M. G. Bondarenko, V. Grabov, V. Kulikov, A.S. Parahin, A. V. Sidorov, O.N. Uryupin
{"title":"Research of temperature and concentration dependences of bismuth transport coefficients on the McClure dispersion law model basis for L-band charge carriers","authors":"M. G. Bondarenko, V. Grabov, V. Kulikov, A.S. Parahin, A. V. Sidorov, O.N. Uryupin","doi":"10.1109/ICT.2001.979911","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICT.2001.979911","url":null,"abstract":"Experimental data on the Seebeck coefficient and electrical resistivity for bismuth crystals was summarized and supplied in this research. General laws of transport processes based on the McClure charge carrier dispersion law are considered. The relaxation time of charge carriers is approximated by a power function of the temperature and energy. Three actual bands are taken for calculation of the transport coefficient in these materials. Electrical resistivity and the Seebeck coefficient were found by numerical solution of the transport equation. Various parameters of the relaxation law are selected by the least square method for minimization of the difference between experimental and calculated results.","PeriodicalId":203601,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings ICT2001. 20 International Conference on Thermoelectrics (Cat. No.01TH8589)","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124013726","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A two-stage cuboid-styled thermoelectric cooler with switched polarity","authors":"X. Xuan, K. Ng, C. Yap, H. Chua","doi":"10.1109/ICT.2001.979926","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICT.2001.979926","url":null,"abstract":"This paper introduces a two-stage cuboid-styled thermoelectric (TE) cooler, which is simply formed by linking two similar single-stage commercial TE modules serially in thermal cascade. Superior to a conventional two-stage pyramid-styled TE cooler, the cuboid-styled cooler has switched polarity, which means that the cooling rate and coefficient of performance (COP) can keep constant when its supplied electric currents are alternated. As an example, a single-stage TE module of MELCOR is chosen for performance comparison between single and two-stage coolers. Practical conditions are accounted for by considering the effect of thermal resistance between stages. The calculations demonstrate that the two-stage cuboid-styled cooler can attain higher temperature differences than those achieved by the single-stage module. Both COP and cooling flux are improved at large temperature difference.","PeriodicalId":203601,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings ICT2001. 20 International Conference on Thermoelectrics (Cat. No.01TH8589)","volume":"110 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124072955","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Thermoelectric property of (Ca,M)TiO/sub 3/ by ab initio calculation","authors":"T. Isobe, S. Sugihara, A. Minowa, H. Katanahara","doi":"10.1109/ICT.2001.979862","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICT.2001.979862","url":null,"abstract":"We study the thermoelectric property of CaTiO/sub 3/ by electronic structure calculations. CaTiO/sub 3/ is an insulator with a high band gap possessing low electrical and thermal conductivity. The DV-X a (discrete variational-X a) method is used. The calculation needs atomic number, position of atoms, kind of atoms and symmetry data for the cluster. We calculated the perovskite type of calcium titanate (CaTiO/sub 3/). This cluster, with transition metal-additions (Ca,M)TiO/sub 3/ forms p-type and n-type semiconductors possessing impurity energy levels of the donor and acceptor between the HOMO (highest occupied molecular orbital) and LUMO (lowest unoccupied molecular orbital). We assumed the Seebeck coefficient depends on the energy gap based on the computer simulation of Sugihara et al. (1999). We substituted Sr and Nb for Ti in CaTiO/sub 3/ and the Seebeck coefficient was calculated from HOMO, LUMO level and the impurity levels. Then the Seebeck coefficient at 500 K was calculated to be 7166 /spl mu/ V/K for CaTiO/sub 3/, 1806 /spl mu/ V/K for Nb-added CaTiO/sub 3/ and 896 /spl mu/ V/K for Sr-added CaTiO/sub 3/, respectively.","PeriodicalId":203601,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings ICT2001. 20 International Conference on Thermoelectrics (Cat. No.01TH8589)","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129844214","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Original thermoelectric development of physical concepts, materials and related technologies and applications","authors":"L. Anatychuk","doi":"10.1109/ICT.2001.979619","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICT.2001.979619","url":null,"abstract":"The results of generalizations of the Maxwell equations and Faraday law of electromagnetic induction for nonisothermal media are given. It is shown that this generalization creates a radically new description of the processes of thermoelectric energy conversion based on the use of of eddy thermoelectric fields and eddy thermoelectric currents. The basic postulates of the generalized theory of thermoelectric energy conversion are given. New thermoelement types discovered by computer solutions of the inverse