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Thermoelectric Properties of N-Type Bi2(Tel−xSex)3 Fabricated by Mechanical Alloying and Hot Pressing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Hee-Jeong Kim ,
Jae-Shik Choi ,
Tae-Sung Oh  and
Dow-Bin Hyun
Hee-Jeong Kim
Affiliation:
Depart. of Metall. and Mater. Sci., Hong Ik Univ., Seoul, Korea, ohts@wow.hongik.ac.kr
Jae-Shik Choi
Affiliation:
Depart. of Metall. and Mater. Sci., Hong Ik Univ., Seoul, Korea, ohts@wow.hongik.ac.kr
Tae-Sung Oh
Affiliation:
Depart. of Metall. and Mater. Sci., Hong Ik Univ., Seoul, Korea, ohts@wow.hongik.ac.kr
Dow-Bin Hyun
Affiliation:
Metals Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 136–791, Korea
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Abstract

Thermoelectric properties of polycrystalline Bi2(Te1−xSex)3 (0.05 ≤ x ≤ 0.25), fabricated by mechanical alloying and hot pressing, have been investigated. Formation of n-type Bi2(Te0.9 Se0.1)3 alloy powders was completed by mechanical alloying for 3 hours at ball-to-material ratio of 5: 1, and processing time for Bi2(Te1−xSex)3 formation increased with Bi2Se3 content x. Figure-of-merit of Bi2(Te0.9Se0.1) was markedly increased by hot pressing at temperatures above 450°C, and maximum value of 1.9 × 10−3/K was obtained by hot pressing at 550°C. With addition of 0.015 wt% Bi as acceptor dopant, figure-of-merit of Bi2 (Te0.9Se0.1)3, hot pressed at 550°C, could be improved to 2.1 × 10−3/K. When Bi2(Te1−xSex)3 was hot pressed at 550°C, figure-of-merit increased from 1.14 × 103/K to 1.92 × 10−3/K with increasing Bi2Se3 content x from 0.05 to 0.15, and then decreased to 1.30 × 103/K for x = 0.25 composition.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 478: Symposium Q – Thermoelectric Materials - New Directions and Approaches , 1997 , 151
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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