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Phase Boundary Mapping in ZrNiSn Half-Heusler for Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance
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Xiaofang Li1, Pengbo Yang1, Yumei Wang2, Zongwei Zhang1, Dandan Qin3, Wenhua Xue2, Chen Chen1, Yifang Huang1, Xiaodong Xie1, Xinyu Wang1, Mujin Yang1, Cuiping Wang4, Feng Cao5, Jiehe Sui3, Xingjun Liu1, 3, Qian Zhang1
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Research. Vol 2020 Article ID 4630948
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Phase Boundary Mapping in ZrNiSn Half-Heusler for Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance
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Xiaofang Li1, Pengbo Yang1, Yumei Wang2, Zongwei Zhang1, Dandan Qin3, Wenhua Xue2, Chen Chen1, Yifang Huang1, Xiaodong Xie1, Xinyu Wang1, Mujin Yang1, Cuiping Wang4, Feng Cao5, Jiehe Sui3, Xingjun Liu1, 3, Qian Zhang1
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  • 1Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute of Materials Genome & Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
  • 2Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
  • 3State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150001, China
  • 4Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, China
  • 5Department of Science, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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Xiaofang Li and Pengbo Yang contributed equally to this work.

Published: 2020-01-20 doi: 10.34133/2020/4630948
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The solubility range of interstitial Ni in the ZrNi1+xSn half-Heusler phase is a controversial issue, but it has an impact on the thermoelectric properties. In this study, two isothermal section phase diagrams of the Zr-Ni-Sn ternary system at 973 K and 1173 K were experimentally constructed based on the binary phase diagrams of Zr-Ni, Zr-Sn, and Ni-Sn. The thermodynamic equilibrium phases were obtained after a long time of heating treatment on the raw alloys prepared by levitation melting. Solubilities of x<0.07 at 973 K and x<0.13 at 1173 K were clearly indicated. An intermediate-Heusler phase with a partly filled Ni void was observed, which is believed to be beneficial to the lowered lattice thermal conductivity. The highest ZT value~0.71 at 973 K was obtained for ZrNi1.11Sn1.04. The phase boundary mapping provides an important instruction for the further optimization of ZrNiSn-based materials and other systems.

Xiaofang Li, Pengbo Yang, Yumei Wang, Zongwei Zhang, Dandan Qin, Wenhua Xue, Chen Chen, Yifang Huang, Xiaodong Xie, Xinyu Wang, Mujin Yang, Cuiping Wang, Feng Cao, Jiehe Sui, Xingjun Liu, Qian Zhang. Phase Boundary Mapping in ZrNiSn Half-Heusler for Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance[J]. Research, 2020 , 2020 (1) : 4630948 - . DOI: 10.34133/2020/4630948
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1. 　Introduction
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Thermoelectric (TE) materials are semiconducting functional materials, which can convert heat energy directly into electricity or vice versa [1, 2]. The overall TE performance of materials is governed by the dimensionless figure-of-merit (ZT), defined as ZT=σS2T/κe+κL, where σ is the electrical conductivity, S the Seebeck coefficient, κe the electronic thermal conductivity, κL the lattice thermal conductivity, and T the absolute temperature. Good TE materials should not only have high ZTs, but also be environmentally friendly, cost-effective, stable, and strong, which arouses the interest on the promising half-Heusler alloys. Many strategies have been proven useful in enhancing the TE performance in this material system, including carrier concentration manipulating and energy band tailoring for improved power factor, and isoelectronic alloying, nanostructure constructing, and phase separation for lowered lattice thermal conductivity [3–13]. High ZTs>1.5 have been achieved in different kinds of half-Heusler alloys, such as a high ZT~1.52 at 973 K for Ta0.74V0.1Ti0.16FeSb and a high ZT~1.6 at 1200 K for (Nb1−xTax)0.8Ti0.2FeSb (x=0.36 or 0.4) [14, 15].
