DOI: 10.1063/1.4905636. Thermoelectric power of bulk black-phosphorus

Thermoelectric power of bulk black-phosphorus

10.1063/1.4905636

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Abstract

The potential of bulk black-phosphorus, a layered semiconducting material with a direct band gap of ∼0.3 eV, for thermoelectric applications has been experimentally studied. The Seebeck Coefficient (S) has been measured in the temperature range from 300 K to 385 K, finding a value of S = +335 ± 10 μV/K at room temperature (indicating a naturally occurring p-type conductivity). S increases with temperature, as expected for p-type semiconductors, which can be attributed to an increase of the charge carrier density. The electrical resistance drops up to a 40% while heating in the studied temperature range. As a consequence, the power factor at 385 K is 2.7 times higher than that at room temperature. This work indicates the prospective use of black-phosphorus in thermoelectric applications such as thermal energy scavenging, which typically require devices with high performance at temperatures near room temperature.

Bibliography

Flores, E., Ares, J. R., Castellanos-Gomez, A., Barawi, M., Ferrer, I. J., & SÃ¡nchez, C. (2015). Thermoelectric power of bulk black-phosphorus. Applied Physics Letters, 106(2).

Authors 6

E. Flores (first)
J. R. Ares (additional)
A. Castellanos-Gomez (additional)
M. Barawi (additional)
I. J. Ferrer (additional)
C. Sánchez (additional)

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