Abstract
In this research it is shown that thermoelectric higher manganese silicides (HMS) compounds produced by arc-melting followed by hot pressing exhibited textured behavior, due to the different number of Mn-Si bonds on the [00l] direction over the [hk0] direction, leading to ∼10% ZT enhancement in parallel to the pressing direction compared to the transverse direction. This shows that more carful considerations are required while assuming isotropic behavior in non-cubic polycrystalline thermoelectric materials.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 71-77 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Intermetallics |
| Volume | 68 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 2016 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- Arc-melting
- Hot press
- Silicides
- Texture
- Thermoelectric properties