INFLUENCE OF BRANCHES RESISTIVITY AND TRANSITIONAL CONTACTS RESISTANCE ON THE THERMOELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF THERMOELEMENTS

T. D. Aliyeva, N. M. Akhundova, D. Sh. Abdinov

Institute of Photoelectronics of the Azerbaijan Academy of Sciences, Baku, Azerbaijan

The dependence of thermoelectrical efficiency Z of thermoelements based on Bi0,5Sb1,5Te3 and Bi2Te2,7Se0,3 on the branches materials resistivity r at different values or resistances or transitional contacts r and branches length l; on branches length l at different r and r; and on transitional contacts resistance r at different r and l of branches have been studied. It have been found, that for given commutation alloy the length lk, after which the strong reduction of D T max had been observed with decreasing branches length, does not depend on branches resistivity. Although, at the transition from alloy with small contact resistance to the large ones, lk is shifted to large branch lengths. It can be explained by the fact that for the same alloy r itself depends on crystals r ; the majority charge carriers concentration in crystal is decreased with increasing r , that leads to the increase of crystal - contact alloy Junction resistance. It have been round that r of contacts is directly proportional to branches r . There fore, the ratio r/r remains r is changed under the transition from one alloy to the other, and it leads to the shifting of lk value.