A typical half-Heusler crystalizes in a cubic MgAgAs-type structure (space group F4¯3m) with the general formula ABX, where A and B are both transition metals and X is a main group element. A and X form a rock salt structure with B located at one of the two body diagonal positions (1/4, 1/4, 1/4). When the vacant position (3/4, 3/4, 3/4) is fulfilled by B, the AB2X full-Heusler phase (MnCu2Al-type, space group Fm3¯m) forms. Lowered lattice thermal conductivity and the enhanced Seebeck coefficient are often observed in the half-Heusler alloy ABX composited with a small amount of the full-Heusler alloy AB2X with coherent boundaries [16–19]. So, a nonstoichiometric AB1+xX is generally designed. However, it is difficult to determine the excess amount of interstitial B atoms since there is a controversial solid solubility limit of B in the vacant position [20–24]. Recently, a convincing study on the solid solubility of Ni in the vacant position of TiNi1+xSn half-Heusler has been conducted by using the phase diagram technique [25]. The narrow temperature-dependent solubility range (e.g., 0≤x≤0.06 at 1223 K in TiNi1+xSn) was observed through phase boundary mapping on a Ti-Ni-Sn phase diagram. Many other successful examples have also been reported related to the phase diagram engineering for the enhancement of the thermoelectric properties. Tang et al. used a phase diagram approach to design the filling fraction limit of Ce in CoSb3 [26]. Ohno et al. controlled the doping concentration of the Zintl phase Ca9Zn4+xSb9 by using phase boundary mapping [27].
Herein, the phase equilibria of a Zr-Ni-Sn ternary system at 973 K and 1173 K were experimentally examined. The obtained isothermal section phase diagrams clearly indicate the solubility limit of Ni in the vacant position of ZrNi1+xSn, where x<0.07 at 973 K and x<0.13 at 1173 K. Samples with x≤0.13 were selected based on the obtained phase equilibria points at 1173 K. The influence of interstitial Ni content on the microstructure and thermoelectric performance of ZrNi1+xSny alloys was discussed. A maximum ZT value~0.71 was obtained at 973 K for ZrNi1.11Sn1.04 with the intermediate-Heusler phase but without extra doping. This study provides an important instruction for the further optimization of ZrNiSn half-Heusler and other material systems.
2. 　Experimental Section
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2.1. 　Sample Preparation
Zirconium (Zr, 99.7%, shot), nickel (Ni, 99.98%, chunk), and tin (Sn, 99.85%, shot) were weighted according to the nominal compositions selected on the basis of the Zr-Ni, Zr-Sn, and Ni-Sn binary phase diagrams. The ternary Zr-Ni-Sn button ingots were sealed into the evacuated quartz tubes with tantalum foil wrapped after levitation melting for several times [17, 28]. The quartz tubes were annealed at 973 K for 720 hours and 1173 K for 480 hours, followed by rapidly quenching into ice water.
Compositions of ZrNi1+xSny (x=0.02, 0.05, 0.11, and 0.13; y was determined by the obtained phase diagram) were selected under the guidance of a Zr-Ni-Sn ternary isothermal section phase diagram at 1173 K. The melted ingots were placed into a stainless-steel jar with stainless-steel balls in an argon-filled glove box, and then ball milled by a high-energy ball mill (SPEX 8000M) for 2 hours. The powder was loaded into a graphite die with an inner diameter of 12.7 mm and condensed at 1173 K for 10 min with an axial pressure of 50 MPa by spark plasma sintering (SPS). The relative density of all the samples is >98%.
