Enhancement of the power factor of the transition metal pentatelluride HfTe5 by rare-earth doping
- 9 January 2006
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 88 (2) , 022101
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2162703
Abstract
The transition metal pentatellurides Hf Te 5 and Zr Te 5 have been observed to possess interesting electrical transport properties with high thermopower and low resistivity values leading to high thermoelectric power factors. We have investigated the effect of doping Hf Te 5 with rare-earth elements by measuring the power factor data from about 10 K to room temperature on single crystals of Hf 1 − x R x Te 5 , where R = Ce , Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd, Tb, Dy, and Ho. Samples that have been doped with Nd ( Hf 1 − x Nd x Te 5 ) possess power factors more than a factor of 2 larger than that of the commonly used thermoelectric material Bi 2 Te 3 .Keywords
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