Abstract
The phase equilibria of the Ag–Ge–Sb–Te system in the part Ag8GeTe6–Ge–GeTe–Sb2Te3 were investigated by the electromotive force (EMF) method. The determined phase relations were used to express the chemical reactions. The potential-forming reactions were performed by applying electrochemical cells (−) C | Ag | Ag2GeS3-glass | D | C (+), where C is graphite, Ag2GeS3-glass is the fast purely Ag+ ions conducting electrolyte, and D is an equilibrium mixture of phases. According to the experimental data on the EMF versus temperature of each electrochemical cells, analytical equations for the Gibbs energies of GeSb8Te13, GeSb6Te10, GeSb4Te7, GeSb2Te4, Ge2Sb2Te5, Ge3Sb2Te6, and Ge4Sb2Te7 compounds were obtained. The thermodynamic properties of silver-saturated tetradymite-like compounds have been calculated for the first time. A good correspondence between experimental values and structure data reported in the literature has been established.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Materials Processing Fundamentals 2020 |
| Editors | Jonghyn Lee, Samuel R. Wagstaff, Guillaume Lambotte, Antoine Allanore, Fiseha Tesfaye |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Pages | 275–287 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-3-030-36556-1 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-3-030-36555-4 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2020 |
| MoE publication type | A3 Part of a book or another research book |
Publication series
| Name | Minerals, Metals and Materials Series |
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| ISSN (Print) | 2367-1181 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 2367-1696 |
Funding
Acknowledgements This work was partially supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (grant No. 0119U002208). This work was also financially supported by the Academy of Finland project “Thermodynamic investigation of complex inorganic material systems for improved renewable energy and metals production processes” (Decision number 311537), as part of the activities of the Johan Gadolin Process Chemistry Center at Åbo Akademi University.
Keywords
- EMF method
- Phase equilibria
- Renewable energy
- Thermodynamic properties
- Thermoelectric Materials