thermoelectricity problems are given. Classification of thermoelements is given, including new thermoelement types discovered by solving the inverse problems. The properties of such thermoelements and their peculiarities that allow successful use of thermoelements in thermoelectric instruments and devices are considered. Typical examples of such use in measuring techniques, power engineering and thermoelectric cooling are given and the prospects of using such thermoelements are considered. Figures of merit of materials for new thermoelement types are given, as well as physical and technological methods of attaining the maximum figure of merit. Information is given on the progress in creating thermoelectric cooling modules of increased reliability, with increased supply voltages, increased refrigerating capacity and cyclic stability. Information is also given on the new developments of thermoelectric generator modules with improved characteristics of efficiency, reliability and resistance to temperature cyclic effects. Systems based on such modules with liquid heat-exchangers are considered. The structure of such systems makes possible their easy adaptation to customer demands for electric and thermal characteristics, pressures and flow rates in liquid circuits, etc. Examples are given of using such modules and systems in refrigerators, air-conditioners, heat and electricity generators. Information is given on the Ukrainian program of investigations and thermoelectricity applications.","PeriodicalId":203601,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings ICT2001. 20 International Conference on Thermoelectrics (Cat. No.01TH8589)","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128331627","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A review of the new thermoelectric materials","authors":"H. Goldsmid, G. Nolas","doi":"10.1109/ICT.2001.979602","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICT.2001.979602","url":null,"abstract":"Most of the materials that are used in today's thermoelectric generators and refrigerators were first developed many years ago. However, during the last decade promising results have been reported for several new systems of compounds and alloys. These include the skutterudites, the clathrates and the half-Heusler alloys. There are also a number of layer-structured compounds, some of which may be regarded as developments of the bismuth telluride system. Certain of these materials seem to possess the highest known figures of merit at least at elevated temperatures. Moreover, it is doubtful that any of the new systems have yet been fully optimized. The problem is that there are large numbers of compounds that remain to be investigated. Here we shall try to formulate some principles that will allow us to select those systems that are likely to yield the best long-term results. We discuss, for example, whether it is better for a material to have a high power factor or a low lattice thermal conductivity. We also consider the relative worth of a large or small effective mass for the charge carriers. Then, of course, one must take account of problems associated with the structure and preparation of the materials. The potential of the new materials for use as low-dimensional thermoelectrics will be included in our discussion.","PeriodicalId":203601,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings ICT2001. 20 International Conference on Thermoelectrics (Cat. No.01TH8589)","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128279713","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zhang Tongiun, Peng Jiangyin, Yang Junyou, Liu Huafang
{"title":"Gradient composite thermoelectric materials","authors":"Zhang Tongiun, Peng Jiangyin, Yang Junyou, Liu Huafang","doi":"10.1109/ICT.2001.979892","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICT.2001.979892","url":null,"abstract":"Gradient composition is one of the strategies for increasing the figure of merit Z of thermoelectric (TE) materials. There are two types of gradient composition TE materials. One is a carrier concentration functionally graded material (FGM), in which the carrier concentration was optimized to produce the maximum local Z with a certain temperature gradient. The other is a segmented FGM, which was composed of different material and each segment works at its optimal temperature range. The study progress of those two types of TE FGM is reviewed.","PeriodicalId":203601,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings ICT2001. 20 International Conference on Thermoelectrics (Cat. No.01TH8589)","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125382352","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Y. Ohta, H. Uchida, C. Roche, H. Tanahashi, A. Kasama, H. Scherrer, S. Scherrer
