Synthesis and transport property of Cu(1.8)S as a promising thermoelectric compound

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Dec 21;47(47):12697-9. doi: 10.1039/c1cc16368j. Epub 2011 Nov 3.

Abstract

Polycrystalline Cu(1.8)S compounds were fabricated by using a combined process of mechanical alloying and spark plasma sintering. The Cu(1.8)S sample with a second Cu(1.96)S phase and a lot of micro pores shows its maximum ZT value 0.5 at 673 K which is the highest value for p-type sulfide thermoelectric materials so far.