Authors: T Takeuchi Y Toyama H Hazama R Asahi
Publish Date: 2010/07/14
Volume: 39, Issue: 9, Pages: 1433-1438
Abstract
In order to develop practical thermoelectric materials consisting solely of environmentally friendly elements we investigated the thermoelectric properties of the Al10Mn3type P63/mmc hp26 Al77−x Mn23Si x alloys and the Al102Mn24Si12type Pm3 cP138 Al82−x Mn55Fe125Si x alloys both of which possess a pseudogap at the Fermi level The formation range in which the single phase is obtained was determined for these two phases The electrical resistivity Seebeck coefficient and thermal conductivity of the samples involving no secondary phase were measured over the temperature range of 2 K to 300 K It is found that the thermoelectric properties of these phases are qualitatively accounted for in terms of the pseudogap at the Fermi level in the electronic density of states and the disordering in local atomic arrangements
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