THERMAL BEHAVIOR REGARDING THE THERMOELECTRIC Zn4Sb3 OBTAINED BY MELTING AND QUENCHING METHOD
Keywords:
zinc, antimony, melting, thermoelectric materials, differential thermal analysis, electricalAbstract
The present paper is focused on studying the thermal behaviour of the Zn4Sb3 material. The thermal behavior of Zn4Sb3 was investigated using differential thermal analysis which was taken on the temperature range 300 -1073K. The melting point and the solidification temperature of Zn4Sb3 were determined. Also, a characterization of the Zn4Sb3 material from an electrical point of view was done. It was shown the semiconducting behavior of the material as a function of temperature, and also as function of material electrical resistivity and electrical conductivity. Also, the optical and the electrical band gap were estimated.
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21. Zhu, G., Liu, W., Lan, Y., Joshi,G., Wang, H., Chen, G., Ren, Z., The effect of secondary phase on thermoelectric properties of Zn4Sb3 compound, Nano Energy, Vol. 2, pp. 1172-1178, (2013).
22. Tang, D., Zhao,W., Yu,J., Wei,P., Zhou,H., Zhu,W., Zhang,Q., Crystal structure, chemical bond and enhanced performance of β-Zn4Sb3 compounds with interstitial indium dopant, J. Alloy. Compd. Vol. 601 pp. 50-56, (2014).
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Vaida, M., Duteanu, N., & Grozescu, I. (2015). THERMAL BEHAVIOR REGARDING THE THERMOELECTRIC Zn4Sb3 OBTAINED BY MELTING AND QUENCHING METHOD. Nonconventional Technologies Review, 19(4). Retrieved from http://www.revtn.ro/index.php/revtn/article/view/163
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