Abstract: | The thermovoltaic effect in samarium sulfide-based bulk heterostructures with compositions Sm1 − x
Eu
x
S and Sm1 − x
Gd
x
S is considered in the temperature interval 300–460 K. It is shown that this effect can be observed when an external temperature
gradient is absent, i.e., when the sample temperatures near the contacts from which a generated voltage is tapped off are
the same. The temperature is measured with thermocouples and also by a contactless method using a thermal imager. |