- Tytuł:
- Pb$\text{}_{1-x}$Mn$\text{}_{x}$Te Crystals as a New Thermoelectric Material
- Autorzy:
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Osinniy, V.
Jędrzejczak, A.
Domuchowski, W.
Dybko, K.
Witkowska, B.
Story, T. - Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/2044514.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2005-11
- Wydawca:
- Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Fizyki PAN
- Tematy:
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72.20.Pa
72.80.Jc - Opis:
- We studied experimentally thermoelectric properties of p-type bulk crystals of Pb$\text{}_{1-x}$Mn$\text{}_{x}$Te and Pb$\text{}_{1-x-y}$Ag$\text{}_{y}$Mn$\text{}_{x}$Te (0≤ x≤ 0.083 and y≤0.017) at room and liquid nitrogen temperatures. Model calculations of the thermoelectric figure of merit parameter (Z) involved the analysis of carrier concentration, carrier mobility, density of states as well as electronic and lattice contributions to the thermal conductivity of PbMnTe. In the analysis we took into account the main effect of Mn concentration on the band structure parameters of PbMnTe, i.e. the increase of the energy gap. The analysis of electrical, thermoelectric, and thermal properties of Pb$\text{}_{1-x}$Mn$\text{}_{x}$Te crystals showed that, at room temperature, the maximum values of the parameter Z occur in crystals with Mn content 0.05≤ x≤0.07 and are comparable with a maximal value of Z observed in PbTe. At T=400 K the increase in the parameter Z by 10% is expected in Pb$\text{}_{1-x}$Mn$\text{}_{x}$Te crystal (as compared to PbTe) for a very high concentration of holes of about p=5×10$\text{}^{19}$ cm$\text{}^{-3}$. The experimental data correctly reproduce the theoretical Z(p) dependence.
- Źródło:
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Acta Physica Polonica A; 2005, 108, 5; 809-816
0587-4246
1898-794X - Pojawia się w:
- Acta Physica Polonica A
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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