Thermoelectric Properties of Silver Telluride鈥揃ismuth Telluride Nanowire Heterostructure Synthesized by Site-Selective Conversion

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• 作者：Haiyu Fang ; Haoran Yang ; Yue Wu
• 刊名：Chemistry of Materials
• 出版年：2014
• 出版时间：May 27, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：26
• 期：10
• 页码：3322-3327
• 全文大小：425K
• 年卷期：v.26,no.10(May 27, 2014)
• ISSN：1520-5002

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In this paper, we report a solution-phase synthesis of silver telluride and bismuth telluride nanowire heterostructure using tellurium (Te) nanowire as sacrificial template and site-selective conversion strategy. High-resolution transmission electron microscope studies confirm sharp interface with possible epitaxial growth between silver telluride and bismuth telluride regions. Through tuning the precursor amount (bismuth and silver precursors) during the reaction, the composition between silver telluride and bismuth telluride can be adjusted. Moreover, the mass produced powder of nanowire heterostructure is consolidated into nanocomposite pellets, and thermoelectric properties of the nanocomposite pellets are investigated between 300 and 400 K. Results show that our materials are p-type with reduced lattice thermal conductivity and a ZT of 0.41 at 400 K, which is the best reported value for p-type silver telluride.