In-situ Doping of Thermoelectric Materials Based on SiGe Solid Solutions during Their Synthesis by the Spark Plasma Sintering Technique
- Authors: Dorokhin M.V.1, Demina P.B.1, Erofeeva I.V.1, Zdoroveyshchev A.V.1, Kuznetsov Y.M.1, Boldin M.S.1, Popov A.A.1, Lantsev E.A.1, Boryakov A.V.2
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Affiliations:
- Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod
- Sedakov Institute of Measurement Systems, Russian Federal Nuclear Center
- Issue: Vol 53, No 9 (2019)
- Pages: 1158-1163
- Section: Xxiii International Symposium “Nanophysics and Nanoelectronics”, Nizhny Novgorod, March 11–14, 2019
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1063-7826/article/view/206706
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063782619090045
- ID: 206706
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Abstract
The results of investigation of thermoelectric materials fabricated by spark plasma sintering and based on Si1 –xGex solid solutions doped with Sb to a concentration of 0–5 at % are presented. It was found that, at Sb concentration below 1 at %, efficient doping of the solid solution was carried out during the sintering process, which allowed us to form a thermoelectric material with a relatively high thermoelectric figure of merit. An increase in the concentration of antimony in the range of 1–5 at % led to a change in the mechanism of doping, which resulted in an increase in the resistance of materials and the segregation of Sb into large clusters. For such materials, a significant decrease in the Seebeck coefficient and thermoelectric figure of merit was noted. The highest obtained thermoelectric figure of merit (ZT) with Sb doping was 0.32 at 350°C, which is comparable with known analogues for the GexSi1 –x solid solution.
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M. V. Dorokhin
Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod
Author for correspondence.
Email: dorokhin@nifti.unn.ru
Russian Federation, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950
P. B. Demina
Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod
Email: dorokhin@nifti.unn.ru
Russian Federation, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950
I. V. Erofeeva
Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod
Email: dorokhin@nifti.unn.ru
Russian Federation, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950
A. V. Zdoroveyshchev
Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod
Email: dorokhin@nifti.unn.ru
Russian Federation, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950
Yu. M. Kuznetsov
Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod
Email: dorokhin@nifti.unn.ru
Russian Federation, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950
M. S. Boldin
Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod
Email: dorokhin@nifti.unn.ru
Russian Federation, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950
A. A. Popov
Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod
Email: dorokhin@nifti.unn.ru
Russian Federation, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950
E. A. Lantsev
Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod
Email: dorokhin@nifti.unn.ru
Russian Federation, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950
A. V. Boryakov
Sedakov Institute of Measurement Systems, Russian Federal Nuclear Center
Email: dorokhin@nifti.unn.ru
Russian Federation, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950