High Thermoelectric Properties of PbTe Doped with Bi2Te3 and Sb2Te3

The composition-dependent thermoelectric properties of lead telluride (PbTe) doped with bismuth telluride (Bi2Te3), antimony telluride (Sb2Te3) and (BiSb)2Te3 have been studied at room temperature. All the sampies exhibit small thermal conductivity. The figures of merit, 7.63, 1.03 and 8.97 x 10-4, have been obtained in PbTe with these dopants, respectively. These values are several times higher than those of PbTe containing other dopants with small grain sizes. The high thermoelectric performance is explained by electronic topological transition induced by alloying. The results indicate that these dopants are effective to enhance the thermoelectric performance of PbTe.     

半导体冰箱冷热端散热条件实验研究

半导体制冷器件是一种高热流密度元件,在红外测量、低温超导、生物医学、空间技术等领域有重要的应用,还可开发成专用制冷装置,适用于野外施工、勘探,考古以及郊游等户外活动食品饮料的保鲜,也可用于食品、饮料及医用疫苗等的冷藏。在给定工况下,通过改善半导体器件的冷热端散热条件,可使系统制冷量和制冷性能系数大幅提高。本文设计了实验装置,特别设计了8种实验工况对采用强迫对流换热和热端采用热管换热器散热的实际半导体制冷装置进行了实验分析,提出了改善半导体制冷元件散热条件的具体措施。     

Pyroelectricity and Spontaneous Polarization in [111] Oriented 0.955 Pb（Zn1/3Nb2/3）O3-0.045PbTiO3 Single Crystals

We report that the measurements of the pyroelectric current of the pre-poled [111]-oriented 0.955 Pb（Zn1/3Nb2/3） O3-0.045 PbTiO3 （PZN-4.5%PT） single crystals can shed some light on the phase transition and spontaneous polarization characters of this material in a similar way to measures of remanent polarization and dielectric properties. The pyroelectric current is measured and the corresponding spontaneous polarization is calculated as a function of temperature with various poling fields added during cooling the sample from 200℃ to room temperature. Critical electric field of 0.061 k V/cm is found to be essential to induce the intermediate ferroelectric orthorhombic phase between the ferroelectric rhombohedral and tetragonal phases. Below the critical field, the polarization increases almost linearly with the increase of poling field. At the critical field, the polarization at 30OC increases abruptly from 14μC/cm^2 for a poling field of O.06kV/cm to 29.5μC/cm^2 for a poling field of 0.061 kV/cm, and afterwards, increases slowly and saturates to 31 μC/cm^2 for poling fields beyond 0.55 kV/cm.     

Experimental Studies on Thermal and Electrical Properties of Platinum Nanofilms

We experimentally studied the in-plane thermal and electrical properties of a suspended platinum nanofilm in thickness of 15 nm. The measured results show that the in-plane thermal conductivity, the electrical conductivity and the resistance-temperature coefficient of the studied nanofilm are much less than those of the bulk material, while the Lorenz number is greater than the bulk value. Comparing with the results reported previously for the platinum nanofilm in thickness of 28 nm, we further find that the in-plane thermal conductivity, the electrical conductivity and the resistance-temperature coefficient decrease with the decreasing thickness of the nanotilm, while the Lorenz number increases with the decreasing thickness of the nanofilm. These results indicate that strong size effects exist on the in-plane thermal and electrical properties of platinum nanofilms.     

半导体激光器温控电路分析与测试

阐述了半导体热电致冷器(TEC)的基本工作原理,分析了TEC线性驱动和PWM驱动的原理以及采用PWM驱动的优点,介绍了PID温度补偿控制的原理,并设计了实验.采用相同的测试条件,对MAX1978、ADN8830和线性功率管进行了性能测试,实验数据表明温度控制电路采用PWM驱动功耗更小,全温(-40～60℃)控制效果更好.     

超巨磁电阻材料Pr2/3Sr1/3MnO3薄膜输运性质的研究

对1/f噪声缺口的超巨磁电阻Pr_2/3Sr_1/3MnO₃薄膜样品从10K到室温的热电势值进行了测量，热电势为负值，低温下随温度线性变化，表现为金属扩散热电势，在150K开始急剧减小，过渡到与温度T成反比的变化关系，与小极化子模型相符.结合在电阻极大温度附近对电阻和1/f噪声行为的讨论，对于发生在电阻极大温度附近的相变过程，结果支持源于相分离的渝渗模型. 关键词： 稀土锰氧化物 热电势 渝渗模型     

A New Method for Calculating the Thermoelectric Efficiency

We present an approximate method for calculating the thermoelectric efficiency. The method has a high precision and is applicable to almost all of the thermoelectric devices. The expression for the thermoelectric efficiency we obtained does not involve the position variable, so the calculations are simplified greatly.     

Ca和Ce双原子复合填充p型CamCenFexCo4－xSb12化合物的合成及热电性能

用高温熔融法合成了Ca和Ce复合填充的单相p型Ca_mCe_nFe_{xCo4-xSb12化合物，探索了两种原子复合填充对其热电性能的影 响规律.研究结果表明，填充分数相同时，Ca和Ce两种原子复合填充的p型CamCe nFexCo4-xSb12化合物的载流子浓度和电 导率介于Ca或Ce一种原子单独填充的化合物之间，且随两种原子填充分数m+n的增加而降低 ；赛贝克系数随两种原子填充总量，尤其是Ce填充分数m的增加以及温度的上升而增加；在 相同填充分数时，两种原子复合填充的p型CamCenFexC o4-xSb12化合物的晶格热导率较Ca或Ce一种原子单独填充的化合物 的晶格热导率低，当总填充分数m+n为0.3左右，且Ca和Ce的填充量大致相等时，化合物的晶 格热导率最低.p型Ca0.18Ce0.12Fe1.45Co2.55Sb12.21化合物的最大热电性能指数ZT值在750K时达到1.17. 关键词： skutterudite化合物 双原子复合填充 合成 热电性能}     

晶粒尺寸对CoSb3化合物热电性能的影响

系统地研究了晶粒尺寸对CoSb₃化合物热电性能的影响规律，结果表明晶粒尺寸对CoSb₃化合物的晶格热导率κ_p、电导率σ、能隙宽度E_g和Seebeck系数α有显著影响.当晶粒尺寸由微米尺度减小到纳米尺度时，晶格热导率κ_p显著降低，Seebeck系数α有较大幅度的增加，能隙宽度E_g变宽，电导率σ有一定程度的下降.平均晶粒尺寸为200nm的CoSb₃化合物在温度为700K时，ZT值达到0.43，比平均晶粒尺寸为5000nm的试样增加了4倍.     

热压工艺参数对n型和p型Bi2Te3基赝三元热电材料电学性能的影响

通过熔炼/研磨/热压方法制备了n型和p型赝三元Bi₂Te₃基的热压合 金样品，测量了由不同工艺参数(热压温度、热压压力)制备的样品Seebeck系数和电导率.分析了热压参数对热电性能产生的影响.特别是发现了增加热压压力和热压温度会使n型和p型热压样品的Seebeck系数和电导率都有所提高，这与单晶和取向晶体材料的Seebeck系数和电导率变化趋势相反的规律显然不同，其结果对热压样品的电学性能提高有积极的影响. 关键词： 热电材料 热压 Seebeck系数 工艺参数