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Structure and Thermoelectric Properties of Bi2−xSbxTe3 Nanowires Grown in Flexible Nanoporous Polycarbonate Templates

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Datta, A 
Hardingham, N 
Cooper, C 
Kraan, M 

Abstract

We report the room-temperature growth of vertically aligned ternary Bi2−xSbxTe3 nanowires of diameter ~200 nm and length ~12 μm, within flexible track-etched nanoporous polycarbonate (PC) templates via a one-step electrodeposition process. Bi2−xSbxTe3 nanowires with compositions spanning the entire range from pure Bi2Te3 (x = 0) to pure Sb2Te3 (x = 2) were systematically grown within the nanoporous channels of PC templates from a tartaric-nitric acid based electrolyte, at the end of which highly crystalline nanowires of uniform composition were obtained. Compositional analysis showed that the Sb concentration could be tuned by simply varying the electrolyte composition without any need for further annealing of the samples. Thermoelectric properties of the Bi2−xSbxTe3 nanowires were measured using a standardized bespoke setup while they were still embedded within the flexible PC templates.

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Keywords

Bi2−xSbxTe3, thermoelectric, electrodeposition, nanowires, Seebeck coefficient

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Materials

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Journal ISSN

1996-1944
1996-1944

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10

Publisher

MDPI
Sponsorship
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/J003417/1)
European Research Council (639526)
Isaac Newton Trust (1540(s))
EPSRC (EP/K503757/1)
We acknowledge funding from the European Research Council through an ERC Starting Grant (Grant no. ERC-2014-STG-639526, NANOGEN), the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), UK and the Isaac Newton Trust, University of Cambridge.
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