| Title |
The effect of extrusion ratio on microstructure and thermoelectric properties of p type Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3 materials |
| Authors |
서준호(Jun Ho Seo) ; 주민철(Min Chul Ju) ; 이지환(Chi Hwan Lee) |
| Abstract |
The p-type 4wt% Te-doped Bi_(0.5)Sb_(1.5)Te₃ compounds were extruded under ratio of 10:1, 20:1 and 30:1 at 420℃. The effect of extrusion ratio on the microstructure and thermoelectric properties has been studied. With increasing the extrusion ratio, grains are slightly refined due to the dynamic recrystallization and also slightly oriented along the extrusion direction. The Seebeck coefficient α and electrical resistivity ρ increased with increasing extrusion ratio, which might be due to the decrease of the carrier concentration. The thermal conductivity k is gradually decreased with increasing the extrusion ratio due to the grain refinement. The compounds hot extruded under ratio of 20:1 show the highest value of figure of merit Z (2.75×10^(-3)/K). The Seebeck coefficient α and electrical resistivity ρ increased after heat treatment at 400℃ for 3 hour. This indicates that Te vacancy formed by extrusion promote second phase Te atom to diffuse into matrix. |