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Transport Properties of Ag-doped ZnSb
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry (MMK).
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry (MMK).
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Number of Authors: 52021 (English)In: Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeines Chemie, ISSN 0044-2313, E-ISSN 1521-3749, Vol. 647, no 2-3, p. 34-40Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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The intermetallic compound ZnSb is a (II-V) narrow gap semiconductor with interesting thermoelectric properties. Electrical resistivity, Hall coefficient, thermopower and thermal conductivity were measured up to 400 K on Ag-doped samples with concentrations 0.2, 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 at.%, which were consolidated to densities in excess of 99.5 % by spark plasma sintering. The work confirms a huge improvement of the thermoelectric Figure-of-merit, ZT, upon Ag doping. The optimum doping level is near 0.5 at.% Ag and results in ZT values around 1.05 at 390 K. The improvement stems from a largely decreased resistivity, which in turn relates to an increase of the hole charge carrier concentration by two orders of magnitude. It is argued that Ag can replace minute concentrations of Zn (on the order of 0.2 at.%) in the crystal structure which enhances the intrinsic impurity band of ZnSb. Excess Ag was found to segregate in grain boundaries. So the best performing material may be considered as a composite Zn similar to 0.998Ag similar to 0.002Sb/Ag-similar to 0.003.

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2021. Vol. 647, no 2-3, p. 34-40
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Intermetallic phases, Zinc antimonide, Zinc, Antimony, Thermoelectric properties
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-188134DOI: 10.1002/zaac.202000314ISI: 000588122600001OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-188134DiVA, id: diva2:1514318
Available from: 2021-01-05 Created: 2021-01-05 Last updated: 2022-02-25Bibliographically approved

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