03 September 2024 | Yunpeng Zheng, Qinghua Zhang, Caijuan Shi, Zhifang Zhou, Yang Lu, Jian Han, Hetian Chen, Yunpeng Ma, Yujun Zhang, Changpeng Lin, Wei Xu, Weigang Ma, Qian Li, Yueyang Yang, Bin Wei, Bingbing Yang, Mingchu Zou, Wenyu Zhang, Chang Liu, Lvye Dou, Dongliang Yang, Jin-Le Lan, Di Yi, Xing Zhang, Lin Gu, Ce-Wen Nan, Yuan-Hua Lin
This study explores the decoupling of carrier-phonon transport in perovskite thermoelectrics through entropy engineering. By introducing high entropy at the A-site, the lattice thermal conductivity of SrTiO3-based perovskite thermoelectrics is significantly reduced to the amorphous limit of 1.25 W m−1 K−1. Simultaneously, the Ti displacement is tuned, improving the weighted mobility to 65 cm2 V−1 s−1. This carrier-phonon decoupling leads to a significantly enhanced μW/kL of -5.2 × 103 cm3 K J−1 V−1. The maximum zT of 0.24 at 488 K and an estimated zT of -0.8 at 1173 K in (Sr0.8Ba0.2Ca0.2Pb0.1La0.2)TiO3 film are among the best reported for n-type thermoelectric oxides. The results demonstrate that entropy engineering is a promising strategy to decouple carrier-phonon transport and achieve higher zT in thermoelectrics.This study explores the decoupling of carrier-phonon transport in perovskite thermoelectrics through entropy engineering. By introducing high entropy at the A-site, the lattice thermal conductivity of SrTiO3-based perovskite thermoelectrics is significantly reduced to the amorphous limit of 1.25 W m−1 K−1. Simultaneously, the Ti displacement is tuned, improving the weighted mobility to 65 cm2 V−1 s−1. This carrier-phonon decoupling leads to a significantly enhanced μW/kL of -5.2 × 103 cm3 K J−1 V−1. The maximum zT of 0.24 at 488 K and an estimated zT of -0.8 at 1173 K in (Sr0.8Ba0.2Ca0.2Pb0.1La0.2)TiO3 film are among the best reported for n-type thermoelectric oxides. The results demonstrate that entropy engineering is a promising strategy to decouple carrier-phonon transport and achieve higher zT in thermoelectrics.