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JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS
卷 110, 期 11, 页码 -出版社
AIP Publishing
DOI: 10.1063/1.3658021
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [SPP 1386]
- European Union
- Ministry of Innovation, Science and Research of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany [2]
Phosphorus-doped silicon nanopowder from a gas phase process was compacted by DC-current sintering in order to obtain thermoelectrically active, nanocrystalline bulk silicon. A density between 95% and 96% compared to the density of single crystalline silicon was achieved, while preserving the nanocrystalline character with an average crystallite size of best 25 nm. As a native surface oxidation of the nanopowder usually occurs during nanopowder handling, a focus of this work is on the role of oxygen on microstructure and transport properties of the nanocomposite. A characterization with transmission electron microscopy (TEM) showed that the original core/shell structure of the nanoparticles was not found within the sintered nanocomposites. Two different types of oxide precipitates could be identified by energy filtered imaging technique. For a detailed analysis, 3-dimensional tomography with reconstruction was done using a needle-shaped sample prepared by focused ion beam (FIB). The 3-dimensional distribution of silicon dioxide precipitates confirmed that the initial core/shell structure breaks down and precipitates are formed. It is further found that residual pores are exclusively located within oxide precipitates. Thermoelectric characterization was done on silicon nanocomposites sintered between 960 degrees C and 1060 degrees C with varying oxygen content between room temperature and 950 degrees C. The higher sintering temperature led to a better electrical activation of the phosphorus dopant. The oxidic precipitates support densification and seem to be able to reduce the thermal conductivity therefore enhancing thermoelectric properties. A peak figure of merit, zT, of 0.5 at 950 degrees C was measured for a sample sintered at 1060 degrees C with a mean crystallite size of 46 nm. (C) 2011 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3658021]
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