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Main Authors: Guo, Huaihong, Yang, Teng, Tao, Peng, Zhang, Zhidong
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Published: 2012
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/1212.3394
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author Guo, Huaihong
Yang, Teng
Tao, Peng
Zhang, Zhidong
author_facet Guo, Huaihong
Yang, Teng
Tao, Peng
Zhang, Zhidong
contents We systematically study thermoelectric properties of layered MoS$_2$ by doping, based on Boltzmann transport theory and first-principles calculations. We obtain optimal doping region (around 10$^{19}$ cm$^{-3}$) by looking closely to the temperature and doping level dependent thermopower, electrical conductivity, power factor (PF) and ultimately figure of merit (ZT) coefficient along in-plane and cross-plane directions. MoS$_2$ has a vanishingly small anisotropy of thermopower but a big anisotropy of electrical conductivity and electronic thermal conductivity in optimal doping region. $κ_e$ is comparable to $κ_l$ in the plane while $κ_l$ dominates over $κ_e$ across the plane. ZT can reach as high as 0.3 at around 700 K. In-plane direction is demonstrated to be more preferable for thermoelectric applications of MoS$_2$ by doping.
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spellingShingle Doping effect on thermoelectric properties of MoS$_2$
Guo, Huaihong
Yang, Teng
Tao, Peng
Zhang, Zhidong
Materials Science
We systematically study thermoelectric properties of layered MoS$_2$ by doping, based on Boltzmann transport theory and first-principles calculations. We obtain optimal doping region (around 10$^{19}$ cm$^{-3}$) by looking closely to the temperature and doping level dependent thermopower, electrical conductivity, power factor (PF) and ultimately figure of merit (ZT) coefficient along in-plane and cross-plane directions. MoS$_2$ has a vanishingly small anisotropy of thermopower but a big anisotropy of electrical conductivity and electronic thermal conductivity in optimal doping region. $κ_e$ is comparable to $κ_l$ in the plane while $κ_l$ dominates over $κ_e$ across the plane. ZT can reach as high as 0.3 at around 700 K. In-plane direction is demonstrated to be more preferable for thermoelectric applications of MoS$_2$ by doping.
title Doping effect on thermoelectric properties of MoS$_2$
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/1212.3394