Unique nanostructures and enhanced thermoelectric performance of melt-spun BiSbTe alloys

We report a melt spinning technique followed by a quick spark plasma sintering procedure to fabricate high-performance p-type Bi0.52Sb1.48Te3 bulk material with unique microstructures. The microstructures consist of nanocrystalline domains embedded in amorphous matrix and 5–15 nm nanocrystals with c...

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Published in:Applied physics letters 2009-03, Vol.94 (10)
Main Authors: Xie, Wenjie, Tang, Xinfeng, Yan, Yonggao, Zhang, Qingjie, Tritt, Terry M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
ANTIMONY ALLOYS
BISMUTH ALLOYS
BISMUTH TELLURIDES
CRYSTALS
GRAIN BOUNDARIES
MATERIALS SCIENCE
NANOSTRUCTURES
SINTERING
TELLURIUM ALLOYS
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
TEMPERATURE RANGE 0273-0400 K
TERNARY ALLOY SYSTEMS
THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
THERMOELECTRICITY
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Summary:We report a melt spinning technique followed by a quick spark plasma sintering procedure to fabricate high-performance p-type Bi0.52Sb1.48Te3 bulk material with unique microstructures. The microstructures consist of nanocrystalline domains embedded in amorphous matrix and 5–15 nm nanocrystals with coherent grain boundary. The significantly reduced thermal conductivity leads to a state-of-the-art dimensionless figure of merit ZT∼1.56 at 300 K, more than 50% improvement of that of the commercial Bi2Te3 ingot materials.
ISSN:0003-6951
1077-3118
DOI:10.1063/1.3097026