Abstract
We demonstrate the electrical and thermal transport properties of polycrystalline CoPn<inf>2</inf> (Pn = As and Sb) between 300 and 900 K. CoAs<inf>2</inf> shows semiconducting electrical transport up to 900 K, while CoSb<inf>2</inf> exhibits degenerate conduction. Sign inversion of the Seebeck coefficient is observed at ∼310 and ∼400 K for CoAs<inf>2</inf> and CoSb<inf>2</inf>, respectively. Thermal conductivity at 300 K is 11.7 Wm<sup>-1</sup>K<sup>-1</sup> for CoAs<inf>2</inf> and 9.4 Wm<sup>-1</sup>K<sup>-1</sup> for CoSb<inf>2</inf>. The thermoelectric power factor of CoAs<inf>2</inf> is ∼10 μWcm<sup>-1</sup>K<sup>-2</sup>, although the dimensionless figure of merit is limited to ∼0.1 due to relatively high thermal conductivity. Using electronic structure calculations, the band gap value is calculated to be 0.55 eV for CoAs<inf>2</inf> and 0.26 eV for CoSb<inf>2</inf>.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 067147 |
| Journal | AIP Advances |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 Jun 1 |
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Electrical/thermal transport and electronic structure of the binary cobalt pnictides Co Pn <inf>2</inf> (Pn = As and Sb). / Goto, Yosuke; Miyao, Syuhei; Kamihara, Yoichi; Matoba, Masanori.
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T1 - Electrical/thermal transport and electronic structure of the binary cobalt pnictides Co Pn 2 (Pn = As and Sb)
AU - Goto, Yosuke
AU - Miyao, Syuhei
AU - Kamihara, Yoichi
AU - Matoba, Masanori
PY - 2015/6/1
Y1 - 2015/6/1
N2 - We demonstrate the electrical and thermal transport properties of polycrystalline CoPn2 (Pn = As and Sb) between 300 and 900 K. CoAs2 shows semiconducting electrical transport up to 900 K, while CoSb2 exhibits degenerate conduction. Sign inversion of the Seebeck coefficient is observed at ∼310 and ∼400 K for CoAs2 and CoSb2, respectively. Thermal conductivity at 300 K is 11.7 Wm-1K-1 for CoAs2 and 9.4 Wm-1K-1 for CoSb2. The thermoelectric power factor of CoAs2 is ∼10 μWcm-1K-2, although the dimensionless figure of merit is limited to ∼0.1 due to relatively high thermal conductivity. Using electronic structure calculations, the band gap value is calculated to be 0.55 eV for CoAs2 and 0.26 eV for CoSb2.
AB - We demonstrate the electrical and thermal transport properties of polycrystalline CoPn2 (Pn = As and Sb) between 300 and 900 K. CoAs2 shows semiconducting electrical transport up to 900 K, while CoSb2 exhibits degenerate conduction. Sign inversion of the Seebeck coefficient is observed at ∼310 and ∼400 K for CoAs2 and CoSb2, respectively. Thermal conductivity at 300 K is 11.7 Wm-1K-1 for CoAs2 and 9.4 Wm-1K-1 for CoSb2. The thermoelectric power factor of CoAs2 is ∼10 μWcm-1K-2, although the dimensionless figure of merit is limited to ∼0.1 due to relatively high thermal conductivity. Using electronic structure calculations, the band gap value is calculated to be 0.55 eV for CoAs2 and 0.26 eV for CoSb2.
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