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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Thermoelectric Properties of Tetrahedrites Produced from Mixtures of Natural and Synthetic Materials.

Beatriz A Santos, Luís Esperto, Isabel Figueira, João Mascarenhas, Elsa B Lopes, Rute Salgueiro, Teresa P Silva, José B Correia, Daniel de Oliveira, António P Gonçalves and 1 more

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Beatriz A SantosC2TN-Center for Nuclear Sciences and Technologies, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, 2695-066 Bobadela-LRS, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-8134-243X
Luís EspertoLNEG, Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, Estrada do Paço do Lumiar, 22, 1649-038 Lisboa, Portugal.
Isabel FigueiraLNEG, Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, Estrada do Paço do Lumiar, 22, 1649-038 Lisboa, Portugal.
João MascarenhasLNEG, Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, Estrada do Paço do Lumiar, 22, 1649-038 Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-0440-8057
Elsa B LopesC2TN-Center for Nuclear Sciences and Technologies, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, 2695-066 Bobadela-LRS, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-1855-7758
Rute SalgueiroLNEG, Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, Estrada da Portela, Bairro do Zambujal-Alfragide, Apartado 7586, 2610-999 Amadora, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-3740-2965
Teresa P SilvaLNEG, Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, Estrada da Portela, Bairro do Zambujal-Alfragide, Apartado 7586, 2610-999 Amadora, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-0306-1015
José B CorreiaLNEG, Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, Estrada do Paço do Lumiar, 22, 1649-038 Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-8314-0695
Daniel de OliveiraLNEG, Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, Estrada da Portela, Bairro do Zambujal-Alfragide, Apartado 7586, 2610-999 Amadora, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-6338-8845
António P GonçalvesC2TN-Center for Nuclear Sciences and Technologies, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, 2695-066 Bobadela-LRS, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-2640-3038
Filipe NevesLNEG, Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, Estrada do Paço do Lumiar, 22, 1649-038 Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-1251-053X

Funding

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia PTDC/EAM-PEC/29905/2017Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia UID/Multi/04349/2019
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thermoelectric materials have considerable potential in the mitigation of the global energy crisis, through their ability to convert heat into electricity. This study aims to valorize natural resources, and potentially reduce production costs, by incorporating tetrahedrite-tennantite (td) ores from the Portuguese Iberian Pyrite Belt into synthetic samples. The ore samples were collected in a mine waste at Barrigão and as "dirty-copper" pockets of ore from the Neves Corvo mine. Subsequently, high-energy ball milling and hot pressing were employed in the production of thermoelectric materials. These are characterized by XRD, SEM/EDS, and thermoelectrical properties. The complete dissolution of the dump material sulfides with the synthetic tetrahedrite constituents led to an increase in the amount of the tetrahedrite-tennantite phase, which was made up of a tetrahedrite-tennantite-(Fe) solid solution. The thermoelectric characterization of these materials is provided, revealing that most of the combined synthetic ore samples displayed better results than the pristine tetrahedrite, mostly due to higher Seebeck coefficient values. Furthermore, the best thermoelectric performance is achieved with 10% of ore, where a power factor of 268 µW.K

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electrical resistivitymechanochemical synthesispower factorSeebeck coefficienttetrahedrite–tennantite series

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PMID40141658
PMCPMC11944066

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