• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.149-151
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• 2005

The electric properties of a single crystal bismuth telluride doped with a small concentration of Erbium, $Bi_{z-x}Er_xTe_3$ with x = 0.002, are investigated as a function of temperature. The resistivity was obtained by using the van der Pauw method. The measured electrical resistivity is 78 ${\mu}{\Omega}cm$ at 4.2 K. The charge density of $Bi_{z-x}Er_xTe_3$ is found to be $2{\times}10^{19}/cm^3$ at 4.2 K. It turns out that $Bi_{z-x}Er_xTe_3$ is a p-type semiconductor. It is discussed that the high mobility and less density support that $Bi_{z-x}Er_xTe_3$ is a potential sensor with high energy resolution. Comparison with an established material (i.e. Au:Er alloy) is also discussed.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2005년도 제29회 학술발표회 초록집
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• pp.103-103
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• 2005

• Current Applied Physics
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• 제18권12호
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• pp.1513-1522
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• 2018

Bismuth telluride ($Bi_2Te_3$) thin films were prepared with various electrolyte temperatures ($10^{\circ}C-70^{\circ}C$) and concentrations [$Bi(NO_3)_3$ and $TeO_2:1.25-5.0mM$] in this study. The surface morphologies differed significantly between the experiments in which these two electrodeposition conditions were separately adjusted even though the applied current density was in the same range in both cases. At higher electrolyte temperatures, a dendrite crystal structure appeared on the film surface. However, the surface morphology did not change significantly as the electrolyte concentration increased. The dendrite crystal structure formation in the former case may have been caused by the diffusion lengths of the ions increasing with increasing electrolyte temperature. In such a state, the reactive points primarily occur at the tops of spiked areas, leading to dendrite crystal structure formation. In addition, the in-plane thermoelectric properties of $Bi_2Te_3$ thin films were measured at approximately 300 K. The power factor decreased drastically as the electrolyte temperature increased because of the decrease in electrical conductivity due to the dendrite crystal structure. However, the power factor did not strongly depend on the electrolyte concentration. The highest power factor [$1.08{\mu}W/(cm{\cdot}K^2$)] was obtained at 3.75 mM. Therefore, to produce electrodeposited $Bi_2Te_3$ films with improved thermoelectric performances and relatively high deposition rates, the electrolyte temperature should be relatively low ($30^{\circ}C$) and the electrolyte concentration should be set at 3.75 mM.

• 대한기계학회논문집
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.622-629
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• 1988

본 연구에서는 박판형 열유속 센서의 감도를 높임과 동시에 두께와 면적을 줄 이기 위한 방안으로서 시벡 계수(Seebeck doefficient)가 일반 열전대재료보다 월등히 큰 반도체 열전재료를 이용하여 박판형 센서를 제작하고 그 성능을 조사하였다. 센 서의 제작에 사용한 열전재료는 Melcor 사에서 열전 열펌프 생산에 사용하기 위하여 개발한 소자로서 통상 텔루루화 비스무스(bismuth telluride)라 불리우며 그 조성은 비스무스, 텔루륨, 셀레늄, 안티몬의 4가지 합금에 미량의 불순물(dopent)이 첨가된 것으로 불순물의 종류에 따라 전기적인 P형 또는 N형의 반도체가 되는 것으로 알려져 있으며 Table 1에 물성치가 나타나 있다.

• 에너지공학
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.184-189
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• 2016

$CO_2$ 배출 규제와 에너지 소비 절감의 요구가 늘어남에 따라, 버려지는 열을 수확하여 전기를 생산하기 위한 열전발전 연구가 최근 활발히 이루어지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 폐열 에너지 회수장치로 사용하기 위한 열전모듈의 발전 특성을 분석하였다. Bismuth telluride로 제작된 열전모듈에 다양한 온도 조건을 부여하며 이에 따른 열전 거동을 분석하였다. 또한 다양한 온도 조건에서의 열전모듈의 발전 효율을 실험 및 이론에 의해 분석하였다. 이로 부터, 열전모듈로 열에너지를 보다 효율적으로 회수하기 위한 최적의 작동조건을 제시하였다.

• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.107-112
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• 2010

Carbon-nanotube-embedded bismuth telluride (CNT/$Bi_2Te_3$) matrix composites were fabricated by a powder metallurgy process. Composite powders, whereby 5 vol.% of functionalized CNTs were homogeneously mixed with $Bi_2Te_3$ alloying powders, were successfully synthesized by using high-energy ball milling process. The powders were consolidated into bulk CNT/$Bi_2Te_3$ composites by spark plasma sintering process at $350^{\circ}C$ for 10 min. The fabricated composites showed the uniform mixing and homogeneous dispersion of CNTs in the $Bi_2Te_3$ matrix. Seebeck coefficient of CNT/$Bi_2Te_3$ composites reveals that the composite has n-type semiconducting characteristics with values ranging $-55\;{\mu}V/K$ to $-95\;{\mu}V/K$ with increasing temperature. Furthermore, the significant reduction in thermal conductivity has been clearly observed in the composites. The results showed that CNT addition to thermoelectric materials could be useful method to obtain high thermoelectric performance.

