Structural Evolution Following Spinodal Decomposition of the Pseudoternary Compound (Pb0.3Sn0.1Ge0.6)Te |
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Authors: | Boaz Dado Yaniv Gelbstein Dimitri Mogilansky Vladimir Ezersky Moshe P. Dariel |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Materials Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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Abstract: | Pseudoternary (Ge,Sn,Pb)Te compounds display favorable thermoelectric properties. Spinodal decomposition in the quasiternary (Ge,Sn,Pb)Te system is at the origin of a wide solubility gap at low Sn concentrations. The structural evolution of the spinodal decomposition was investigated as a function of aging time at 500°C, using x-ray diffraction, electron microscopy, and scanning electron microscopy. The evolution of the structure at 500°C consists initially of a short diffusion-controlled demixing stage into Pb- and Ge-rich coherent areas, with compositions corresponding to the inflection points of the free-energy curve. The Pb-rich areas adopt configurations associated with the directions of the soft elastic moduli of the cubic compound. Both the Pb- and Ge-rich areas are supersaturated and undergo in a second stage a nucleation and growth process and give rise to a biphased structure with equilibrium compositions corresponding to the boundaries of the miscibility gap. The resulting Pb-rich areas display a relatively stable microstructure suggesting the presence of long-range interactions between the Pb-rich precipitates in the Ge-rich matrix. |
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