- P형 열전분말의 수소환원처리가 상온열전특성에 미치는 영향
- ㆍ 저자명
- 김경태,장경미,하국현,Kim. Kyung-Tae,Jang. Kyeong-Mi,Ha. Gook-Hyun
- ㆍ 간행물명
- 한국분말야금학회지
- ㆍ 권/호정보
- 2010년|17권 2호|pp.136-141 (6 pages)
- ㆍ 발행정보
- 한국분말야금학회
- ㆍ 파일정보
- 정기간행물| PDF텍스트
- ㆍ 주제분야
- 기타
Bismuth-telluride based $(Bi_{0.2}Sb_{0.8})_2Te_3$ thermoelectric powders were fabricated by two-step planetary milling process which produces bimodal size distribution ranging $400;nm;{sim};2;{mu}m$. The powders were reduced in hydrogen atmosphere to minimize oxygen contents which cause degradation of thermoelectric performance by decreasing electrical conductivity. Oxygen contents were decreased from 0.48% to 0.25% by the reduction process. In this study, both the as-synthesized and the reduced powders were consolidated by the spark plasma sintering process at $350^{circ}C$ for 10 min at the heating rate of $100^{circ}C/min$ and then their thermoelectric properties were investigated. The sintered samples using the reduced p-type thermoelectric powders show 15% lower specific electrical resistivity ($0.8;m{Omega}{cdot}cm$) than those of the as-synthesized powders while Seebeck coefficient and thermal conductivity do not change a lot. The results confirmed that ZT value of thermoelectric performance at room temperature was improved by 15% due to high electric conductivity caused by the controlled oxygen contents present at bismuth telluride materials.