Grain orientation and transport properties of textured Bi2Te3 alloys

The new material developments in the field of thermoelectrics over past two decades have resulted materials with unique transport properties as well synthetic approaches. Enhanced thermoelectric these through thermal conductivity reduction and electrical enhancement strategies such nano-structuring band engineering also been reported. Nevertheless, system upon which all are compared continues to be alloys Bi2Te3. Approaches for property enhancements Bi2Te3 undertaken, however, oriented polycrystalline continue primary interest device development. To this end we investigate n p-type provided by II-VI Inc. order elucidate texturing their texturing. These highly textured, required maximize properties, an 80% obtained