{"title":"Mo/sub 6/Se/sub 8/-based Chevrel phase thermoelectric materials","authors":"Y. Ohta, H. Uchida, C. Roche, H. Tanahashi, A. Kasama, H. Scherrer, S. Scherrer","doi":"10.1109/ICT.2001.979882","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICT.2001.979882","url":null,"abstract":"Mo/sub 6/Se/sub 8/-based Chevrel phase compounds inserted cations into those cavities are interesting as a new kind of PGEC (Phonon Glass Electron Crystal) thermoelectric materials. Ti and Zn are expected to form attractive Chevrel phase thermoelectric compounds by theoretical considerations. In our previous investigation, however, it seems to be difficult that cations insert sufficiently to cavities. In this study, an attempt to increase the amount of inserted Ti by varying preparation conditions is carried out. It is apparent that this trouble is caused by the formation of a TiSe/sub 2/ secondary phase due to preferential diffusion of Se into Ti, which consequently disturbed the reaction of Mo and Se. Proper heat process and shortening of diffusion distance are effective to distribute inserted Ti-uniformity in Chevrel phase and to decrease secondary phase. According to these analyses, the suitable condition to obtain optimum Chevrel phases, the insert mechanism of cations into the cavities, and the effect of the insertion range of Ti on thermoelectric properties are discussed.","PeriodicalId":203601,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings ICT2001. 20 International Conference on Thermoelectrics (Cat. No.01TH8589)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125574686","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
W. Chen, J. Dyck, C. Uher, L.D. Chen, X.F. Tang, T. Hirai
{"title":"Low temperature thermoelectric properties of Ni doped n-type filled skutterudites Ba/sub 0.3/Co/sub 4/Sb/sub 12/","authors":"W. Chen, J. Dyck, C. Uher, L.D. Chen, X.F. Tang, T. Hirai","doi":"10.1109/ICT.2001.979824","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICT.2001.979824","url":null,"abstract":"n-type Ba filled skutterudites doped with Ni, Ba/sub 0.3/Ni/sub x/Co/sub 4-x/Sb/sub 12/ with 0/spl les/x/spl les/0.2, have been synthesized and the Seebeck coefficient, thermal conductivity, electrical resistivity and Hall coefficient have been measured. ZT of 1.2 has been achieved at 800 K with x=0.05. The thermal conductivity data are fitted and the rattling effect of the Ba atoms is identified through a resonance scattering term. The Hall mobility is studied and a mixed scattering mechanism of acoustic phonons and ionized impurities based on a single, rigid band picture is presented. The role of Ni atoms in enhancing the thermoelectric performance is discussed.","PeriodicalId":203601,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings ICT2001. 20 International Conference on Thermoelectrics (Cat. No.01TH8589)","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121446276","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transport of Ce-Co-Sb skutterudites","authors":"X. Min, Shenlin Chen, J. An, K. Cai, C. Nan","doi":"10.1109/ICT.2001.979827","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICT.2001.979827","url":null,"abstract":"The correlation among composition, structure, chemical bond and transport of unfilled skutterudite CoSb/sub 3/ and filled skutterudite CeCo/sub 5/Fe/sub 3/Sb/sub 12/ has been studied using the density function and discrete variation (DFT-DVM) method. Three models for filled skutterudite study were proposed and calculated to describe the \"rattling\" pattern. Model 1 is with Ce in the center, model 2 is with Ce away from the center and near to Sb, and model 3 is also with Ce away from the center but near to Fe. Due to the different changes between ionic and covalent bonds, there is less difference in stability among the models 1, 2 and 3. Therefore, these different models can exist at the same time, or can translate from one to another more easily. In other words, the \"rattling\" pattern has taken place. The covalent bond of Co-Sb or Fe-Sb in filled models is weaker than that of Co-Sb in unfilled models, as an electrical cloud of Sb takes part in the covalent bond of Ce-Sb in the filled models. The result is consistent with the experimental result that the thermal conductivity of CeCo/sub 5/Fe/sub 3/Sb/sub 12/ is lower than that of CoSb/sub 3/, and the thermoelectric property of CeCo/sub 5/Fe/sub 3/Sb/sub 12/ is better than that of CoSb/sub 3/.","PeriodicalId":203601,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings ICT2001. 20 International Conference on Thermoelectrics (Cat. No.01TH8589)","volume":"89 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126024302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Thermoelectric properties and microstructure of SnTe-Bi/sub 2/Te/sub 3/ alloys","authors":"Xisong Zhou, J. Nan, Junbo Wu, C. Nan","doi":"10.1109/ICT.2001.979834","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICT.2001.979834","url":null,"abstract":"Bismuth telluride based alloys have been a class of important thermoelectric materials. In this paper, polycrystalline samples of ternary compounds in the SnTn-Bi/sub 2/Te/sub 3/ system were prepared by a rapid quenching of the melt followed by a sintering procedure of compacted pellets. The microstructure and thermoelectric properties, including Seebeck coefficient, electrical and thermal conductivities, of the samples were measured. The influence of processing routes, and constituent concentration on the thermoelectric properties was studied and discussed.","PeriodicalId":203601,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings ICT2001. 20 International Conference on Thermoelectrics (Cat. No.01TH8589)","volume":"58 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123021001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}