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A novel electrochemical method has been used to transform an n-type skutterudite of composition Co0.95Pd0.05Te0.05Sb2.95 from a 

starting material having a crystalline structure with a grain size of about 1 μm into a material with an amorphous structure and a 

nanoscale grain size (70 nm). Differential scanning calorimetry revealed that crystallization of the amorphous 

Co0.95Pd0.05Te0.05Sb2.95 powders occurs between 220–260 °C. The electrical resistivity (4-point), Seebeck coefficient, and ZT of 

the nanoscale-amorphous material were greatly reduced compared to the micron-crystalline starting material. Our findings 

suggest that the major cause for this is the change in structure from crystalline to amorphous.

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Contents

List of Figures iv

Acknowledgments v

1. Introduction 1

2. Experimental 2

2.1 Powder Preparation .........................................................................................................2

2.2 Powder Characterization .................................................................................................2

2.3 Electrochemical Testing..................................................................................................3

3. Results and Discussion 4

3.1 Electrochemical...............................................................................................................4

3.2 Structural .........................................................................................................................5

3.3 Morphology.....................................................................................................................6

3.4 Thermal ...........................................................................................................................7

4. Thermoelectric Properties 8

5. Conclusions 11

6. References 12

List of Symbols, Abbreviations, and Acronyms 13

Distribution List 14
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Figure 1. X-ray diffraction pattern of the milled Co0.95Pd0.05Te0.05Sb2.95 powders. .......................3

Figure 2. First cycle discharge/charge curve for the Co0.95Pd0.05Te0.05Sb2.95 powders....................5

Figure 3. X-ray diffraction pattern for the Co0.95Pd0.05Te0.05Sb2.95 alloy at the beginning of 

the first discharge (A) and the end of the first charge cycle (B)...............................................6

Figure 4. Selected area electron diffraction pattern of the Co0.95Pd0.05Te0.05Sb2.95 alloy after 

the end of the first discharge/charge cycle.................................................................................6

Figure 5. Scanning electron micrograph of the Co0.95Pd0.05Te0.05Sb2.95 powders after one 

discharge/charge cycle. ..............................................................................................................7

Figure 6. DSC curve of the amorphous Co0.95Pd0.05Te0.05Sb2.95 powders. ......................................8

Figure 7. Electrical resistivity versus temperature for the nanoscale-amorphous and microncrystalline Co0.95Pd0.05Te0.05Sb2.95 powders after cold-pressing. ...............................................9

Figure 8. Seebeck coefficient versus temperature for the nanoscale-amorphous and microncrystalline Co0.95Pd0.05Te0.05Sb2.95 powders after cold-pressing. .............................................10

Figure 9. ZT versus temperature for the nanoscale-amorphous and micron-crystalline 

Co0.95Pd0.05Te0.05Sb2.95 powders after cold-pressing................................................................11
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Acknowledgments

We would like to acknowledge support from a Director’s Research Initiative (DRI) award (SEDFY09-21). In addition, the electron microscopy support of Dr. Jim Sumner and Dr. Wendy 

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1. Introduction

Thermoelectric (TE) devices are becoming increasing popular for power generators and/or 

cooling due to their ability to convert thermal energy into electricity or vice versa (1–6). They 

offer the advantages of being silent, reliable, and scalable, and having no moving parts (1–4). 

However, compared to conventional power generation and/or cooling systems, their main 

disadvantage is low efficiency. The low efficiency of TE devices is primarily limited by the TE 

materials. The performance of TE materials is characterized by a dimensionless parameter 

known as the figure-of-merit, ZT, given by equation 1 (1–6):

ZT=S2σT/κ, (1)

where S is the Seebeck coefficient, σ is electrical conductivity, T is temperature, and κ is thermal 

conductivity. κ is the sum of κL + κe, where κL is the lattice thermal conductivity and κe is the 

electronic thermal conductivity. For most bulk TE materials, the maximum value of ZT is ∼1 

(1–6). It is been suggested to be competitive with existing commercial devices, such as a 

commercial refrigerator, a ZT of ∼3 or higher is needed (1–4). 

