thermoelectric efficiency of the layered perovskite Sr2Nb2O7 via calculations of the electronic structure and transport coefficients within density-functional theory and Bloch-Boltzmann relaxation-time transport theory. The predicted figure-of-merit tensor ZT, computed with energy-, chemical potential-, and temperature-dependent relaxation times, has one component increasing monotonically from around 0.4 at room temperature to 2.4 at 1250 K at an optimal carrier density of around 2×1020cm-3, while the other components are small. The Seebeck coefficient is about 250 to 300 μV/K at optimal doping and reaches 800 μV/K at lower doping. We provide a python code implementing various approximations to the energy-dependent relaxation-time transport, which can be used to address different systems with an appropriate choice of material parameters.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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