Composite Thermoelectric Materials Based on Lead Telluride and Cadmium Telluride

Abstract

The results of the researching of thermoelectric properties of samples, which are obtained by compressing mechanical mixtures of microdisperse powders PdTe and CdTe, are presented. It was found that the using of cadmium for telluride as an additional component to the lead telluride contributes to a decrease in the coefficient of thermal conductivity of the materials of the studied system, which can be promising for the creation of thermoelectric converters based on them.