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INORGANIC MATERIALS
Volume 49, Issue 2, Pages 120-126Publisher
MAIK NAUKA/INTERPERIODICA/SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1134/S0020168513020106
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- Russian Foundation for Basic Research [11-08-01109-a]
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This paper reports the preparation and characterization of pressed microcrystalline materials based on a p-type Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3 solid solution produced from a melt-spun powder. We have examined the effect of melt spinning conditions (temperature, disk rotation rate, and purity of the inert gas in the heat treatment chamber) on the particle size and morphology of the powders and the microstructure and thermoelectric properties of hot-pressed samples and investigated the mechanical properties (compression and bend tests) of materials prepared by various methods. The thermoelectric properties of the materials (thermopower, electrical conductivity, and thermal conductivity) were studied at room temperature and in the range 100-700 K. The highest thermoelectric figure of merit ZT of the materials prepared by pressing the melt-spun powder was 1.3, whereas the ZT of the materials prepared by the other methods did not exceed 1.1. The higher ZT of the materials studied was due to their lower lattice thermal conductivity and slightly higher thermopower. DOI: 10.1134/S0020168513020106
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