{"title":"Thermoelectric properties of bismuth-tellurium based compounds prepared by particulate processing","authors":"H. Tashiro, M. Yonetsu, S. Matsuo, K. Takagi","doi":"10.1109/ICT.1999.843486","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICT.1999.843486","url":null,"abstract":"The influence of grain size and oxygen content on thermoelectric properties of sintered bismuth-tellurium based compounds has been investigated. Milling time and sintering atmosphere are the processing parameters that change grain size and oxygen content. Bismuth, tellurium, antimony and selenium powders were mixed to the composition of (Bi/sub 2/Te/sub 3/)/sub 0.2/(Sb/sub 2/Te/sub 3/)/sub 0.8/ for p-type and that of (Bi/sub 2/Te/sub 3/)/sub 0.975/(Bi/sub 2/Se/sub 3/)/sub 0.025/ -0.05 mass% SbI/sub 3/ for n-type, respectively. The powder mixtures were ball milled in acetone and consolidated by hot pressing at 460/spl deg/C for p-type and 500/spl deg/C for n-type in an argon or hydrogen atmosphere. The sintered samples exhibited a fine polycrystalline structure and the grain size was 0.1-10 /spl mu/m. The Seebeck coefficient, the resistivity and the thermal conductivity were measured at room temperature. The oxygen contents of the ball-milled powders and sintered samples were measured by the infrared absorption method. Sintering in a reducing atmosphere provided a lower oxygen content, yielding higher Z values. The obtained maximum Z values were 2.6/spl times/10/sup -3//K for the p-type and 2.5/spl times/10/sup -3//K for the n-type compound, respectively.","PeriodicalId":253439,"journal":{"name":"Eighteenth International Conference on Thermoelectrics. Proceedings, ICT'99 (Cat. No.99TH8407)","volume":"53 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133368693","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":"Performance assessment of thermoelectric coolers for use in high temperature electronics applications","authors":"K. Moores, Y. Joshi, G. Miller","doi":"10.1109/ICT.1999.843328","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICT.1999.843328","url":null,"abstract":"Thermoelectric cooling (TEC) modules which are rated for operation up to 200/spl deg/C are now widely available commercially, making them potential candidates for use in the thermal management of high temperature electronics applications. Through the use of these TECs, traditional electronic devices could be employed at much higher temperatures than they might otherwise tolerate, by creating a low temperature \"micro-environment\" around the specific components of interest, To gauge the feasibility of using TECs for high temperature thermal management, a single stage TEC was operated at constant current, near its maximum temperature limit for up to 1500 hours to assess the long term effect of elevated temperature on the module's performance. Results of the test showed a gradual decline in the overall temperature differential generated by the TEC during powered operation. Analysis of the exposed module by E-SEM suggests diffusion of Te from the thermoelements into the Bi solder region and a degradation of the Ni diffusion barrier between the copper tabs and the bismuth solder layer.","PeriodicalId":253439,"journal":{"name":"Eighteenth International Conference on Thermoelectrics. Proceedings, ICT'99 (Cat. No.99TH8407)","volume":"95 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132035863","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 materials \"A semiclassical approach to dimensionality effects\"","authors":"R.U. Gubser","doi":"10.1109/ICT.1999.843406","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICT.1999.843406","url":null,"abstract":"We approach the analysis of thermopower from a semiclassical viewpoint, letting the quantum mechanical aspects enter through model specific parameters. In the analysis we explicitly take into account the dimensionality of the material system to ascertain its effect on thermoelectric cooling predictions.","PeriodicalId":253439,"journal":{"name":"Eighteenth International Conference on Thermoelectrics. Proceedings, ICT'99 (Cat. No.99TH8407)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132193672","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":"Carrier pocket engineering to design superior thermoelectric materials using superlattice structures","authors":"T. Koga, X. Sun, S. Cronin, M. Dresselhaus","doi":"10.1109/ICT.1999.843409","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICT.1999.843409","url":null,"abstract":"The concept of Carrier Pocket Engineering is applied to GaAs/AlAs and Si/Ge superlattices to obtain a large thermoelectric figure of merit Z/sub 3D/T. For both GaAs/AlAs and Si/Ge systems, the calculated values for Z/sub 3D/T(0.4 and 0.96 for GaAs/AlAs and Si/Ge superlattices, respectively, at 300 K) are greatly enhanced relative to those for the corresponding bulk materials. We propose that the key to obtain such enhancements in Z/sub 3D/T is the careful