Controlling metallurgical phase separation reactions of the Ge 0.87Pb0.13Te alloy for high thermoelectric performance

Yaniv Gelbstein; Joseph Davidow; Steven N. Girard; Duck Young Chung; Mercouri Kanatzidis

doi:10.1002/aenm.201200970

Controlling metallurgical phase separation reactions of the Ge _0.87Pb_0.13Te alloy for high thermoelectric performance

Yaniv Gelbstein, Joseph Davidow, Steven N. Girard, Duck Young Chung, Mercouri Kanatzidis

Department of Materials Engineering

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Abstract

We demonstrate the potential of metallurgical controlling of the phase separation reaction, by means of spark plasma sintering consolidation and subsequently controlled heat treatments sequence, for enhancement the thermoelectric properties of the p-type Ge_0.87Pb_0.13Te composition. Very high ZTs of up to ∼2, attributed to the nucleation of sub-micron phase separation domains and to comparable sized twinning and dislocation networks features, were observed. Based on the experimentally measured transport properties, combined with the previously reported phase separated n-type (Pb_0.95Sn_0.05Te)_0.92(PbS) _0.08 composition, a maximal efficiency value of ∼11.5% was theoretically calculated. These ZT and efficiency values are among the highest reported for single composition non-segmented bulk material legs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	815-820
Number of pages	6
Journal	Advanced Energy Materials
Volume	3
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201200970
State	Published - 1 Jun 2013

Keywords

GeTe
PbTe
phase separation
thermoelectric

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
General Materials Science

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