Crystal Growth and Thermoelectric Properties of Zintl Phase Mg3X2 (X=Sb, Bi) Based Materials: a Review

Siqi LIN; Airan LI; Chenguang FU; Rongbing LI; Min JIN

doi:10.15541/jim20220356

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Journal of Inorganic Materials
Vol. 38, Issue 3, 270 (2023)

Crystal Growth and Thermoelectric Properties of Zintl Phase Mg₃X₂ (X=Sb, Bi) Based Materials: a Review

Siqi LIN^1,2,3, Airan LI⁴, Chenguang FU⁴, Rongbing LI¹, and Min JIN^1,3,*

Author Affiliations

¹1. College of Materials, Shanghai Dianji University, Shanghai 201306, China

²2. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, China

³3. State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China

⁴4. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China

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Siqi LIN, Airan LI, Chenguang FU, Rongbing LI, Min JIN. Crystal Growth and Thermoelectric Properties of Zintl Phase Mg₃X₂ (X=Sb, Bi) Based Materials: a Review [J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2023, 38(3): 270 Copy Citation Text

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Crystal structure of Mg3X2 (X=Sb, Bi)[33]

1. Crystal structure of Mg₃X₂ (X=Sb, Bi)^[33]

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2. Phase diagram of Mg₃X₂ compounds^[46-47]

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3. MgSb₂crystals grown by slow cooling method

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4. MgSb₂crystals grown by directional solidification method^[51]

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5. Mg₃Sb_2-_xBi_x crystals grown by flux method

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6. MgSb₂crystal grown by flux method^[56]

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7. Thermoelectric properties of Mg₃Sb_2-_xBi_x crystals

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Method	Composition	Type	Shape and size	ZT_max	Year	Ref.
Temperature cooling	Mn-doped Mg₃Sb₂	n	Flake, 6-7 mm	0.11 (//ab plane, 500 K)	2014	[48]
	Mg₃Sb_2-_xBi_x	p	Flake, 6-7 mm	0.006 (//ab plane, 300 K)	2015	[49]
	Ag-doped Mg₃Sb₂	p	Bulk, 3 mm×6 mm×10 mm	0.03 (//ab plane, 300 K)0.12 (┴ab plane, 300 K)	2021	[50]
Flux method	Mg₃Sb₂ (Sb Flux)	p	Flake, 6-7 mm	-	2018	[53]
	Mg₃Bi₂ (Bi Flux)	p	Flake, 6-7 mm	-	2018	[53]
	Y-doped Mg₃Sb₂(Mg Flux)	n	Flake, 3-8 mm	-	2020	[55]
	Y-doped Mg₃Bi₂(Mg Flux)	n/p	Flake, 3-8 mm	-	2020	[55]
	Y-doped Mg₃Bi_1.25Sb_0.75(Mg Flux)	n	Flake, 3-10 mm	0.82 (//ab plane, 325 K)	2020	[55]
	Te-doped Mg₃Sb₂ (Sb Flux)	n	Flake, 5-10 mm	0.78 (//ab plane, 600 K)	2020	[54]
Directional solidification	Ag-doped Mg₃Sb₂	p	Ingot, ϕ 10 mm×50 mm	0.62 (//ab plane, 800 K)0.68 (┴ab plane, 800 K)	2020	[51]
Flux Bridgman	Y-doped Mg₃Sb₂(Sb/Bi Flux)	n	Bulk, 8 mm×10 mm×25 mm	0.60 (//ab plane, 700 K)0.48 (┴ab plane, 700 K)	2021	[56]

Table 1. Growth results of Mg₃X₂crystal by different methods and their thermoelectric properties

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