Abstract
We present an analysis of the high temperature transport properties of rock-salt structure PbS, a sister compound to the better studied lead chalcogenides PbSe and PbTe. We find thermopower magnitudes exceeding 200μV/K in a wide doping range for temperatures of 800 K and above. Based on these calculations, and an analysis of recent experimental work, we find that this material has a potential for high thermoelectric performance. We also find favorable mechanical properties, based on an analysis of published data.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 34-37 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Solid State Communications |
| Volume | 182 |
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| State | Published - Mar 2014 |
Funding
This research was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, EERE, Vehicle Technologies, Propulsion Materials Program (D.P.) , and the Solid State Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion Center (S3 TEC), an Energy Frontier Research Center funded by the US Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences under Award no. DE-SC0001299/DE-FG02-09ER46577 (D.J.S.).
Keywords
- A. Semiconductors
- A. Thermoelectrics
- D. Seebeck coefficient
- D. Transport Properties