One class of TE materials that has attracted attention recently for use up to ∼650 °C in bulk form 

is binary skutterudites (2, 3, 5, 7, 8), in particular, n- and p-type cobalt triantimonide (CoSb3). 

n- and p-type CoSb3 posses a large value of S and high σ; however, they also have large values 

for κL leading to low values of ZT. Thus, methods to reduce κL are needed. One strategy to 

reduce κL is to create a large number of interfaces to scatter phonons. One possible way to 

accomplish this is by decreasing the grain size to the nanoscale (<100 nm) (2, 3, 5, 6, 8). Several 

possible techniques can be used to produce skutterudites with nanoscale particles sizes, including

spray pyrolysis, co-precipitation, solvothermal, and melting followed mechanical attrition (5). 

After which, the nanoscale powders are typically hot-pressed and/or sintered to form a dense 

material with a nanoscale grain size. 

One alternative method to forming a nanoscale powder is to use a novel processing procedure 

based on an electrochemical means, which not only decreases the particle size but also disrupts 

long range crystallinity leading to an amorphous material. It is known that amorphous solids 

have lower lattice thermal conductivity than crystalline solids of the same composition (9). Thus, 

the electrochemical method can possible lead an amorphous nanoscale material with a much 

lower thermal conductivity compared to material with a crystalline structure with a micron-scale 

grain size, and hence, an increased ZT. 

The electrochemical method involves the lithiation/de-lithiation into a host crystalline TE 

material, which results in the “breaking” of bonds between elements, thus disturbing long range 

crystallinity and reducing particle size. The electrochemical method can allow for a very precise 

method to tailor the TE properties with the degree of atomic rearrangement (i.e., percentage of 
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amorphous phase). Very precise control of the degree of atomic rearrangement is not currently 

available with the current ball milling method used to produce nanoscale TE materials. A major 

risk with this approach is that it is possible that the formation of a nanoscale/amorphous material 

will not only reduce lattice thermal conductivity but will result in an even greater lowering in the 

electron mobility, and hence, electrical conductivity, thus decreasing the figure of merit and 

efficiency of the TE material. 

The goal of this work is to use an electrochemical method to form a nanoscale-amorphous 

n-type skutterudite material, with the intent to reduce thermal conductivity while not affecting 

electron transport, and hence, increase the ZT of the material compared to the starting microncrystalline material. 

2. Experimental

2.1 Powder Preparation

A skutterudite of composition Co0.95Pd0.05Te0.05Sb2.95 was chosen for investigation. Palladium 

(Pd) and telluride (Te) were added to make CoSb3 an n-type semiconductor. 

Co0.95Pd0.05Te0.05Sb2.95 powders were prepared by mixing elemental powders in the correct 

proportion. The powders were water quenched from 1100 °C, then annealed at 700 °C for 48 h, 

crushed in motorized mortar and pestle, and planetary ball milled for 9 h. During the heating 

steps the powders were in a sealed quartz tube, which was evacuated and then back filled with an 

inert atmosphere of argon prior to melting. In addition, the grinding and milling were conducted 

under an argon atmosphere. 

2.2 Powder Characterization

The composition of the Co0.95Pd0.05Te0.05Sb2.95 powders was checked after milling by inductively 

coupled plasma mass spectrometry (Galbraith Laboratories, Inc.). The actual and predicted 

compositions were in excellent agreement. The phase purity of the powders was determined 

using x-ray diffraction. The x-ray diffraction pattern of the Co0.95Pd0.05Te0.05Sb2.95 powders is 

shown in figure 1. The x-ray diffraction pattern reveals only single-phase skutterudite. The 

lattice constant determined using Rietveld refinement yielded a=9.046±0.002 Å. This value is 

larger than that for binary CoSb3 (9.032 Å [10]), since the lattice is expanded by the Pd and Te 

substitutions. 
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2.3 Electrochemical Testing 

For electrochemical testing, the cathode consisted of Co0.95Pd0.05Te0.05Sb2.95 powders mixed with 

a 5 wt.% polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) binder. To prepare the cathode, the skutterudite 

powders were mixed with PVDF dissolved in N-methylpyrrolidinone (NMP). This mixture was 

coated onto a copper substrate. The cathode mixture was dried under vacuum at 100 °C for 24 h 

to remove the NMP. Lithium (Li) foil pressed onto nickel (Ni) mesh was used as the anode. The 

electrolyte was 1 M lithium tetrafluoroborate (LiBF4) in a 1:1 (wt.%) mixture of propylene 

carbonate (PC) and 1, 2-dimethoxyethane (DME). Celgard 3501 was used as the separator. The 

cell was placed between two Teflon sheets held together by a Ni wire and placed in a foil 

laminate pouch. After the pouch cell was sealed, it was clamped together to apply pressure to the 

cell. The cell was galvanostatically discharged (to 0.005 V versus Li+/Li) and charged (3.0 V 

versus Li+

/Li) at room temperature at a rate of ∼C/20, where the theoretical capacity, C, for 

CoSb3=569 mAh/g.

