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Stabilization of Metastable Thermoelectric Crystalline Phases by Tuning the Glass Composition in the Cu–As–Te System

Jean-Baptiste Vaney
Julie Cornette
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Eric Alleno
Judith Monnier
Vivian Nassif
Christophe Candolfi
Bertrand Lenoir

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Recrystallization of amorphous compounds can lead to the stabilization of metastable crystalline phases, which offers an interesting way to unveil novel binary or ternary compounds and control the transport properties of the obtained glass ceramics. Here, we report on a systematic study of the Cu–As–Te glassy system and show that under specific synthesis conditions using the spark-plasma-sintering technique, the α-As2Te3 and β-As2Te3 binary phases and the previously unreported AsTe3 phase can be selectively crystallized within an amorphous matrix. The microstructures and transport properties of three different glass ceramics, each of them containing one of these phases with roughly the same crystalline fraction (∼30% in volume), were investigated in detail by means of X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, neutron thermodiffraction, Raman scattering (experimental and lattice-dynamics calculations), and transport-property measurements. The physical properties of the glass ceramics are compared with those of both the parent glasses and the pure crystalline phases that could be successfully synthesized. SEM images coupled with Raman spectroscopy evidence a “coast-to-island” or dendriticlike microstructure with microsized crystallites. The presence of the crystallized phase results in a significant decrease in the electrical resistivity while maintaining the thermal conductivity to low values. This study demonstrates that new compounds with interesting transport properties can be obtained by recrystallization, which in turn provides a tuning parameter for the transport properties of the parent glasses.
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hal-01685952 , version 1 (19-02-2023)

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Jean-Baptiste Vaney, Julie Carreaud, Andrea Piarristeguy, Cédric Morin, Gaëlle Delaizir, et al.. Stabilization of Metastable Thermoelectric Crystalline Phases by Tuning the Glass Composition in the Cu–As–Te System. Inorganic Chemistry, 2017, 57 (2), pp.754 - 767. ⟨10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b02683⟩. ⟨hal-01685952⟩
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