optimization process of the structure and geometries of the superlattice, so that we can make use of the higher energy valleys in the 3D conduction band, that have no effect on electron transport in the bulk semiconductor, but can contribute to the thermoelectric transport in the superlattice form. Other advantages of having superlattice structures, such as the increased scattering of phonons to reduce the lattice conductivity and the lattice strain effect in Si/Ge superlattices to control the conduction band offset, are also discussed.","PeriodicalId":253439,"journal":{"name":"Eighteenth International Conference on Thermoelectrics. Proceedings, ICT'99 (Cat. No.99TH8407)","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133435805","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 crystal chemistry of promising oxide candidate Na/sub x/CoO/sub 2/","authors":"M. Ohtaki","doi":"10.1109/ICT.1999.843453","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICT.1999.843453","url":null,"abstract":"Promising p-type thermoelectric properties of a layered transition metal oxide Na/sub x/CoO/sub 2/ are discussed in terms of crystal chemistry and the conduction mechanism. Highly anisotropic spatial distribution of 3d orbitals coupled with an unusually short Co-Co interatomic distance in the ab plane, along which edge-sharing CoO/sub 6/ octahedra connecting each other to form the CoO/sub 2/ sheets, strongly suggest that Co3d d/spl epsiv/-d/spl epsiv/ (t/sub 2g/-t/sub 2g/) direct overlapping is plausible for establishing hole conduction in the valence band with a fairly covalent character. An extremely low thermal conductivity (/spl les/1 W/mK) of the oxide is also revealed, implying contribution of the randomly distributed Na vacancies and an inherent advantage of materials with low-dimensional crystal structure. In spite of insufficient densification, sintered bodies fired under atmospheric pressure shows ZT/spl ap/0.5. Possible influence of the ionic conduction of Na/sup +/ on the thermoelectric properties of the oxide is also examined.","PeriodicalId":253439,"journal":{"name":"Eighteenth International Conference on Thermoelectrics. Proceedings, ICT'99 (Cat. No.99TH8407)","volume":"68 20","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133754004","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 properties of CoSb/sub 3/ doped with magnetic impurities Fe and Ni","authors":"H. Anno, H. Tashiro, K. Matsubara","doi":"10.1109/ICT.1999.843360","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICT.1999.843360","url":null,"abstract":"Effects of doping with magnetic impurities (Fe and Ni) on the thermal conductivity of CoSb/sub 3/ have been investigated to make clear the origin of the scattering of phonons by magnetic ions. Samples with different impurity concentration x=3, 5, and 10 at.% were prepared by hot pressing. The effects of doping on the electronic transport properties are explained in terms of a Kane model, in agreement with a result of the band calculation. Our analysis of the magnetic susceptibility on the basis of the crystal field theory suggests that the magnetic ions in CoSb, have trivalent paramagnetic states (mainly Fe/sup 3+/ S=5/2 and Ni/sup 3+/ S=1/2). The lattice thermal conductivity /spl kappa/L decreases to about 0.04 Wcm/sup -1/ K/sup -1/ with increasing x. The consideration of the electronic states of Fe and Ni in CoSb, and the theoretical calculations of /spl kappa/L based on the Debye model lead to a conclusion that the magnetic Fe and Ni ions probably ad as strong scattering centers of phonons (a model proposed by Slack and Galginaitis) and play an important role in reducing the lattice thermal conductivity of not only CoSb/sub 3/ but also filled skutterudites.","PeriodicalId":253439,"journal":{"name":"Eighteenth International Conference on Thermoelectrics. Proceedings, ICT'99 (Cat. No.99TH8407)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130110933","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}
S. Cronin, Y. Lin, T. Koga, X. Sun, J. Ying, M. Dresselhaus
{"title":"Thermoelectric investigation of bismuth nanowires","authors":"S. Cronin, Y. Lin, T. Koga, X. Sun, J. Ying, M. Dresselhaus","doi":"10.1109/ICT.1999.843450","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICT.1999.843450","url":null,"abstract":"An enhanced thermoelectric figure of merit, ZT, has been predicted for bismuth in the low-dimensional form of Bi nanowires. To obtain ZT experimentally, both the Seebeck coefficient, S, as well as the electrical resistivity, /spl rho/, must be determined, in addition to the thermal conductivity, not discussed in this work. A technique for measuring the electrical resistivity of individual Bi nanowires by a 4-point method was developed and carried out using electron-beam lithography techniques. A pattern of four electrodes was affixed on top of single Bi nanowires, and measurements of current versus voltage were made. Measurements of the Seebeck coefficient of arrays of Bi nanowires within an alumina template were also made. We report details of the experimental procedures as well as some preliminary results from measurements of the temperature dependence of both S and /spl rho/ for Bi nanowire arrays within an anodic alumina template.","PeriodicalId":253439,"journal":{"name":"Eighteenth International Conference on Thermoelectrics. Proceedings, ICT'99 (Cat. No.99TH8407)","volume":"150 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116342495","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. Pitschke, A. Heinrich, J. Schumann, H. Griessmann, R. Kurt, A. Burkov
