p-Type PbTe Thermoelectric Bulk Materials with Nanograins Fabricated by Attrition Milling and Spark Plasma Sintering
| Autor: | Shih Kuo Wu, Ming Shan Jeng, Chia Hung Kuo, Jie Ren Ku, Chii Shyang Hwang, Ya Wen Chou |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Materials science
Metallurgy Spark plasma sintering Condensed Matter Physics Thermoelectric materials Grain size Nanocrystalline material Electronic Optical and Magnetic Materials Thermal conductivity Seebeck coefficient Thermoelectric effect Materials Chemistry Electrical and Electronic Engineering Ingot |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Electronic Materials. 38:1956-1961 |
| ISSN: | 1543-186X 0361-5235 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11664-009-0677-7 |
| Popis: | This work reports a manufacturing process that combines attrition milling and spark plasma sintering (SPS) in the preparation of PbTe bulk materials with nanosize grains. The process involves milling raw PbTe ingots into nanocrystalline powders and subsequent compacting of these powders into dense bulk materials by spark plasma sintering. Sintered samples with relative densities of over 95% and grain sizes as small as 80 nm to 1 μm were obtained through this process. The thermoelectric properties of the samples were measured and compared with those of raw ingots at temperatures from 300 K to 400 K to demonstrate the influence of grain size on thermoelectric properties. The results reveal that reducing the grain size improved thermoelectric performance. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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