Enhanced Thermoelectric Power Factors in the Ce(Ni_{1-x}Cu_{x})₂Si₂ and CeNi₂(Si_{1-y}Ge_{y})₂ Alloys

• Authors: K. Synoradzki , T. Toliński , M. Koterlyn
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In the presence of hybridization of the f states with the conduction electrons Ce-based compounds can show large peaks in the temperature dependence of the Seebeck coefficient, which makes them interesting materials for applications. The Seebeck coefficient and electrical resistivity of the bulk, arc-melted, single phase samples of Ce(Ni_{1-x}Cu_{x})₂Si₂ and CeNi₂(Si_{1-y}Ge_{y})₂ alloys were measured over the temperature range of 2 K to 300 K. All the samples exhibited a positive Seebeck coefficient, which reaches up to ım50μV/K at 150 K and it can be shifted up to 300 K by appropriate doping. The thermoelectric power factor, PF = S²/ρ, reached a maximum of 1.4×10¯³ Wm¯¹K¯² at 290 K and 1.1×10¯³ Wm¯¹K¯² at 110 K for x=0.25 and y=0.75, respectively. For selected representatives of the studied series thermoelectric properties have been measured up to 1000 K.

Keywords

EN

72.15.Eb; 72.15.Jf

Discipline

• 72.15.Jf: Thermoelectric and thermomagnetic effects
• 72.15.Eb: Electrical and thermal conduction in crystalline metals and alloys

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 133
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 366-368

Dates

published

2018-03

Contributors

author

K. Synoradzki

• Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wrocław, Poland
• Institute of Molecular Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznań, Poland

author

T. Toliński

• Institute of Molecular Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznań, Poland

author

M. Koterlyn

• Institute of Physics, Kazimierza Wielkiego University, Bydgoszcz, Poland
• Western Scientific Center of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, L'viv, Ukraine

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.133.366