Abstract
Thermoelectric properties of polycrystalline p-type ZrTe5 are reported in the temperature (T) range of 2–340 K. Thermoelectric power (S) is positive and reaches up to 458 μV/K at 340 K on increasing T. The value of Fermi energy 16 meV suggests a low carrier density of ≈9.5 × 1018 cm−3. A sharp anomaly in S data is observed at 38 K, which seems intrinsic to p-type ZrTe5. The thermal conductivity (κ) value is low (2 W/m K at T = 300 K) with major contribution from the lattice part. Electrical resistivity data show the metal to semiconductor transition at T ∼ 150 K and non-Arrhenius behavior in the semiconducting region. The figure of merit zT (0.026 at T = 300 K) is ∼63% higher than that of HfTe5 (0.016) and better than those of the conventional SnTe, p-type PbTe, and bipolar pristine ZrTe5 compounds.
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