Crossover from Germanite to Renierite-Type Structures in Cu 22– x Zn x Fe 8 Ge 4 S 32 Thermoelectric Sulfides
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Copper-rich sulfides with the composition Cu 22-x Zn x Fe 8 Ge 4 S 32 (0 ≤ x ≤ 2) have been investigated. The detailed structural study combining powder X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy and Mössbauer spectroscopy shows a crossover from a germanite-type domain for 0 ≤ x ≤ 0.4 to a renierite-type domain for 1.2 ≤ x ≤ 2.0, with a biphasic region for x = 0.8. Both sulfides are p-type thermoelectrics due to the presence of the conductive "Cu-S" network containing univalent copper as a major cationic element. All these sulfides exhibit a semiconducting behavior. However, the renierite-type sulfides show a higher resistivity and a lower thermal conductivity than the germanite ones. As a consequence, the ZT figures of merit are similar for germanite and renierite domains reaching values of around 0.23 at 700 K.
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