CsBi 4 Te 6 : A High-Performance Thermoelectric Material for Low-Temperature Applications
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- 11 February 2000
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 287 (5455) , 1024-1027
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.287.5455.1024
Abstract
Thermoelectric (Peltier) heat pumps are capable of refrigerating solid or fluid objects, and unlike conventional vapor compressor systems, they can be miniaturized without loss of efficiency. More efficient thermoelectric materials need to be identified, especially for low-temperature applications in electronics and devices. The material CsBi 4 Te 6 has been synthesized and its properties have been studied. When doped appropriately, it exhibits a high thermoelectric figure of merit below room temperature (ZT max ∼0.8 at 225 kelvin). At cryogenic temperatures, the thermoelectric properties of CsBi 4 Te 6 appear to match or exceed those of Bi 2– x Sb x Te 3– y Se y alloys.Keywords
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