Improved mechanical properties of thermoelectric (Bi 0.2 Sb 0.8 ) 2 Te 3 by nanostructuring

Lavrentev, M. G.; Osvenskii, V. B.; Parkhomenko, Yu. N.; Pivovarov, G. I.; Sorokin, A. I.; Bulat, L. P.; Kim, H. -S.; Witting, I. T.; Snyder, G. J.; Bublik, V. T.; Tabachkova, N. Yu.

doi:10.1063/1.4953173

Title: Improved mechanical properties of thermoelectric (Bi _0.2 Sb _0.8 ) ₂ Te ₃ by nanostructuring

Abstract

Temperature-dependent strength of Bi-Sb-Te under uniaxial compression is investigated. Bi-Sb-Te samples were produced by three methods: vertical zone-melting, hot extrusion, and spark plasma sintering (SPS). For zone-melted and extruded samples, the brittle-ductile transition occurs over a temperature range of 200-350 °C. In nanostructured samples produced via SPS, the transition is observed in a narrower temperature range of 170-200 °C. At room temperature, the strength of the nanostructured samples is higher than that of zone-melted and extruded samples, but above 300 °C, all samples decrease to roughly the same strength.

Publication Date:: Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016

Research Org.:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Solid-State Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion Center (S3TEC)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

OSTI Identifier:: 1259979

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1388404; OSTI ID: 1420528

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0001299; FG02-09ER46577

Resource Type:: Published Article

Journal Name:: APL Materials

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: APL Materials Journal Volume: 4 Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 2166-532X

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

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                    Lavrentev, M. G., Osvenskii, V. B., Parkhomenko, Yu. N., Pivovarov, G. I., Sorokin, A. I., Bulat, L. P., Kim, H. -S., Witting, I. T., Snyder, G. J., Bublik, V. T., and Tabachkova, N. Yu. Improved mechanical properties of thermoelectric (Bi 0.2 Sb 0.8 ) 2 Te 3 by nanostructuring.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
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                    Lavrentev, M. G., Osvenskii, V. B., Parkhomenko, Yu. N., Pivovarov, G. I., Sorokin, A. I., Bulat, L. P., Kim, H. -S., Witting, I. T., Snyder, G. J., Bublik, V. T., & Tabachkova, N. Yu. Improved mechanical properties of thermoelectric (Bi 0.2 Sb 0.8 ) 2 Te 3 by nanostructuring.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4953173

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                    Lavrentev, M. G., Osvenskii, V. B., Parkhomenko, Yu. N., Pivovarov, G. I., Sorokin, A. I., Bulat, L. P., Kim, H. -S., Witting, I. T., Snyder, G. J., Bublik, V. T., and Tabachkova, N. Yu. Sat .  
"Improved mechanical properties of thermoelectric (Bi 0.2 Sb 0.8 ) 2 Te 3 by nanostructuring".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4953173.

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@article{osti_1259979,

  title        = {Improved mechanical properties of thermoelectric (Bi 0.2 Sb 0.8 ) 2 Te 3 by nanostructuring},

  author       = {Lavrentev, M. G. and Osvenskii, V. B. and Parkhomenko, Yu. N. and Pivovarov, G. I. and Sorokin, A. I. and Bulat, L. P. and Kim, H. -S. and Witting, I. T. and Snyder, G. J. and Bublik, V. T. and Tabachkova, N. Yu.},

  abstractNote = {Temperature-dependent strength of Bi-Sb-Te under uniaxial compression is investigated. Bi-Sb-Te samples were produced by three methods: vertical zone-melting, hot extrusion, and spark plasma sintering (SPS). For zone-melted and extruded samples, the brittle-ductile transition occurs over a temperature range of 200-350 °C. In nanostructured samples produced via SPS, the transition is observed in a narrower temperature range of 170-200 °C. At room temperature, the strength of the nanostructured samples is higher than that of zone-melted and extruded samples, but above 300 °C, all samples decrease to roughly the same strength.},

  doi          = {10.1063/1.4953173},

  journal      = {APL Materials},

  number       = 10,

  volume       = 4,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016},

  month        = {Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016}

}

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Title: Improved mechanical properties of thermoelectric (Bi _0.2 Sb _0.8 ) ₂ Te ₃ by nanostructuring

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