scholarly journals Synthesis and Thermoelectric Properties of PbTe-SnTe Solid Solutions

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 570-574 ◽  
Author(s):  
I.V. Horichok ◽  
L.I. Nykyruy ◽  
M.O. Galushchak ◽  
S.I. Mudrij ◽  
T.O. Semko ◽  
...  

There are presents X-ray results and measurements of thermoelectric parameters (thermoelectric electromotive force α, specific electrical conductivity σ, and coefficient of thermal conductivity k) for materials on the base of PbTe-SnTe system. The dimensionless thermoelectric figure of merit ZT ≈ 0,3 received for thermoelectric samples p-Pb0.4Sn0.6Te obtained by cold pressing method in complex with annealing.

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-67
Author(s):  
O. M. Matkivsky

An X-ray diffraction structural study and measurement of Seebeck coefficient (S), the electrical conductivity (σ) and thermal conductivity (χ) for Lead Telluride with nanoinclusions of ZnO. The calculated value of the specific thermoelectric power (S2σ) and thermoelectric figure of merit (ZT). It was established that the addition of ZnO powder Nanodispersed diameter grains (40-60) nm PbTe reduces the thermal conductivity of the material, and at 0.5 wt.% ZnO to an increase of lead telluride thermoelectric figure of merit to ZT≈1,3.


2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-54
Author(s):  
D. M. Freik ◽  
S. І. Mudriy ◽  
Ts. A. Kriskov ◽  
І. V. Gorіchok ◽  
O. M. Matkіvsky ◽  
...  

The paper presents the results of research of X-ray diffraction and thermoelectric parameters (thermoelectric coefficient α, electrical conductivity σ and thermal conductivity coefficient k) of materials based on Lead Telluride: PbTe, PbTe:Sb, PbTe-Sb2Te3, Pb18Ag1Sb1Te20, Pb18Ag2Te20 and PbTe-Ag2Te. Established that the highest values of thermoelectric figure of merit have samples of PbTe:Sb (0,3 at.%) and system Pb18Ag1Sb1Te20, Pb18Ag2Te20. For PbTe:Sb is due to a significant increase of the electrical conductivity. For the other two materials is due to a increase the thermoelectric coefficient and a significant decrease of thermal conductivity compared to pure PbTe.


Author(s):  
V.V. Tsygoda ◽  
V.Ya. Petrovskiy

The possibility of reducing the thermal conductivity of silicon nitride as a basis of high-temperature electrical converters was investigated in the thesis. Also, the values of thermoelectric figure of merit and efficiency of thermoelectric current generator for the case of refractory oxygen-free composites were simulated. During the study, the dependence between the m coefficient, which determines the maximum possible efficiency of the thermoelectric generator and the ZT thermoelectric figure of merit, was determined. It was shown that the coefficient of thermal conductivity of the studied materials ranges from 1,2 to 4·106 m2/s and is characterized by a negative temperature coefficient over the entire temperature range. It was found that the thermal conductivity of Si3N4-based materials varies from 2,1 to 5,1 W/(m·K) depending on the type of sintering activator. The use of Al2O3 as an activator makes it possible to obtain a 25% lower thermal conductivity value comparing to materials with the addition of MgO. For the first time, it was proved that currently it is not possible to achieve an efficiency of 0,5hT in Si3N4-based materials used as a composite basis for high-temperature thermoelectric generators development.


2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (02) ◽  
pp. 2050019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Zhang ◽  
M. M. Fan ◽  
C. C. Ruan ◽  
Y. W. Zhang ◽  
X.-J. Li ◽  
...  

[Formula: see text] ceramic samples have a structure similar to phonon glass electronic crystals, and their thermoelectric properties can be effectively adjusted through repeated grinding and sintering. The results show that multi-sintering can make their grain refined and increase their grain boundary, which will effectively increase density and phonon scattering. Finally, multi-sintering can reduce the resistivity and thermal conductivity, thus obviously improve thermoelectric figure of merit [Formula: see text] of [Formula: see text]. The optimum [Formula: see text] value of 0.26 is achieved at 923 K by the third sintered sample.


