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Compositional And Structural Modifications In Ternary Bismuth Chalcogenides And Their Thermoelectric Properties

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Duck-Young Chung ,
Melissa A. Lane ,
John R. Ireland ,
Paul W. Brazis ,
Carl R. Kannewurf  and
Mercouri G. Kanatzidis
Duck-Young Chung
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Center for Fundamental Materials Research, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824.
Melissa A. Lane
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Center for Fundamental Materials Research, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824.
John R. Ireland
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Center for Fundamental Materials Research, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824.
Paul W. Brazis
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Center for Fundamental Materials Research, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824.
Carl R. Kannewurf
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208
Mercouri G. Kanatzidis
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Center for Fundamental Materials Research, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824.
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Abstract

Based on the versatile combination of PbQ- and Bi2Q3-type (Q = S, Se, Te) fragments, we explored new compounds in the Pb/Bi/Se ternary system. The new class of compounds, Pb5Bi6Se14, Pb5Pb12Se23, and PbBi8Se13 are homologues with different combination of alternating Bi2Se3- and PbSe-type layers. α- and β-Pb6Bi2Se9 were obtained in different synthetic conditions and the former is isostructural to heyrovskyite (Pb6Bi2S9) while the latter is a NaCl-type cubic phase. Pb5Bi6Se14 shows a power factor of 11.2 μW/cm·K2 with electrical conductivity of 657 S/cm and thermopower of -131 μV/K at 271 K. The most significant characteristic of this material is the extremely low thermal conductivity of less than 1.0 W/m·K at room temperature. On the basis of these properties, a preliminary doping study for Pb5Bi6Se14 with Sn, Sb, and SbBr3 as dopants was undertaken and the results are presented in this report.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 626: Symposium Z – Thermoelectric Materials 2000 - The Next Generation Materials for Small-Scale Refrigeration and Power Generation Applications , 2000 , Z7.4
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000

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