A computational study of thermoelectric conversion in the PbSe$_{x}$Te$_{1-x}$ semiconductor alloys
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| author | Slimane, M. Kaid Brahmi, B. N. Bouchenaki, M. Bekhechi, S. |
| author_facet | Slimane, M. Kaid Brahmi, B. N. Bouchenaki, M. Bekhechi, S. |
| contents | The present theoretical study focuses on the structural, electronic and thermoelectric properties of PbTe, PbSe and their ternary alloys PbSe$_{x}$Te$_{1-x}$, using the density functional theory (DFT) by the full potential linearised augmented plane wave (FP-LAPW) method implemented in Wien2k code. Structural properties were performed by using the generalized gradient approximation of Perdew Burke and Ernzenhof (GGA-PBE) scheme. The results show that the calculated lattice parameters are in good agreement with theoretical data previously obtained. For electronic properties, we noticed that for all the compounds of PbSe$_{x}$Te$_{1-x}$, we have a direct band gap in L point. For thermoelectric properties, we used BoltzTraP2 code and Gibbs2 code. Our results show that the PbSe$_{x}$Te$_{1-x}$ compounds have reached a value of 2.55 for the figure of merit, which indicates that our material is a good thermoelectric candidate. |
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| spellingShingle | A computational study of thermoelectric conversion in the PbSe$_{x}$Te$_{1-x}$ semiconductor alloys Slimane, M. Kaid Brahmi, B. N. Bouchenaki, M. Bekhechi, S. Materials Science The present theoretical study focuses on the structural, electronic and thermoelectric properties of PbTe, PbSe and their ternary alloys PbSe$_{x}$Te$_{1-x}$, using the density functional theory (DFT) by the full potential linearised augmented plane wave (FP-LAPW) method implemented in Wien2k code. Structural properties were performed by using the generalized gradient approximation of Perdew Burke and Ernzenhof (GGA-PBE) scheme. The results show that the calculated lattice parameters are in good agreement with theoretical data previously obtained. For electronic properties, we noticed that for all the compounds of PbSe$_{x}$Te$_{1-x}$, we have a direct band gap in L point. For thermoelectric properties, we used BoltzTraP2 code and Gibbs2 code. Our results show that the PbSe$_{x}$Te$_{1-x}$ compounds have reached a value of 2.55 for the figure of merit, which indicates that our material is a good thermoelectric candidate. |
| title | A computational study of thermoelectric conversion in the PbSe$_{x}$Te$_{1-x}$ semiconductor alloys |
| topic | Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.14795 |