Phase relations in the Tl2 Te–TlBiТe2 –TlTbTe2 system

Samira Z.  Imamaliyeva; Ganira I Alakbarzade; Dunya M. Babanly; Marina V.  Bulanova; Vagif A. Gasymov; Mahammad B. Babanly

doi:10.17308/kcmf.2021.23/3296

Samira Z. Imamaliyeva Institute of Catalysis and Inorganic Chemistry of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, 113 H. Javid ave., Baku AZ-1143, Azerbaijan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8193-2122
Ganira I Alakbarzade Azerbaijan National Aerospace Agency, 159 Azadlig ave, AZ-1106, Baku, Azerbaijan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8500-0007
Dunya M. Babanly Institute of Catalysis and Inorganic Chemistry of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, 113 H. Javid ave., Baku AZ-1143, Azerbaijan; Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University, French-Azerbaijani University (UFAZ), 16/21 Azadlıq prospekti, Baku AZ-1101, Azerbaijan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8330-7854
Marina V. Bulanova Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science, NASU, 3 Krzhizhanovsky st., Kiev 03142, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8691-0982
Vagif A. Gasymov Institute of Catalysis and Inorganic Chemistry of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, 113 H. Javid ave., Baku AZ-1143, Azerbaijan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6233-5840
Mahammad B. Babanly Institute of Catalysis and Inorganic Chemistry of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, 113 H. Javid ave., Baku AZ-1143, Azerbaijan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5962-3710

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17308/kcmf.2021.23/3296

Keywords: Tl2 Te–TlBiТe2 –TlTbTe2 system, , phase equilibria, solid solutions, powder X-ray diffraction, crystal lattice, topological insulators

Abstract

The phase equilibria in the Tl₂Te–TlBiТe₂–TlTbTe₂ concentration area of the Tl–Bi–Tb-Te quaternary system were investigated by using the differential thermal analysis and powder X-ray diffraction techniques. The diagram of the solid-phase equilibria of this system at room temperature was constructed. It was established that the Tl9BiTe6–Tl9TbTe6 section divides the Tl₂Te–TlBiТe₂–TlTbTe₂ system into two independent subsystems. It was found that the Tl₂Te–Tl₉BiTe₆–Tl₉TbTe6 subsystem is characterized by the formation of a wide field of solid solutions with a Tl₅Te₃ structure (δ-phase) that occupy more than 90% of the area of the concentration triangle. The results of X-ray phase analysis of alloys of the Tl₉BiTe₆–Tl₉TbTe₆–TlTbTe₂–
TlBiТe₂ subsystem showed the formation of wide regions of solid solutions based on TlTbTe₂ and TlBiTe₂ along the section of TlTbTe₂–TlBiTe₂ ((β₁- and β₂-phases) and made it possible to determine the location of the heterogeneous phase regions in this subsystem. The parameters of crystal lattices of mutually saturated compositions of the β₁-, β₂-, and δ-phases are calculated from powder diffraction patterns.
The paper also presents some polythermal sections, isothermal sections at 740 and 780 K of the phase diagram, as well as projections of the liquidus and solidus surfaces of the Tl₂Te–Tl₉BiТe₆–Tl₉TbTe₆ subsystem. The liquidus surface consists of three fields of the primary crystallization of α (Tl2Te)-, δ- and β1-phase. The constructed isothermal sections clearly demonstrate that the directions of the tie lines do not coincide with the T–x planes of the studied internal sections, which is characteristic of non-quasi-binary polythermal sections. The obtained new phases are of interest as potential thermoelectric and magnetic materials.

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Author Biographies

Samira Z. Imamaliyeva, Institute of Catalysis and Inorganic Chemistry of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, 113 H. Javid ave., Baku AZ-1143, Azerbaijan

PhD in Chemistry,
Assistance Professor, Institute of Catalysis and
Inorganic Chemistry, Azerbaijan National Academy of
Sciences, Baku, Azerbaijan; e-mail: samira9597a@gmail.com

Ganira I Alakbarzade, Azerbaijan National Aerospace Agency, 159 Azadlig ave, AZ-1106, Baku, Azerbaijan

PhD student, Azerbaijan
National Aerospace Agency, Baku, Azerbaijan; e-mail:
alakbarzadegi@gmail.com

Dunya M. Babanly, Institute of Catalysis and Inorganic Chemistry of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, 113 H. Javid ave., Baku AZ-1143, Azerbaijan; Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University, French-Azerbaijani University (UFAZ), 16/21 Azadlıq prospekti, Baku AZ-1101, Azerbaijan

y, DSc in Chemistry, Assistance
Professor, Institute of Catalysis and Inorganic
Chemistry, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences,
Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University, Baku,
Azerbaijan; e-mail: dunya.babanly@ufaz.az.

Marina V. Bulanova, Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science, NASU, 3 Krzhizhanovsky st., Kiev 03142, Ukraine

DSc in Chemistry, Leading
Researcher, I. M. Frantsevich Institute for Problems of
Materials Science, NAS of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine;
e-mail: mvbulanova2@gmail.com

Vagif A. Gasymov, Institute of Catalysis and Inorganic Chemistry of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, 113 H. Javid ave., Baku AZ-1143, Azerbaijan

PhD in Chemistry, Assistance
Professor, Institute of Catalysis and Inorganic
Chemistry, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences,
Baku, Azerbaijan; e-mail: v-gasymov@rambler.ru.

Mahammad B. Babanly, Institute of Catalysis and Inorganic Chemistry of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, 113 H. Javid ave., Baku AZ-1143, Azerbaijan

DSc in Chemistry, Professor,
Associate Member of the Azerbaijan National Academy
of Sciences, Deputy-director of the Institute of
Catalysis and Inorganic Chemistry, Azerbaijan
National Academy of Sciences, Baku State University,
Baku, Azerbaijan; e-mail: babanlymb@gmail.com.

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