2.2. 　Sample Characterization
The microstructures and compositions of the annealed ingots were investigated by optical microscopy (OM, 4XC-PC), and electron probe microanalysis (EPMA, JOEL, JXA-8100). The crystal structures of sintered pellets were examined by X-ray diffraction spectra on a Rigaku D/max 2500 PC instrument with Cu Kα (λ=1.5418 Å) radiation and a scanning rate of 5°min-1. The microstructures of sintered samples were investigated by a scanning electron microscope (SEM, Hitachi S4700) and a spherical aberration-corrected (Cs-corrected) electron microscope (JEM-ARM200F). The Seebeck coefficient (S) and electrical conductivity (σ) were simultaneously measured on a commercial apparatus (ZEM-3, Advance-Riko) from room temperature to 973 K. The temperature-dependent Hall coefficient (RH) was measured using the van-der-Pauw technique under a reversible magnetic field of 1.5 T. The Hall carrier concentration (nH) and the Hall mobility (μH) were calculated via nH=1/eRH and μH=RH/ρ, respectively. The thermal conductivity (κ) was calculated using κ=DαCp, where D is the volumetric density determined by the Archimedes method, α is the thermal diffusivity measured using a laser flash technique (Netzsch LFA 457), and Cp is the specific heat capacity measured by a differential scanning calorimetry thermal analyzer (Netzsch DSC 404 F3). The uncertainty for the electrical conductivity is 3%, the Seebeck coefficient is 5%, and the thermal conductivity is 7% (comprising uncertainties of 4% for the thermal diffusivity, 5% for the specific heat, and 3% for the density). As a result, the combined uncertainty for the power factor is 10% and that for the ZT value is 13%. The uncertainty for the phase boundary is about 3%.
3. 　Results and Discussion
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Figure 1(a) shows the crystal structure of ZrNiSn, where Zr occupies the (1/2, 1/2, 1/2) site, the Ni (1/4, 1/4, 1/4) site, and the Sn (0, 0, 0) site, while the (3/4, 3/4, 3/4) site is vacant. When the vacant position is fulfilled by Ni, the ZrNi2Sn full-Heusler phase forms. To elucidate the transition process from half-Heusler to Heusler, the first-principles phase diagram calculations have been conducted [24]. As presented in Figure 1(b), there is a miscibility gap between ZrNiSn and ZrNi2Sn. With the increasing content of interstitial Ni, the half-Heusler alloy changes to the composite of half-Heusler with full-Heusler and at last completely changes to the full-Heusler alloy. With increasing temperature, the solubility of Ni increases in the half-Heusler alloy and decreases in the full-Heusler alloy. Since the half-Heusler phase has superior TE properties, more studies are focusing on the boundary of the half-Heusler site. We pointed out the reported experimental solubility limit in ZrNi1+xSn, which is around 0.03≤x≤0.05 at 1100-1200 K [20–22]. More differently, Romaka et al. found this solubility up to x=0.3 at 1100 K [23]. By using the phase diagram technique, the boundary seats approximately at x<0.07 at 973 K and x<0.13 at 1173 K in this work.
To obtain the ternary isothermal section phase diagram of the Zr-Ni-Sn system, we selected the nominal compositions according to the binary phase diagram of Zr-Ni, Zr-Sn, and Ni-Sn at 973 K and 1173 K, respectively (shown in Table S1 and S2; see details for the construction of the isothermal section diagram in Supplementary Information). Based on the phase equilibrium data, the phase mapping boundary of the Zr-Ni-Sn ternary system was confirmed. Figure 2(a) shows the complete isothermal section diagram and its central magnified area of Zr-Ni-Sn at 973 K. At this temperature, several compounds such as Sn2Zr, Ni3Sn4, Ni3Sn2, ZrNi2Sn, Zr2Ni2Sn, and Zr5Sn3 were detected, indicating five three-phase regions in this phase diagram marked by different colors. Amplifying the center area, a single phase zone was observed for ZrNi1+xSn (wrapped in an oval), showing that the leftmost component is ZrNi0.98Sn1.06 and the rightmost component is ZrNi1.07Sn1.08. When the temperature increased to 1173 K, the number of the three-phase regions increased to seven, including (Sn+Sn2Zr+ZrNiSn), (Sn+Ni3Sn4+ZrNiSn), (Ni3Sn4+Ni3Sn2+ZrNiSn), (Ni3Sn2+ZrNi2Sn+ZrNiSn), (Ni7Zr2+ZrNi2Sn+ZrNiSn), (Zr5Sn4+Zr2Ni2Sn+ZrNiSn), and (Zr5Sn4+Sn2Zr+ZrNiSn), as shown in Figure 2(b). The magnified central area reveals that the leftmost component is ZrNi1.01Sn1.10 and the rightmost component is ZrNi1.13Sn1.03. The solubility limit of Ni in ZrNi1+xSn half-Heusler increased from x=0.07 at 973 K to x=0.13 at 1173 K. You can find the typical phase compositions detected by back-scattered electron microscopy in Tables S1 and S2 and Figures S3 and S4. Since we only focus on the ZrNi1+xSn single-phase region, a series of alloy points around the center point were selected for the determination of some of the three-phase zones. The triangles enclosed by the black dotted line and the blank parts are trivial.
