Proper contacts between thermoelectric (TE) materials and electrodes are critical for TE power generation or refrigeration. The Bi-rich n-type Zintl material Mg3+δBi2-xSbx exhibits very good performance near room temperature, which makes Mg3+δBi2-xSbx-based compounds highly promising candidates to replace the Bi2Te3-ySey alloys, but ideal that can match their have not yet been well studied. Her...

The low-grade rock phosphate of Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh (India), was investigated for its possible application in the removal of lead, copper, zinc and cobalt ions from aqueous solutions. Effects of contact time, amount of adsorbent and initial concentration of metal ions were studied. Adsorption of heavy metal ions was found to follow the order: Pb2+ > Cu2+ > Zn2+ > Co2+. The probable mechanism...

cu-mo and cu-ti contact structures were fabricated on multi-crystalline silicon substrates to provide a low resistance ohmic contact. deposition steps are done in an excellent vacuum chamber by means of electron beam evaporation and samples are then annealed for the realization of an efficient alloy layer. the effects of process parameters such as film thickness, annealing duration and temperat...