Research Paper

Fabrication of CoSb3/MoCu Thermoelectric Joint by One-step SPS and Evaluation

  • ZHAO De-Gang ,
  • LI Xiao-Ya ,
  • JIANG Wan ,
  • CHEN Li-Dong
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  • 1. State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructures, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China; 2. Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China)

Received date: 2008-09-12

  Revised date: 2008-11-24

  Online published: 2009-05-20

Abstract

Mo-Cu alloy was applied as the electrode material in thermoelectric (TE) device using CoSb3based skutterudite compounds. Through adjusting the Cu content of Mo-Cu alloy, good thermal match between CoSb3 material and Mo50Cu50 alloy was achieved. By means of spark plasma sintering (SPS), Mo-Cu alloy was successfully joined with CoSb3 material through insertion of Ti layer. No crack was observed at the CoSb3/Ti/Mo-Cu interfacial area showing the joints were well bonded. SEM shows that an intermetallic compound (IMC) layer forms at the CoSb3/Ti interface and the IMC layer is identified as TiSb phase by the EDS analysis. After thermal aging, the thickness of TiSb phase increases. The high temperature reliability evaluation shows the joint has high thermal stability. The shear strength of joints decreases with the aging time increasing. The results of fourprobe measurement show that the interfacial resistance of joint is low and the contact electrical resistivity is 2030μΩ·cm2, which means the CoSb3/Ti/Mo-Cu joint exhibits a good electrical contact.

Cite this article

ZHAO De-Gang , LI Xiao-Ya , JIANG Wan , CHEN Li-Dong . Fabrication of CoSb3/MoCu Thermoelectric Joint by One-step SPS and Evaluation[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2009 , 24(3) : 545 -548 . DOI: 10.3724/sp.j.1077.2009.00545

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