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Strong Anisotropic Effects of p-Type Bi2Te3 Element on the Bi2Te3/Sn Interfacial Reactions

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The p-type Bi2Te3 thermoelectric materials made by zone-melting method exhibit high anisotropy in the mechanical/thermoelectric properties due to unidirectional crystal growth. This unidirectional crystal structure also has a strong effect on the Sn/p-Bi2Te3 interfacial reactions. Stripe-like Sn3Sb2 phase precipitated in the SnTe phase in a direction approximately perpendicular or parallel to the Sn/p-Bi2Te3 interface depending upon the p-Bi2Te3 crystal orientation. Such anisotropic growth behavior of the Sn3Sb2 phase significantly affected the SnTe phase growth.

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The authors are thankful for the financial support of the National Science Council, Taiwan, ROC through Grant 102-2221-E-005-009-MY3.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 402, Taiwan, ROC

    Shan Ye (Graduate Student) & Chih-Ming Chen (Professor)

  2. Material & Chemical Research Laboratory, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, 31015, Taiwan, ROC

    Jen-Dong Hwang (Manager)

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Ye, S., Hwang, JD. & Chen, CM. Strong Anisotropic Effects of p-Type Bi2Te3 Element on the Bi2Te3/Sn Interfacial Reactions. Metall Mater Trans A 46, 2372–2375 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-015-2853-0

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