According to the isothermal section diagram at 1173 K (see Figure 2(b)), we selected four compositions within the single phase region to study the effect of interstitial Ni content on the TE performance. Samples with x<0.13 show a single phase without an additional impurity peak, and the lattice constant increased slightly with increasing Ni content (see Figure S1), indicating that the excess Ni atom may occupy the interstitial void in the ZrNiSn half-Heusler matrix. The full-Heusler phase emerged in the sample with x=0.13. So it is safe to determine the solubility limit as x<0.13, considering the experimental error around the boundary. Figure 3 presents the temperature dependence of (a) the electrical conductivity, (b) the Hall coefficient, (c) the Seebeck coefficient, and (d) the power factor for ZrNi1+xSny (x=0.02, 0.05, 0.11, and 0.13; y was determined by the isothermal section phase diagram at 1173 K). The electrical conductivity of Ni self-doping samples increased with increasing temperature, exhibiting typical semiconductor behavior. With the increase of the Ni content, the room temperature electrical conductivity decreased, which is due to the decreased carrier density resulting from the filtering of the low energy electrons at the HH/IH/FH interfaces [18, 29]. It has been reported that when Ni is self-doped, an impurity level will exist within the band gap, leading to the temperature-dependent carrier concentration, which is consistent with the data shown in Figure 3(b) [30–32]. The Seebeck coefficient increased first and then decreased when x>0.05, and the negative value indicates an n-type conductive behavior, being consistent with the Hall measurement. The maximum power factor of ~4000  μW m-1 K-2 was obtained at 830 K for the sample with x=0.11.
Figure 4(a) shows the temperature-dependent carrier mobility, indicating the dominated alloying scattering at a temperature lower than 650 K and acoustic phonon scattering at a higher temperature, which is consistent with previous reports [30, 33]. The Pisarenko plot of S versus nH at different temperatures is presented in Figure 4(b), which is well fitted by the line calculated based on the single-Kane-band (SKB) model in view of acoustic phonon and alloying scattering [30]. The effective mass m∗=3.0 me was used in this calculation, and more details can be found in the Supplementary Information. Figures 4(c) and 4(d) present the temperature dependence of the thermal properties of the selected samples. The lattice thermal conductivity was ascertained by subtracting the electronic contribution from the total, which can be estimated by κL=κ−LσT, where L is the Lorenze number (see details in the Supplementary Information). As the Ni content rises, the room-temperature lattice thermal conductivity is reduced from 8.4 W m-1 K-1 to 5.3 W m-1 K-1, which is lower than those of the reported values of ~11.4 W m-1 K-1 for ZrNiSn and ~6 W m-1 K-1 for ZrNi1.10Sn with a high density of full-Huesler precipitates [34, 35]. Especially, this value is lower than those of the alloyed samples at ~13 W m-1 K-1 for Zr0.9Ti0.1NiSn and ~6 W m-1 K-1 for Zr0.7Ti0.3Ni1.03Sn [20, 29]. The lowest lattice thermal conductivity is ~3.4 W m-1 K-1 at 973 K for ZrNi1.13Sn1.03, suggesting the effective medium-to-high frequency phonon scattering [16, 36, 37].
