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n-Type Bi2Te3–Bi2Se3 solid solutions containing 6, 8, and 10 mol % Bi2Se3 and doped with hexabromobenzene (C6Br6) and excess tellurium have been prepared by extruding granules produced by melt solidification in a liquid. The solid solutions have been characterized by X-ray microanalysis and microstructural analysis using a scanning electron and an optical microscope, and their mechanical and thermoelectric properties have been studied. Their ultimate strength, fracture strain, and elastic coefficient have been evaluated from room-temperature compression test results. The electrical conductivity, Seebeck coefficient, and thermal conductivity of the solid solutions have been measured in the temperature range 100–700 K. The temperature behavior of the Seebeck coefficient and electrical conductivity in the temperature range 150–300 K has been shown to differ from that predicted theoretically. The highest thermoelectric figure of merit of the solid solutions, (ZT)max, is ~0.9 at temperatures from 320 to 390 K.
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This work was supported by the Russian Federation Ministry of Education and Science (state research target no. 007-00129-18-00) and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project no. 16-08-00033a).
We are grateful to N.A. Alad’ev for his assistance in the scanning electron microscopic characterization of the samples and A.S. Baikin for testing the samples in compression on an Instron Machine.
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Ivanova, L.D., Granatkina, Y.V., Mal’chev, A.G. et al. Hexabromobenzene-Doped Bismuth Chalcogenide Solid Solutions Prepared through Melt Solidification in a Liquid. Inorg Mater 55, 432–436 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168519050078
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