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S&M4486 Research paper https://doi.org/10.18494/SAM5987 Published: June 12, 2026 Thermoelectric Properties of N-type Low-temperature Thermoelectric Materials and Applications for Thermoelectric Sensors [PDF] Wen-Nan Wang, Pei-Yu Wang, and Tao-Hsing Chen (Received October 20, 2025; Accepted December 26, 2025) Keywords: thermoelectric materials, bismuth telluride, figure of merit, mechanical alloy
N-type Bi₂Te₃₋ₓSeₓ (x = 0.3, 0.6, 0.7) thermoelectric materials and ball-milled N-type Bi₂Te₂.₃Se₀.₇ were prepared to investigate their thermoelectric properties. The effects of different processing methods on the crystal structure, thermoelectric properties, and microstructural morphology of N-type Bi₂Te₃ thermoelectric materials were investigated. X-ray diffraction analyses confirmed that all samples exhibited diffraction patterns consistent with the standard crystal structure. Electrical conductivity decreased with increasing temperature for all samples. Among them, the ball-milled sample exhibited the highest electrical conductivity of 233 × 10³ S·m⁻¹. Thermal conductivity reached its minimum at 310 K for all samples and increased thereafter with temperature. The ball-milled sample had the lowest thermal conductivity of 1.34 W/m·K. The figure of merit (ZT) increased with temperature for all samples. The ball-milled sample achieved the highest ZT of 0.132 at 400 K. It can be suitable for thermoelectric sensor applications.
Corresponding author: Tao-Hsing Chen![]() ![]() This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Cite this article Wen-Nan Wang, Pei-Yu Wang, and Tao-Hsing Chen, Thermoelectric Properties of N-type Low-temperature Thermoelectric Materials and Applications for Thermoelectric Sensors, Sens. Mater., Vol. 38, No. 6, 2026, p. 3033-3040. |