• 한국자기학회:학술대회 개요집
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• 한국자기학회 2013년도 임시총회 및 하계학술연구발표회
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• pp.19-20
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• 2013

Thermoelectic properties of the typical thermoelectric host materials, the tellurides and selenides, are known to be noticeably changed by their volume change due to the strain [1]. In the bismuth telluride ($Bi_2Te_3$) crystal, a substitution of rare-earth element by replacing one of the Bi atoms may cause the change of the lattice parameters while remaining the rhombohedral structure of the host material. Using the first-principles approach by the precise full potential linearized augmented plane wave (FLAPW) method [2], we investigated the Ce substitution effect on the thermoelectric transport coefficients for the bismuth telluride, employing Boltzmann's equation in a constant relaxation-time approach fed with the FLAPW wave-functions within the rigid band approximation. Depending on the real process of re-arrangement of atoms in the cell to reach the equilibrium state, $CeBiTe_3$ was found to manifest a metal or a narrow bandgap semiconductor. This feature along with the strong correlation effect originated by the 4f states of Ce affect significantly on the thermoelectric properties. We showed that the position of the strongly localized f-states in energy scale (Fig. 1, f-states are shaded) was found to alter critically the transport properties in this material suggesting an opportunity to improve the thermoelectric efficiency by tuning the external strain which may changing the location of the f-sates.

• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.423-429
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• 2011

Thermoelectric-thick films were fabricated by using a screen printing process of n and p-type bismuth-telluride-based pastes. The screen-printed thick films have approximately 30 ${\mu}m$ in thickness and show rough surfaces yielding an empty gap between an electrode and the thick film. The gap might result in an increase of an electrical resistivity of the fabricated thick-film-type thermoelectric module. In this study, we suggest a conductive metal coating onto the surfaces of the screen-printed paste in order to reduce the contact resistance in the module. As a result, the electrical resistivity of the thermoelectric module having a gold coating layer was significantly reduced up to 30% compared to that of a module without any metal coating. This result indicates that an introduction of conductive metal layers is effective to decrease the contact resistivity of a thick-film-typed thermoelectric module processed by screen printing.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제50권2호
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• pp.114-118
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• 2017

Bismuth telluride ($Bi_2Te_3$) and its alloys are well-known thermoelectric materials for ambient temperature applications. In this study, the dissolved Bi-Te precursor solution was used to synthesis metallic $Bi_2Te_3$ powder via ultrasonic spray pyrolysis and reduction process. The droplets of the Bi-Te precursor solution were decomposed to Bi-Te oxide powders by ultrasonic spray pyrolysis. The spherical $Bi_2Te_3$ powders were synthesized by reduction reaction in atmosphere of hydrogen gas at the temperature above $375^{\circ}C$ for 6h. The reduced $Bi_2Te_3$ powders have a mean particle size of $1.5{\mu}m$. The crystal structure of the powder was evaluated by X-Ray diffraction(XRD), and the microstructure with size and shape powders was observed by fieldemission scanning electron microscope(FE-SEM) and transmission electron microscope(TEM).

• 한국자기학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.39-44
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• 2016

대표적 열전물질인 비스무스 텔루라이드에 자성원자를 도핑한 합금에 대한 구조 및 전자적 그리고 자기적 성질에 관한 연구는 고효율 열전물질의 개발이라는 목적뿐만 아니라 특이한 자기적 상호작용 규명 및 위상절연체 분야에서도 큰 관심을 끌고 있다. 본 연구에서는 희토류 원자로서 매우 국소화된 f 전자를 갖는 Gd이 Bi을 치환하여 도핑된 비스무스 텔루라이드 합금의 자성 안정성을 밀도범함수(Density Functional Theory)에 입각하여 제일원리적으로 연구하기 위하여 모든 전자(all-electron) FLAPW(full-potential linearized augmented plane-wave) 방법을 이용하여 전자구조 계산을 수행하였다. 전자간 교환-상관 상호작용은 일반기울기 근사법(Generalized Gradient Approximation)을 도입하여 계산하였으며, 국소화된 f 전자를 기술하는 데 필요한 Hubbard+U 보정과 스핀-궤도 각운동량 상호작용은 제2 변분법적 방법을 이용하여 고려하였다. 계산 결과, 강자성 안정성을 보이는 Gd 덩치계와 다르게 이 합금은 강자성과 반강자성의 총에너지 차이가 ~1 meV/Gd 정도의 아주 작은 값으로 얻어져서, 그 자성 안정성은 결함이나 strain 등에 의한 구조변화에 민감하게 의존하여 변할 수 있음을 알 수 있었다. 특히 Gd 스핀자기모멘트는 덩치에서의 값에 비해 감소하였고, Gd에 가장 가까운 Te에 유도 자기모멘트가 형성되는 것으로 미루어 Te를 매개로 한 자성상호작용이 자성 안정성을 결정하는 데에 중요한 역할을 하는 것으로 예측할 수 있었다.