A computer study of the miscibility limits of Sb1bTe1bBi (original) (raw)
1978, Materials Research Bulletin
The quaternary system Sb°Te-Bi-Se with small amounts of suitable dopants is of interest for the manufacture of thermoelectric modules which exhibit the Peltier and Seebeck effects. This property could be useful in the production of energy from the thermoelectric effect. Other substances are bismuth telluride (Bi2Te 3) and Sb-Te-Bi and compounds such as ZnIn2Se4. In the present paper the application of computer programs such as MIGAP of Kaufman is used to indicate the stability of the ternary limits of Sb-Te-Bi within the temperature ranges of interest, namely 273 K to 300 K.
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