Mechanochemistry for Energy Materials: Impact of High-Energy Milling on Chemical, Electric and Thermal Transport Properties of Chalcopyrite CuFeS2 Nanoparticles.
ChemistryOpen
; 10(8): 806-814, 2021 Aug.
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Chalcopyrite CuFeS2 , a semiconductor with applications in chemical sector and energy conversion engineering, was synthetized in a planetary mill from elemental precursors. The synthesis is environmentally friendly, waste-free and inexpensive. The synthesized nano-powders were characterized by XRD, SEM, EDX, BET and UV/Vis techniques, tests of chemical reactivity and, namely, thermoelectric performance of sintered ceramics followed. The crystallite size of â¼13â
nm and the strain of â¼17 were calculated for CuFeS2 powders milled for 60, 120, 180 and 240â
min, respectively. The evolution of characteristic band gaps, Eg, and the rate constant of leaching, k, of nano-powders are corroborated by the universal evolution of the parameter SBET /X (SBET -specific surface area, X-crystallinity) introduced for complex characterization of mechanochemically activated solids in various fields such as chemical engineering and/or energy conversion. The focus on non-doped semiconducting CuFeS2 enabled to assess the role of impurities, which critically and often negatively influence the thermoelectric properties.
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Alemania