Mo-Cu alloy was applied as the electrode material in thermoelectric (TE) device using CoSb3based 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 fourprobe 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.
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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