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Thermoelectric performance of cadmium-based LiCdX (X = N, P, As, Sb and Bi)-filled tetrahedral semiconductors: applications in green energy resources

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Half-Heusler materials have been studied on a large scale due to their high stability and wide range of band gaps. Here, we have studied the fundamental physical and thermoelectric parameters of LiCdX (X = N, P, As, Sb and Bi) and observed that these compounds have F43m space group with 5.31, 6.06, 6.25, 6.64 and 6.81 Å lattice constants for LiCdN, LiCdP, LiCdAs, LiCdSb and LiCdBi, respectively. All compounds exhibit direct band-gap semiconducting behaviour except LiCdBi which shows a metallic nature. In near-infrared and visible regions, these compounds show excellent photovoltaic behaviour, but they restrict far-infrared and ultraviolet radiation. By examining thermoelectric characteristics, we have analysed that at 300 K, ZT achieves unity in both the p- and n-regions for three of these materials, making them prospective thermoelectric candidates at ambient temperature. The studied thermodynamic properties have confirmed that materials are stable which will motivate experimentalists.

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  1. Department of Physics, Agra College, Agra, 282 002, India

    Pallavi & Chandravir Singh

  2. School of Basic and Applied Sciences, Nirwan University Jaipur, Rajasthan, 303 305, India

    Peeyush Kumar Kamlesh

  3. Department of Physics, School of Engineering, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248 007, India

    Rajeev Gupta

  4. Division of Research & Innovation, School of Applied and Life Sciences, Uttaranchal University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248 007, India

    Ajay Singh Verma

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Pallavi, Singh, C., Kamlesh, P.K. et al. Thermoelectric performance of cadmium-based LiCdX (X = N, P, As, Sb and Bi)-filled tetrahedral semiconductors: applications in green energy resources. Pramana - J Phys 97, 162 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12043-023-02627-9

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