Synthesis and characterization of Cu2-xTe-type thermoelectric materials

• Main Author: Ng, Lay Yong.
• Other Authors: Hng Huey Hoon
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Energy materials
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/44639
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The current state-of-the-art p-type thermoelectric material that is widely used in commercial applications is Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3 (BST) and has remained so for the past decades. The highest Figure of Merit, ZT that can be reached for the low temperature thermoelectric material is around 1 at room tempe...