Thermoelectric Properties of Te Doped CoSb3 -4mol%Zn4 Sb3

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Te doping effect on the thermoelectric properties of solid solution was investigated. 2at% Te doping was found to be most effective to improve the dimensionless figure of merit, ZT, of pseudo-binary CoSb3-4mol%Zn4Sb3. Maximum ZT of 0.69 was obtained at 450K in CoSb3- 4mol%Zn4Sb3 doped with 2at% Te. Heavy doping of Te above 3at% caused thermal conductivity to increase very high because of the formation of metallic CoSb2 phases and thus did not improve ZT.

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Materials Science Forum (Volumes 510-511)

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1110-1113

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March 2006

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