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Thermoelectric properties of n-Type Mg2Si–Mg2Sn solid solutions with different grain sizes

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Influence of the grain sizes on thermoelectric parameters of pressurized solid solutions of the composition Mg2Si0.8Sn0.2 was studied. The Seebeck coefficient, electric conductivity, thermal conductivity, and Hall coefficient were determined. Decreasing the grain size to the nanoscale was found to decrease the mobility at low temperatures and resulted in a peculiar temperature dependence of the electric conductivity, but did not lead to a decrease in the thermo EMF. It was found that the grain size had no effect on the thermoelectric efficiency of the investigated solid solution in the operating temperature range.

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  1. Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Politekhnicheskaya ul. 26, St. Petersburg, 194021, Russia

    A. Yu. Samunin, V. K. Zaitsev, D. A. Pshenay-Severin, P. P. Konstantinov, G. N. Isachenko, M. I. Fedorov & S. V. Novikov

  2. St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics, and Optics, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia

    A. Yu. Samunin, G. N. Isachenko, M. I. Fedorov & S. V. Novikov

  3. Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Politekhnicheskaya ul. 29, St. Petersburg, 195251, Russia

    D. A. Pshenay-Severin

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Original Russian Text © A.Yu. Samunin, V.K. Zaitsev, D.A. Pshenay-Severin, P.P. Konstantinov, G.N. Isachenko, M.I. Fedorov, S.V. Novikov, 2016, published in Fizika Tverdogo Tela, 2016, Vol. 58, No. 8, pp. 1479–1482.

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Samunin, A.Y., Zaitsev, V.K., Pshenay-Severin, D.A. et al. Thermoelectric properties of n-Type Mg2Si–Mg2Sn solid solutions with different grain sizes. Phys. Solid State 58, 1528–1531 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063783416080242

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