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Studies of Bulk Materials for Thermoelectric Cooling

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Jeff W. Sharp,
George S. Nolas and
Edward H. Volckmann
Jeff W. Sharp
Affiliation:
Marlow Industries, Inc., 10451 Vista Park Rd., Dallas, TX 75238–1645
George S. Nolas
Affiliation:
Marlow Industries, Inc., 10451 Vista Park Rd., Dallas, TX 75238–1645
Edward H. Volckmann
Affiliation:
Marlow Industries, Inc., 10451 Vista Park Rd., Dallas, TX 75238–1645
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Abstract

We discuss ongoing work in three areas of thermoelectric materials research: 1) broad band semiconductors featuring anion networks, 2) filled skutterudites, and 3) polycrystalline Bi-Sb alloys. Key results include: a preliminary evaluation of a previously untested ternary semiconductor, KSnSb; the first reported data in which Sn is used as a charge compensator in filled antimonide skutterudites; the finding that Sn doping does not effect polycrystalline Bi1−xSbx as it does single crystal samples.

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