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http://dx.doi.org/10.6111/JKCGCT.2015.25.4.135

Thermoelectric properties of Bi2Te2.7Se0.3 grown by traveling heater method  

Roh, Im-Jun (Center for Electronic Materials, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST))
Hyun, Dow-Bin (Center for Electronic Materials, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST))
Kim, Jin-Sang (Center for Electronic Materials, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST))
Abstract
$Bi_2Te_3-Bi_2Se_3$ alloy which is typical n-type thermoelectric material were grown by traveling heater method (THM) technique. We investigate the effect of the composition of $100-x(Bi_2Te_3)-x(Bi_2Se_3)$ and doping of n-type dopants such as $SbI_3$ and $CdCl_2$. Maximum figure of merit of $Bi_2Te_3-Bi_2Se_3$ alloy was observed with $CdCl_2$ 0.1 wt% (Z: $2.73{\times}10^{-3}/K$) and $SbI_3$ 0.05 wt% (Z: $2.29{\times}10^{-3}/K$). Deviation along the length of $Bi_2Te_3-Bi_2Se_3$ ingot grown by THM method is low, which indicates that the ingot is very homogenized. Also we observed the close relationship of between anisotropy ratio and dopant in the $90(Bi_2Te_3)-10(Bi_2Se_3)$ alloys. And we confirmed the fact that anisotropy ratio exerts thermoelectric performance in $Bi_2Te_3$ based n-type thermoelectric material.
Keywords
Traveling heater method; Thermoelectric; Single crystal;
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