Abstract
In the current study, novel hexagonal rods based on Bi0.4Sb1.6Te3 raw materials and dispersed with x amounts of Se (x = 0.0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, and 1.0) in the form Bi0.4Sb1.6Se3xTe3(1−x) were synthesized via a standard solid-state microwave route. The morphologies of these rods were explored using field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM). The crystalline of the powders were examined by X-ray diffraction (XRD), which showed that the powders of 0.0 ≤ x ≤ 0.8 samples can be indexed as the rhombohedral phase, whereas the sample with x = 1.0 has an orthorhombic phase structure. The influence of variations in Se content on thermoelectric properties was studied in the temperature range of 300–523 K. The alloying of Se in Bi0.4Sb1.6Te3 effectively caused a decrease in hole concentration and, thus, a decrease in electrical conductivity and an increase in Seebeck coefficient. The maximal power factor measured in the present work was 7.47 mW/m K2 at 373 K for the x = 0.8 sample.
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