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 compressingmechanical mixtures of microdisperse powders PdTe and CdTe, are presented. It was found that the using ofcadmium for telluride as an additional component to the lead telluride contributes to a decrease in the coefficientof thermal conductivity of the materials of the studied system, which can be promising for the creation ofthermoelectric converters based on them.