Electric Properties of Ni/n-PbTe and Ni/p-Pb0.5Sn0.5Te Joined by Plasma Activated Sintering
Year: 1999
Type: article
Abstract: In order to fabricate PbTe thermoelectric elements, Ni electrodes were joined with n-PbTe and p-Pb 0.5 Sn 0.5 Te by plasma activated sintering (PAS). The characterization of the Ni/n-PbTe and Ni/p-Pb 0.5 Sn 0.5 Te junctions was carried out by measuring voltage distribution around the joint boundary. No potential voltage gap was found at the interface of Ni/n-PbTe joint. In the case of Ni/p-Pb 0.5 Sn 0 5 Te joint, a large potential gap was found at the interface, where the intermediate layer with complicated composition was detected by EPMA. A buffer layer of p-SnTe was introduced into the Ni/p-Pb 0.5 Sn 0.5 Te joint to reduce the interface resistivity between Ni and p-Pb 0.5 Sn 0.5 Te. Low resistivity joint of metal/semiconductor was obtained by insertion of p-SnTe between Ni and p-Pb 0.5 Sn 0.5 Te.
Source: Materials science forum
Authors: M. Orihashi, Yasutoshi Noda, Leng Chen, Y.S. Kang, A. Moro, Toshio Hirai
Language: English
Subfield: Materials Chemistry
Field: Materials Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W2145985919