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Study of thermoelectric material design with caged and randomly substituted structures by using quantum interference effects of electrons

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K06487
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Structural/Functional materials
Research InstitutionYamaguchi University

Principal Investigator

Akai Koji  山口大学, 国際総合科学部, 准教授 (20314825)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 岸本 堅剛  山口大学, 大学院創成科学研究科, 助教 (50234216)
Research Collaborator MATSUURA MITSURU  山口大学, 名誉教授
Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,110,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
Keywords熱・エネルギー材料 / 熱電クラスレート半導体 / 電子状態 / 熱電変換材料 / かご状構造 / ジントル化合物 / 電子構造 / クラスレート半導体
Outline of Final Research Achievements

In the present study, we calculated the electronic structure of clathrate semiconducting compounds, and then host group-IV atoms are randomly substituted for group-III atoms and the relation of the crystal structure with the mechanism of the high carrier mobility was discussed. The electronic structure calculation had been performed for type-I and type-VIII clathrate semiconductors Ba-Ga-Sn and the type-II clathrate semiconductor K-Ba-Ga-Sn, respectively. We found the interesting correlation between the carrier mobility and the interaction that is brought by the rattling guest atoms and electrons at the states of the lowest energy conduction band, and we studied the mostly localized Wannier functions to analyze the carrier scattering effects by the atomic substitution for host sites.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2017 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (9 results)

All 2017 2016 2015

All Presentation (9 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Invited: 1 results)

  • [Presentation] Electronic structure study on Zintl compound Na2ZnSn5 by using Wannier functions2017

    • Author(s)
      J. Hirata, K. Akai, K. Kishimoto, H. Kurisu, T. Koyanagi, S. Yamamoto
    • Organizer
      the 12th General Meeting of ACCMS
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Wanner 関数法を用いた熱電クラスレートに対する電子状態の検討2017

    • Author(s)
      赤井光治, 岸本堅剛, 小柳剛, 山本節夫
    • Organizer
      第64回応用物理学会春季学術講演会
    • Place of Presentation
      パシフィコ横浜(神奈川県、横浜市)
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] First-princeples study on electronic structures and thermoelectric properties of Cs-Ge type-I clathrates2016

    • Author(s)
      K. Akai, K. Kishimoto, T. Koyanagi, S. Yamamoto
    • Organizer
      the 11th General Meeting of ACCMS
    • Place of Presentation
      東北大学(宮城県、仙台市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-12-19
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] First-princeples electronic structure calculation of Zintl compound2016

    • Author(s)
      J. Hirata, K. Akai, K. Kishimoto, H. Kurisu T. Koyanagi, S. Yamamoto
    • Organizer
      the 11th General Meeting of ACCMS
    • Place of Presentation
      東北大学(宮城県、仙台市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-12-19
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Cs-Ge系タイプIクラスレートの電子構造計算2016

    • Author(s)
      赤井光治, 岸本堅剛, 小柳剛, 山本節夫
    • Organizer
      第13回日本熱電学会学術講演会
    • Place of Presentation
      東京理科大学葛飾キャンパス(東京都、葛飾区)
    • Year and Date
      2016-09-05
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 4元SiクラスレートRb-Na-X-Si(X=Ga, Zn)の電子構造2016

    • Author(s)
      赤井光治, 岸本堅剛, 小柳剛, 山本節夫
    • Organizer
      第63回応用物理学会春季学術講演会
    • Place of Presentation
      東京工業大学(東京都目黒区)
    • Year and Date
      2016-03-21
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] タイプII構造クラスレート半導体K-Ba-Ga-Snの電子構造と熱電性能向上の検討2015

    • Author(s)
      赤井光治, 岸本堅剛, 小柳剛, 山本節夫
    • Organizer
      第12回日本熱電学会学術講演会
    • Place of Presentation
      九州大学(福岡県春日市)
    • Year and Date
      2015-09-07
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] クラスレート構造を模した2次元格子モデルに基づく電子構造の検討2015

    • Author(s)
      斎藤義文, 赤井光治, 岸本堅剛, 小柳剛, 栗巣普輝, 山本節夫
    • Organizer
      第12回日本熱電学会学術講演会
    • Place of Presentation
      九州大学(福岡県春日市)
    • Year and Date
      2015-09-07
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] First-principles study of electronic structure on PGEC Clathrates K-Ba-Ga-Sn2015

    • Author(s)
      K. Akai, K. Kishimoto, T. Koyanagi, S. Yamamoto
    • Organizer
      34th international conference on thermoelectrics
    • Place of Presentation
      Int. Congress Center, Dresden, Germany
    • Year and Date
      2015-06-28
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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