2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 837-843 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinfeng Tang ◽  
Lidong Chen ◽  
Takashi Goto ◽  
Toshio Hirai

Single-phase filled skutterudite compounds, CeyFexCo4−xSb12 (x = 0 to 3.0, y = 0 to 0.74), were synthesized by a melting method. The effects of Fe content and Ce filling fraction on the thermoelectric properties of CeyFexCo4−xSb12 were investigated. The lattice thermal conductivity of Ce-saturated CeyFexCo4−xSb12, y being at the maximum corresponding to x, decreased with increasing Fe content (x) and reached its minimum at about x = 1.5. When x was 1.5, lattice thermal conductivity decreased with increasing Ce filling fraction till y = 0.3 and then began to increase after reaching the minimum at y = 0.3. Hole concentration and electrical conductivity of Cey Fe1.5Co2.5Sb12 decreased with increasing Ce filling fraction. The Seebeck coefficient increased with increasing Ce filling fraction. The greatest dimensionless thermoelectric figure of merit T value of 1.1 was obtained at 750 K for the composition of Ce0.28Fe1.52Co2.48Sb12.


2003 ◽  
Vol 793 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Amagai ◽  
A. Yamamoto ◽  
C. H. Lee ◽  
H. Takazawa ◽  
T. Noguchi ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTWe report transport properties of polycrystalline TMGa3(TM = Fe and Ru) compounds in the temperature range 313K<T<973K. These compounds exhibit semiconductorlike behavior with relatively high Seebeck coefficient, electrical resistivity, and Hall carrier concentrations at room temperature in the range of 1017- 1018cm−3. Seebeck coefficient measurements reveal that FeGa3isn-type material, while the Seebeck coefficient of RuGa3changes signs rapidly from large positive values to large negative values around 450K. The thermal conductivity of these compounds is estimated to be 3.5Wm−1K−1at room temperature and decreased to 2.5Wm−1K−1for FeGa3and 2.0Wm−1K−1for RuGa3at high temperature. The resulting thermoelectric figure of merit,ZT, at 945K for RuGa3reaches 0.18.


Author(s):  
А.А. Шабалдин ◽  
П.П. Константинов ◽  
Д.А. Курдюков ◽  
Л.Н. Лукьянова ◽  
А.Ю. Самунин ◽  
...  

AbstractNanocomposite thermoelectrics based on Bi_0.45Sb_1.55Te_2.985 solid solution of p -type conductivity are fabricated by the hot pressing of nanopowders of this solid solution with the addition of SiO_2 microparticles. Investigations of the thermoelectric properties show that the thermoelectric power of the nanocomposites increases in a wide temperature range of 80–420 K, while the thermal conductivity considerably decreases at 80–320 K, which, despite a decrease in the electrical conductivity, leads to an increase in the thermoelectric efficiency in the nanostructured material without the SiO_2 addition by almost 50% (at 300 K). When adding SiO_2, the efficiency decreases. The initial thermoelectric fabricated without nanostructuring, in which the maximal thermoelectric figure of merit ZT = 1 at 390 K, is most efficient at temperatures above 350 K.


Author(s):  
Ч.И. Абилов ◽  
М.Ш. Гасанова ◽  
Н.Т. Гусейнова ◽  
Э.К. Касумова

The results of studying the temperature dependences of electrical conductivity, thermoelectric coefficient, Hall mobility of charge carriers, total and electronic thermal conductivity, as well as phonon thermal resistance of alloys of (CuInSe2)1-x(In2Te3)x solid solutions at x=0.005 and 0.0075 are presented. The values ​​of these parameters for certain temperatures were used to calculate the values ​​of the thermoelectric figure of merit of the indicated compositions. It turned out that as the temperature rises, the thermoelectric figure of merit tends to grow strongly, from which it can be concluded that these materials can be used in the manufacture of thermoelements.


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