Growth of Anodic Aluminum Oxide Templates and the Application in Fabrication of the BiSbTe-Based Thermoelectric Nanowires

Table 1

Effects of deposition voltage on the composition of the (Bi,Sb)_2−𝑥Te_3+𝑥-based materials; the deposition time was 60 min. Electrolyte formula was (a) 0.03 M Bi(NO₃)₃-5H₂O and 0.04 M TeCl₄ (b) 0.01 M Bi(NO₃)₃-5H₂O, 0.01 M SbCl₃, and 0.01 M TeCl₄, respectively.

Compositions	0.03 M Bi(NO3)3-5H2O and 0.04 M TeCl4		0.01 M Bi(NO3)3-5H2O, 0.01 M SbCl3, and 0.01 M TeCl4
Potential (V)	Te	Bi	Sb	Te	Bi
0.0 V			0	94.5	5.5
−0.2 V	61.855	38.15	5.32	89.22	5.54
−0.3 V	63.48	36.52	37.35	44.05	18.61
−0.4 V	56.94	43.07	36.23	44.01	19.78
−0.5 V	64.1	35.9	41.42	33.72	24.86
−0.6 V	70.23	29.77	45.15	44.75	10.11