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Investigation of Solid-State Immiscibility and Thermoelectric Properties of the System PbTe – PbS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Steven N Girard ,
Jiaqing He ,
Vinayak P Dravid  and
Mercouri G Kanatzidis
Steven N Girard
Affiliation:
s-girard@northwestern.edu, Northwestern University, Chemistry, Evanston, Illinois, United States
Jiaqing He
Affiliation:
jiaqing-he@northwestern.edu, Northwestern University, Materials Science and Engineering, Evanston, Illinois, United States
Vinayak P Dravid
Affiliation:
v-dravid@northwestern.edu, Northwestern University, Materials Science and Engineering, Evanston, Illinois, United States
Mercouri G Kanatzidis
Affiliation:
m-kanatzidis@northwestern.edu, Northwestern University, Chemistry, Evanston, Illinois, United States
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Abstract

We have shown that (Pb1-mSnmTe)1-x(PbS)x where m = 0.05 and x = 0.08 exhibits a ZT of ˜1.4 at 700 K. This system incorporates two thermoelectric systems: PbSxTe1-x and Pb1-xSnxTe. Here we report the thermoelectric properties of PbSxTe1-x (x = 0.08 and 0.30). The material PbS0.08Te0.92 exhibits nucleation and growth of PbS precipitates, while PbS0.30Te0.70 exhibits PbS precipitation through spinodal decomposition phase separation. We report the thermoelectric properties of this system as a result of the differing precipitation phenomena.

Keywords

thermoelectricnanostructurephase transformation
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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1166: Symposium N – Materials and Devices for Thermal-to-Electric Energy Conversion , 2009 , 1166-N02-07
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2009

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