[G] Thermoelectric Materials

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[258] The Importance of Mechanical Stability for Obtaining High Thermoelectric Conversion Efficiency in Modules Fabricated from Nanostructured PbTe

*Philipp Sauerschnig¹, Priyanka Jood¹, Michihiro Ohta¹ (1. AIST)

Keywords:

thermoelectric module,lead telluride,contact layer,power generation,diffusion barrier

Modules from p-type Pb_0.973Na_0.02Ge_0.007Te and n-type Pb_0.98Ga_0.02Te with Co-Fe contact layers were fabricated and characterized to determine the impact crack formation on module efficiency.