The discharge and charge reactions are given as follows (11):

Discharge: 9 Li + CoSb3 (micro-crystalline) →3Li3Sb + Co (2)

Charge: 3Li3Sb+ Co→ 9 Li + CoSb3 (nano-amorphous) (3)

We hypothesized that, during the discharge and charge cycle, the Co0.95Pd0.05Te0.05Sb2.95 alloy 

would transform from a crystalline material with micron size particles to an amorphous material 

with a nanoscale particle size. 
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3. Results and Discussion

3.1 Electrochemical

The first cycle discharge and charge curve for the Co0.95Pd0.05Te0.05Sb2.95 alloy is shown in 

figure 2. From figure 2, it can be seen that during discharging there is an initial rapid decrease in 

voltage followed by a plateau at ∼0.56 V versus Li+/Li, after which the voltage slowly decreases. 

It has been suggested that the voltage plateau (∼0.56 V versus Li+/Li) corresponds to the twophase region between CoSb3 and Li3Sb (11). The total capacity during discharge is ∼625 mAh/g. 

The theoretical capacity for CoSb3 is 569 mAh/g. The extra discharge capacity (∼60 mAh/g) is 

most like a result of the formation of a solid electrolyte interface (SEI) passivation film on the 

skuttterudite electrode surface as a result of its reaction with the liquid electrolyte. On charging,

the voltage rapidly increases followed by a plateau at ∼1.0 V versus Li+

/Li, after which the 

voltage rapidly increases. The voltage plateau (∼1 V versus Li+/Li) corresponds to the two-phase 

region between CoSb3 and Li3Sb (11). The charge capacity is ∼400 mAh/g, which is less than the 

theoretical capacity (569 mAh/g) and the observed discharge capacity (∼625 mAh/g). One 

potential reason for this difference is that there is a large volume expansion associated with the 

Li alloying of antimony (Sb), which may cause some of the alloy particles to break off and loose 

contact with the current collector and/or become electrical disconnected from each other leading 

to the lower capacity on charge versus discharge. We observed that the length of the charging 

plateau (∼1 V versus Li+/Li) was a strong function of cell pressure. For example, when little or 

no pressure was applied, the charge capacity (length of the 1-V plateau) was very low compared 

to the discharge capacity (length of the 0.56-V plateau). As the cell pressure increased, the length 

of the 1-V plateau significantly increased. The length of the discharge plateau at 0.56-V plateau 

was not that sensitive to the applied pressure. Apparently, applied compressive pressure is 

needed to prevent particles from breaking off and losing contact with the current collector and/or 

each other, and hence, becoming electrical disconnected as a result of tensile stresses developed 

due to the large volume expansion associated with the Li alloying of Sb. 
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Figure 2. First cycle discharge/charge curve for the Co0.95Pd0.05Te0.05Sb2.95 powders.

3.2 Structural

The x-ray diffractions patterns for the Co0.95Pd0.05Te0.05Sb2.95 powders at the beginning of first 

discharge (A) (same as figure 1) and at the end of the first charge cycle (B) are shown in 

figure 3. Prior to x-ray diffraction for sample B, the PVDF binder was removed from the 

electrode powders after discharge/charge cycling by extraction in NMP. Figure 3 shows that the 

Co0.95Pd0.05Te0.05Sb2.95 alloy has undergone a structural transformation from a crystalline material 

to an amorphous material. A selected electron diffraction pattern of the alloy after the first 

discharge/charge cycle is shown in figure 4. From figure 4, it can be seen that the material is 

mainly amorphous as shown by the diffuse rings. However, the electron diffraction image also 

reveals a few spots indicative of a crystalline material (12). From figures 3 and 4, it can be 

concluded that the Co0.95Pd0.05Te0.05Sb2.95 alloy has, indeed, undergone a structural 

transformation from a crystalline material to a quasi-amorphous material as a result of 

electrochemical insertion/extraction of Li into the alloy. 

