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We present a study on the synthesis of Bi₂Te_2.7Se_0.3 powders through an oxide reduction process and also on the effect of the oxide reduction process on the thermoelectric transport properties of the resulting Bi₂Te_2.7Se_0.3 compounds. Starting materials of Bi₂O₃, TeO₂ and SeO₂ were mechanical milled for homogeneous mixing, and then..... More

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We report the thermoelectric transport properties of n-type Bi₂Te_2.7Se_0.3 compounds prepared by oxide-reduction process. The oxide-reduction process is a recently developed method that can synthesize Bi2Te3-based compounds using only oxide starting materials, which is advantageous in terms of the diversity of the starting materials and cost efficiency. In this study,..... More

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This study conducted an analysis of the carbothermal reduction of oxidized WC/Co hardmetal scrap with solid carbon under an argon and hydrogen gas atmosphere. The WC/Co hardmetal scrap oxide consisted of WO₃ and CoWO₄. WO₃ was reduced before CoWO₄ by the solid carbon regardless of gas atmosphere. The simple oxide..... More