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SURFACE AND INTERFACE ANALYSIS
Volume 41, Issue 5, Pages 440-444Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/sia.3046
Keywords
electron energy loss spectroscopy; focused ion beam; transmission electron microscopy; thermoelectric materials; x-ray diffraction
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- Marlow Industries
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Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) characterization of nickel contacts to bulk bismuth tellurium selenide [Bi-2(Te,Se)(3)] is reported. Samples were prepared in a dual column focused ion beam/scanning electron microscope (FIB/SEM) system using a lift-out technique, with ion beam energy and exposure times carefully optimized to minimize sample damage. Diffusion of Ni into Bi-2(Te,Se)(3) was observed and the formation of a nickel telluride (NiTe) interfacial region confirmed after heat treatment at 200 degrees C. Selected area diffraction patterns provided evidence of a modified bismuth telluride-like structure at the interface, identified by analytical electron microscopy to be composed of Ni and Bi-2(Te,Se)(3). Copyright (C) 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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