Fabrication of Mg2Si Thermoelectric Materials by Mechanical Alloying and Spark-Plasma Sintering Process

2006 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 3429-3432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chung-Hyo Lee ◽  
Seong-Hee Lee ◽  
Sung-Yong Chun ◽  
Sang-Jin Lee
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Alloying ◽  
Spark Plasma Sintering ◽  
Thermoelectric Materials ◽  
Sintering Process ◽  
Plasma Sintering ◽  
Spark Plasma

Fabrication of Mg2Si Thermoelectric Materials by Mechanical Alloying and Spark-Plasma Sintering Process

2006 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 3429-3432
Author(s):  
Chung-Hyo Lee ◽  
Seong-Hee Lee ◽  
Sung-Yong Chun ◽  
Sang-Jin Lee
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Mechanical Alloying ◽  
Spark Plasma Sintering ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Atomic Ratio ◽  
Sintering Process ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Plasma Sintering ◽  
Spark Plasma

A mixture of pure Mg and Si powders with an atomic ratio 2:1 has been subjected to mechanical alloying (MA) at room temperature to prepare the Mg2Si thermoelectric material. Mg2Si intermetallic compound with a grain size of 50 nm can be obtained by MA of Mg66.7Si33.3 powders for 60 hours and subsequently annealed at 620 °C. Consolidation of the MA powders was performed in a spark plasma sintering (SPS) machine using graphite dies up to 800–900 °C under 50 MPa. The shrinkage of consolidated samples during SPS was significant at about 250 °C and 620 °C. X-ray diffraction data shows that the SPS compact from 60 h MA powders consolidated up to 800 °C consists of only nanocrystalline Mg2Si compound with a grain size of 100 nm.

Up-scaled synthesis process of sulphur-based thermoelectric materials

RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 10044-10053 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tristan Barbier ◽  
Pierric Lemoine ◽  
Sabrina Martinet ◽  
Mirva Eriksson ◽  
Margaux Gilmas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spark Plasma Sintering ◽  
Thermoelectric Materials ◽  
Synthesis Process ◽  
Sintering Process ◽  
Plasma Sintering ◽  
Spark Plasma

Up-scaled spark plasma sintering process of sulphur-based TiS2 and tetrahedrite Cu10.4Ni1.6Sb4S13 thermoelectric materials.

Preparation of AgxPbmSbTe2+m-Based Thermoelectric Materials by MA-SPS Method and Evaluation of their Thermoelectric Properties

2007 ◽  
Vol 336-338 ◽  
pp. 850-853 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heng Wang ◽  
Jing Feng Li ◽  
Wei Shu Liu
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Alloying ◽  
Spark Plasma Sintering ◽  
Thermoelectric Materials ◽  
Planetary Mill ◽  
Combined Process ◽  
Plasma Sintering ◽  
Spark Plasma ◽  
Reported Data ◽  
P Type ◽  
Short Time

AgxPbmSbTe2+m thermoelectric materials were fabricated using a combined process of mechanical alloying (MA) and spark plasma sintering (SPS). The compound powder was synthesized by mechanical alloying (MA) from elemental powders using a planetary mill after a short time, and high-density bulk samples were fabricated by spark plasma sintering (SPS) at low temperature within a short time (12 minutes). The P-type materials were obtained with electrical properties comparable to the newly reported data. The properties of P-type AgxPbmSbTe2+m-based materials could be improved by optimizing the composition and the process.

Bi2Te3 and Bi2Te3/Nano-SiC Prepared by Mechanical Alloying and Spark Plasma Sintering

2007 ◽  
Vol 280-283 ◽  
pp. 397-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Liu ◽  
Jing Feng Li
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Electrical Resistivity ◽  
Mechanical Alloying ◽  
Seebeck Coefficient ◽  
Spark Plasma Sintering ◽  
Thermoelectric Materials ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Mechanically Alloyed ◽  
Plasma Sintering ◽  
Spark Plasma

Bi2Te3-based alloys are currently best-known, technological thermoelectric materials near room temperature. In this paper, Bi2Te3 and nano-SiC dispersed Bi2Te3 were prepared by mechanical alloying followed by spark plasma sintering (SPS). Raw powders of Bi, Te and SiC were mixed and mechanically alloyed in an argon atmosphere using a planetary ball mill. The SPS temperature was 623K, and the holding time was 5 minutes. The samples were characterized by X-ray Diffraction (XRD) and Scanning electron Microscope (SEM). The thermoelectric properties: i.e. Seebeck coefficient, electrical resistivity and thermal conductivity were measured at temperatures from room temperature to 573K, followed by the evaluation of figure of merit. The results revealed that the SiC dispersion in the Bi2Te3 matrix increased Seebeck coefficient. Although the electrical resistivity was increased somewhat, the thermal conductivity was reduced by the SiC dispersion, indicating that promising thermoelectric materials with enhanced mechanical properties may be obtained in the nano-SiC dispersed Bi2Te3 composites with optimal compositions.

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