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Figure 3. X-ray diffraction pattern for the Co0.95Pd0.05Te0.05Sb2.95 alloy at the 

beginning of the first discharge (A) and the end of the first charge 

cycle (B).

Figure 4. Selected area electron diffraction pattern of the Co0.95Pd0.05Te0.05Sb2.95 

alloy after the end of the first discharge/charge cycle.

3.3 Morphology

The Co0.95Pd0.05Te0.05Sb2.95 particle size of the starting powders was determined from the specific 

surface area, which was measured using nitrogen gas adsorption (Brunauer-Emmett-Teller 

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average particle size of ∼800 nm, assuming spherical particles (13). The average particle size of 

the Co0.95Pd0.05Te0.05Sb2.95 powders after one discharge/charge cycle, determined using a linear 

intercept method on scanning electron photomicrographs, was ∼350 nm, as shown in figure 5. 

Thus, electrochemical insertion/extraction of Li has reduced the particle by a factor of ∼2.2. 

Notably, the average particle size of ∼400 nm is greater than the size typically considered 

nanoscale, <100 nm. We observed that if the starting particles were screened and given several 

cycles that a final particle size of less than 70 nm could be obtained. In summary,

micron/crystalline Co0.95Pd0.05Te0.05Sb2.95 powders after subjected to an Li insertion/deinsertion 

by an electrochemical method yielded nanoscale-amorphous powders. 

Figure 5. Scanning electron micrograph of the Co0.95Pd0.05Te0.05Sb2.95

powders after one discharge/charge cycle.

3.4 Thermal

In order to obtain a TE material with good electrical and mechanical properties, the powders 

must be consolidated into a dense material. Densification is usually accomplished by coldpressing the powders into a shape followed by hot-pressing or sintering. Both hot-pressing and 

sintering require the material to be heated up to high temperature to allow diffusion, and hence, 

densification to occur. Thus, it is important to know how high to heat the Co0.95Pd0.05Te0.05Sb2.95

powders before crystallization of the amorphous material occurs. The crystallization temperature 

was determined using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The DSC curve of the amorphous 

Co0.95Pd0.05Te0.05Sb2.95 powders is shown in figure 6. Figure 6 shows that crystallization of the 

Co0.95Pd0.05Te0.05Sb2.95 powders occurs between 220–260 °C. X-ray diffraction of samples heated 

above 300 °C revealed that the Co0.95Pd0.05Te0.05Sb2.95 powders had transformed from amorphous 

to crystalline with a diffraction similar to that shown in figure 1, except with broader peaks. 
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Figure 6. DSC curve of the amorphous Co0.95Pd0.05Te0.05Sb2.95 powders.

4. Thermoelectric Properties

In order to compare the TE properties of the nanoscale-amorphous Co0.95Pd0.05Te0.05Sb2.95

material with that of the starting micron-crystalline (1 μm) scale material, it was decided, based 

on the results in figure 6, to compare the materials after cold-pressing without hotpressing/sintering, so as to retain the amorphous character of the powders. Hence, a direct 

comparison between the two materials could be obtained. The electrical resistivity (4-point), 

Seebeck coefficient, and ZT as a function of temperature, obtained using a custom built 

apparatus at Michigan State University, for the micron-crystalline (1 μm) and nanoscaleamorphous (70 nm) materials are shown in figures 7–9. The materials were tested in the lower 

temperature, where boundary scattering is expected to dominate over phonon-phonon, which 

occurs at high temperatures (5). 

Figure 7 shows that the electrical resistivity of the nanoscale-amorphous material is about three 

orders of magnitude higher than for the micron-crystalline material. Since conductivity is the 

inverse of resistivity, this means the electrical conductivity of the Co0.95Pd0.05Te0.05Sb2.95 material 

has been reduced by three orders of magnitude by going from a micron-crystalline to a 

nanoscale-amorphous material. Figure 8 shows that Seebeck coefficient of the 

Co0.95Pd0.05Te0.05Sb2.95 powders has also been reduced by transforming the micron-crystalline to a 

nanoscale-amorphous material. At room temperature, the Seebeck coefficient of the amorphousnanoscale material is about a factor of 11 times lower than for the micron-crystalline material. 