The microstructures of ZrNi1.11Sn1.04 and ZrNi1.13Sn1.03 were investigated using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and high-angle annular-dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopy (HAADF-STEM). The low-magnification TEM images show that the grain size is at microscale and the selected area electron diffraction pattern along the direction [110] is inserted (see Figures 5(a) and 5(d)), corresponding to the MgAgAs structure and the MnCu2Al structure, respectively. Figures 5(b) and 5(c) show the HAADF-STEM images viewed along the [110] zone axes of ZrNi1.11Sn1.04. There are two phases existing in the ZrNi1.11Sn1.04 sample. One is the typical half-Heusler (HH) with the obvious characteristic that half sites are not occupied by Ni atoms (see Figure 5(b)). The other one is demonstrated in Figure 5(c), clearly showing that slight bright spots occupy the half sites, indicating the partial Ni occupation, which could be named as intermediate-Heusler (IH) [38]. The crystal structure of the half-Heusler and the intermediate-Heusler is the same. In the sample with x=0.13, besides the first two phases, the full-Heusler (FH) phase also appears (showing in Figure 5(e)). Intuitively, all Ni atoms have the same brightness and uniformly occupy the half sites. This result is consistent with the analysis of XRD (see Figure S1). In Figure 5(f), the lattice thermal conductivity versus the Ni solubility is displayed. It is generally believed that the presence of FH reduces the lattice thermal conductivity, which is also confirmed in this study (green symbols) [29, 39]. However, we should pay more attention to the interstitial Ni in the IH phase before the appearance of the FH phase (red symbols), which is significant for the decrease of the lattice thermal conductivity.
The ZT values of all the Ni self-doped samples are shown in Figure 6(a). With the increasing content of interstitial Ni, the ZT value increased first and decreased when the full-Heusler phase came out. The highest ZT is ~0.71 at 973 K for ZrNi1.11Sn1.04, higher than those of the other Ni self-doped ZrNi1+xSn (see Figure 6(b)) [20, 29, 35]. In fact, the sample with the full-Heusler phase (e.g., x=0.13) also has a higher ZT than that of the sample with a low concentration of interstitial Ni (e.g., x=0.02). Benefiting from the precise composition determination based on the phase boundary mapping, we decreased the thermal conductivity and increased the electrical performance, leading to an enhanced ZT value, which can be applied to other material systems.
4. 　Conclusions
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In summary, we constructed two isothermal section phase diagrams of the Zr-Ni-Sn ternary system at 973 K and 1173 K based on thermodynamic equilibrium, and the limited solubility of Ni in ZrNi1+xSny was revealed, which is less than 0.07 at 973 K and 0.13 at 1173 K. Four samples in the 1173 K homogeneity region with different Ni contents were prepared for the exploration of the microstructure and thermoelectric performance. An enhanced ZT value~0.71 at 973 K for ZrNi1.11Sn1.04 was obtained due to the lowered lattice thermal conductivity contributed by the interstitial Ni. More importantly, interstitial atomic solid solubility also exists in other materials, and the phase diagram strategy of solid solubility determination is also applicable to other materials for improving thermoelectric properties within a wide optimization range.
Funding
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  • Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Plan(KQISCX20180328165435202)
  • Shenzhen Fundamental Research Projects(JCYJ20170811155832192)
  • Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(2018A0303130033)
  • National Key Research & Development Program of China(2017YFA0303600)
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China(51871081; 11674078; 51971081)
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doi: 10.34133/2020/4630948
  • Receive Date：2019-10-29
  • Online Date：2026-10-27
  • Published：2020-01-20
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  • Received：2019-10-29
  • Accepted：2019-12-22
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Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Plan(KQISCX20180328165435202)
Shenzhen Fundamental Research Projects(JCYJ20170811155832192)
Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(2018A0303130033)
National Key Research & Development Program of China(2017YFA0303600)
National Natural Science Foundation of China(51871081; 11674078; 51971081)
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    1Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute of Materials Genome & Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
    2Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
    3State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150001, China
    4Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, China
    5Department of Science, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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表12种不同金属材料的力学参数
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Number of
genus		 种数
Number of
species		 占总种数比例
Percentage of
total species (%)		 属
Genus		 种数
Number of
species		 占总种数比例
Percentage of total
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鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae 2 11 5.26 鹅膏菌属 Amanita 10 4.78
小菇科 Mycenaceae 2 12 5.74 丝盖伞属 Inocybe 5 2.39
多孔菌科 Polyporaceae 8 14 6.70 蜡蘑属 Laccaria 5 2.39
红菇科 Russulaceae 3 23 11.00 小皮伞属 Marasmius 6 2.87
小菇属 Mycena 11 5.26
光柄菇属 Pluteus 5 2.39
红菇属 Russula 17 8.13
栓菌属 Trametes 5 2.39
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