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Low temperature thermoelectric properties of Cu intercalated TiSe2: a charge density wave material

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In this communication, we investigate the thermoelectric properties of a charge density wave material TiSe2 upon Cu intercalation. Polycrystalline Cu x TiSe2 (x=0–0.11) alloys were synthesized using solid state sintering process and their morphological and structural properties were investigated. The material grows in layered morphology and the c-lattice parameter increases linearly with x. The temperature dependent resistivity measured in the 300–5 K range, shows that increasing x leads to a systematic transition from charge density wave state to the metallic state. For x=0.11, the room temperature thermoelectric figure-of-merit is found to be 0.104, which is higher by seven orders in magnitude (i.e. 1.93×10−8) measured for pristine TiSe2 and comparable to the other reported thermoelectric materials. These results show that Cu x TiSe2 are a potential material for the low temperature thermoelectric applications.

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The authors would like to acknowledge Dr. Sudhindra Rayaprol for his help regarding the Rietveld refinement of the XRD data.

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  1. Technical Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Mumbai, 400 085, India

    Ranu Bhatt, Ranita Basu, S. Bhattacharya, A. Singh, D. K. Aswal & S. K. Gupta

  2. UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, University Campus, Khandwa Road, Indore, 452017, India

    G. S. Okram, V. Ganesan & D. Venkateshwarlu

  3. Physikalisches Institute, Universitat Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, 7613, Germany

    C. Surgers

  4. National University Corporation, Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu, 4328011, Japan

    M. Navaneethan & Y. Hayakawa

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Bhatt, R., Basu, R., Bhattacharya, S. et al. Low temperature thermoelectric properties of Cu intercalated TiSe2: a charge density wave material. Appl. Phys. A 111, 465–470 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-012-7536-8

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