From these two results, it is apparent that becoming a nanoscale-amorphous material lowered the 

electrical performance of the Co0.95Pd0.05Te0.05Sb2.95 material. Y. Lan et al. (5) suggested that the 
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mean free path for electrons in doped silicon (Si)-germanium (Ge) TE materials is about 5 nm. If 

a similar mean free path exists for the Co0.95Pd0.05Te0.05Sb2.95 material, then it would be expected 

that if the grain size of the nanoscale material is about 70 nm, and since the mean free path for 

the electrons is less than the grain’s dimensions, that reducing the grain size from a 1 μm to 

70 nm would have no effect on the electrical properties. Hence, in a first approximation, this 

suggests that a decrease in electrical properties is related to the change in structure from 

crystalline to amorphous. The lattice thermal conductivity for the nanoscale-amorphous material 

was lower than for the micron-crystalline material. This is in agreement with predictions that 

reducing the grain size increases the number of interfaces for phonon scattering (2, 3, 5) and that 

an amorphous material has a lower thermal conductivity than a crystalline material (9).

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Co0.95Pd0.05Te0.05Sb2.95 powders after cold-pressing.

The dimensionless figure of merit (ZT) is plotted for the nanoscale-amorphous and microncrystalline Co0.95Pd0.05Te0.05Sb2.95 materials in figure 9. Figure 9 shows that going from a microncrystalline to a nanoscale-amorphous material drastically reduced the values of ZT. This is 

expected from equation 1―the large decrease in the electrical conductivity (figure 7) and 

Seebeck coefficient (figure 8) as the structure changed from micron-crystalline to nanoscaleamorphous and the corresponding decrease in thermal conductivity as the structure changed. 

This reduction in ZT is most likely due to the change in structure from crystalline to amorphous. 

The ZT results for the micron-crystalline material are in very good agreement with literature 

values for n-type CoSb3 (2, 3, 7, 8).
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5. Conclusions

A novel electrochemical method has been used to transform an n-type skutterudite, 

Co0.95Pd0.05Te0.05Sb2.95, from a starting material having a crystalline structure with a grain size of 

about 1 μm into a material with an amorphous structure with a nanoscale grain size of 70 nm. 

DSC revealed that crystallization of the amorphous Co0.95Pd0.05Te0.05Sb2.95 powders occurred

between 220–260 °C. This finding was confirmed by x-ray diffraction. The TE properties of both 

materials were evaluated on cold-pressed samples, without hot-pressing/sintering, so as to retain 

the amorphous character of the powders. Hence, a direct comparison between the two materials 

could be obtained. The electrical resistivity (4-point), Seebeck coefficient, and ZT of the 

nanoscale-amorphous material were greatly reduced compared to the micron-crystalline starting 

material. We suggest that the major cause for this reduction is the change in structure from 

crystalline to amorphous. If this istrue, then we suggest heating the amorphous material above 

the crystallization temperature in order to transform it back into a crystalline material. We

believe that the nanoscale-crystalline material will have a higher ZT compared to the starting 

micron-crystalline material as a result of the increased grain boundaries to scatter phonons, and 

hence, will have a lower thermal conductivity.
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List of Symbols, Abbreviations, and Acronyms

ARL U.S. Army Research Laboratory 

BET Brunauer-Emmett-Teller 

CoSb3 cobalt triantimonide

DME 1,2-dimethoxyethane 

DSC differential scanning calorimetry 

Ge germanium 

Li lithium 

LiBF4 lithium tetrafluoroborate 

Ni nickel 

NMP N-methylpyrrolidinone 

PC propylene carbonate 

Pd palladium 

PVDF polyvinylidene fluoride 

Sb antimony

SEI solid electrolyte interface

Si silicon

Te telluride 

TE thermoelectric
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WASHINGTON DC 20402

1 US ARMY RSRCH LAB

ATTN RDRL CIM G 

T LANDFRIED

BLDG 4600

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND 

MD 21005-5066

18 US ARMY RSRCH LAB

ATTN IMNE ALC HRR MAIL & 

RECORDS MGMT

ATTN RDRL CIM L TECHL LIB

ATTN RDRL CIM P TECHL PUB

ATTN RDRL SED C 

J WOLFENSTINE (15 COPIES)

ADELPHI MD 20783-1197

TOTAL: 26 (24 HCS, 1 CD, 1 ELECT)