The Influence of Ag₂Te Addition on Thermoelectric Properties of Bismuth Telluride

• Autorzy: Drzewowska Sylwia , Lan Tian-Wey , Onderka Bogusław

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DOI

10.24425/amm.2022.137466

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The resistivity, Seebeck coefficient and thermal diffusivity were determined for BiTe₃ + Ag₂Te composite mixtures. Subsequent measurements were carried out in the temperature range from 20 to 270°C, and for compositions from pure Bi₂Te₃ to x_Ag2Te = 0.65 selected along the pseudo-binary section of Ag-Bi-Te ternary system. It was found that conductivity vs. temperature dependence shows visible jump between 140 and 150°C in samples with highest Ag₂Te content, which is due to monoclinic => cubic Ag₂Te phase transformation. Measured Seebeck coefficient is negative for all samples indicating they are n-type semiconductors. Evaluated power factor is of the order 1.52·10^-3 and it decreases with increasing Ag₂Te content (at. %). Recalculated thermal conductivity is of the order of unity in W/(m K), and is decreasing with Ag₂Te addition. Finally, evaluated Figure of Merit is 0.43 at 100°C and decreases with temperature rise.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

thermoelectric materials; Seebeck coefficient; resistivity; thermal diffusivity; Bi2Te3-Ag2Te system

• Wydawca: Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science of Polish Academy of Sciences ; Committee of Materials Engineering and Metallurgy of Polish Academy of Sciences
• Czasopismo: Archives of Metallurgy and Materials
• Rocznik: 2022
• Tom: Vol. 67, iss. 1
• Strony: 5--15
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 63 poz., fot., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Drzewowska Sylwia

• AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow, Faculty of Non-Ferrous Metals, 30 Mickiewicza Avenue, 30-059 Krakow, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2953-6904

autor

Lan Tian-Wey

• Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan, ROC

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4888-5816

autor

Onderka Bogusław

• AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow, Faculty of Non-Ferrous Metals, 30 Mickiewicza Avenue, 30-059 Krakow, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0736-2843

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Uwagi

1. This work was carried out in the framework of Polish-Taiwanese cooperation under grant DKO/PL-TW1/5/2013 “Phase Diagram Determination of Thermoelectric Materials”. One of us (S.D.) is grateful to Prof. Sinn-Wen Chen from National Tsing Hua University and Dr. Yang-Yuan Chen from Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica in whose laboratory this experimental work was carried out.

2. Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2024).