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JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS
Volume 111, Issue 12, Pages -Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.4729566
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- National Science Foundation [DMR-1007557]
- Division Of Materials Research
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [1007557] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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The polymorphic intermetallic compound Zn5Sb4In2-delta (delta = 0.15(3)) shows promising thermoelectric properties at low temperatures, approaching a figure of merit ZT of 0.3 at 300 K. However, thermopower and electrical resistivity changes discontinuously at around 220 K. Measurement of the specific heat locates the previously unknown temperature of the order-disorder phase transition at around 180K. Investigation of the charge carrier concentration and mobility by Hall measurements and infrared reflection spectroscopy indicate a mixed conduction behavior and the activation of charge carriers at temperatures above 220 K. Zn5Sb4In2-delta has a low thermal stability, and at temperatures above 470K samples decompose into a mixture of Zn, InSb, and Zn4Sb3. (C) 2012 American Institute of Physics. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4729566]
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