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Single-crystal growth and thermoelectric properties of Ge(Bi,Sb)4Te7

Published inJournal of physics. Condensed matter, vol. 25, no. 7, 075804
Publication date2013-02-20
First online date2013-01-23
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The thermoelectric properties between 10 and 300 K and the growth of single crystals of n-type and p-type GeBi4Te7, GeSb4Te7 and Ge(Bi1−xSbx)4Te7 solid solution are reported. Single crystals were grown by the modified Bridgman method, and p-type behavior was achieved by the substitution of Bi by Sb in GeBi4Te7. The thermopower in the Ge(Bi1−xSbx)4Te7 solid solution ranges from −117 to +160 µV K−1. The crossover from n-type to p-type is continuous with increasing Sb content and is observed at x ≈ 0.15. The highest thermoelectric efficiencies among the tested n-type and p-type samples are ZnT = 0.11 and ZpT = 0.20, respectively. For an optimal n-p couple in this alloy system the composite figure of merit is ZnpT = 0.17 at room temperature.

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VON ROHR, Fabian, SCHILLING, Andreas, CAVA, Robert J. Single-crystal growth and thermoelectric properties of Ge(Bi,Sb)4Te7. In: Journal of physics. Condensed matter, 2013, vol. 25, n° 7, p. 075804. doi: 10.1088/0953-8984/25/7/075804
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