{"title":"High temperature thermoelectric properties of doped iridium silicide thin films","authors":"W. Pitschke, A. Heinrich, J. Schumann, H. Griessmann, R. Kurt, A. Burkov","doi":"10.1109/ICT.1999.843345","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICT.1999.843345","url":null,"abstract":"Iridium silicide thin films were prepared as undoped, Fe-doped and Ni-doped material by means of magnetron sputtering and electron beam evaporation. In the as-deposited state the structure of the films was amorphous. Subsequent annealing of binary and of iron-doped films results in crystallization and phase formation passing a metastable state. By contrast the crystallization process of Ni-containing films was characterized by the formation of residual nickel disilicide (/spl delta/-Ni/sub 2/Si) and nickel trisilicide (/spl beta//sub 1/-Ni/sub 3/Si) The electrical resistivity and the thermopower of the films were measured simultaneously during first annealing process at temperatures from 300 K up to 1200 K showing sensitive dependence on the chemical composition of the films and correlations with the phase formation process. In the final state the iron doped films show rather large thermoelectric power factors with maximum values at temperatures >1200 K as a result of the large gap of Ir/sub 3/Si/sub 5/ (1.56 eV). Estimation of thermoelectric efficiency using thermal conductivity of Ir/sub 3/Si/sub 5/ single crystals results in high values of figure of merit at temperatures >1000 K comparable with the best one observed for /spl beta/-FeSi/sub 2/ and MnSi/sub 1.75/. Ni-doped films with a small concentration of nickel silicides showed n-type conduction.","PeriodicalId":253439,"journal":{"name":"Eighteenth International Conference on Thermoelectrics. Proceedings, ICT'99 (Cat. No.99TH8407)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134272688","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":"Physics of the gap formation in half-Heusler compounds and bismuth chalcogenide systems","authors":"S. Mahanti, P. Larson, M. Kanatzidis","doi":"10.1109/ICT.1999.843332","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICT.1999.843332","url":null,"abstract":"Using first principles electronic structure calculations based on the density functional theory, we discuss the reasons behind the formation of energy gaps in different classes of narrow-gap semiconductors which are either good or promising thermoelectrics. We find that in half-Heusler compounds such as ZrNiSn and YNiSb, the Ni atoms take active role in the gap formation, both through local symmetry breaking and hybridization. In Bi/sub 2/Te/sub 3/, the best known room temperature thermoelectric, the subtle gap structure is determined by both spin-orbit interaction and hybridization of Bi p and Te p bands. In other Bi chalcogenides and complex ternary systems containing Bi and Te, it appears that spin-orbit interaction does not play as important a role. We discuss possible reasons for this difference.","PeriodicalId":253439,"journal":{"name":"Eighteenth International Conference on Thermoelectrics. Proceedings, ICT'99 (Cat. No.99TH8407)","volume":"86 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133405498","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":"Spot cooling using thermoelectric microcoolers","authors":"D. Yao, C. Kim, Gang Chen, J. Fleurial, H. Lyon","doi":"10.1109/ICT.1999.843382","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICT.1999.843382","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we investigate the possibility of creating spot cooling using thermoelectric microcoolers. An analytical model and a numerical scheme are developed to investigate the steady-state cooling surrounding microcoolers. The effects considered include the thermal and the electrical contact resistances and the spreading heat resistance. Parametric studies are carried out on the influences of the geometry and materials properties on the device performance. Simulation results show that local deep cooling can be reached if heat spreading materials are properly chosen.","PeriodicalId":253439,"journal":{"name":"Eighteenth International Conference on Thermoelectrics. Proceedings, ICT'99 (Cat. No.99TH8407)","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121951743","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}