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Effect of rotary-die equal channel angular pressing on the thermoelectric properties of a (Bi,Sb)2Te3 alloy
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Effect of rotary-die equal channel angular pressing on the thermoelectric properties of a (Bi,Sb)2Te3 alloy

Z.M. Sun, H. Hashimoto, N. Keawprak, A.B. Ma, L.F. Li and M.W. Barsoum
Journal of materials research, v 20(4), pp 895-903
01 Apr 2005

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A (Bi,Sb)2Te3 alloy powder was sintered via a pulse discharge sintering process followed by a rotary-die equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) process. It was found by x-ray diffraction analysis that the as-sintered material shows preferentially orientated microstructure, which were considerably eliminated by following ECAP processes. Generally, the Seebeck coefficient of the material was reduced by ECAP processing, which was attributed to the increased carrier concentration after the severe plastic deformation. Electrical conductivity increases after ECAP, which was also originated from the increased carrier concentration. The figure of merit of the material in different conditions shows higher value in the transverse direction. In the transverse samples, those after ECAP processing showed increased figures of merit, which reached 3.85 × 10−3/K in the material after 4 passes of ECAP.

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