The invention discloses a
bismuth telluride-based thermoelectric material preparation method, which comprises the steps of S1, weighing high-purity Bi, Te and Sb elementary substance
powder as raw materials according to a P-type
bismuth telluride thermoelectric material
chemical formula (Bi1-ySby) 2Te3; s2, pouring the uniformly
mixed materials into a
quartz crucible, placing the
quartz crucible in a closed
atmosphere furnace, introducing protective gas into the furnace, and inserting a fixed stirring
paddle; raising the temperature of the
atmosphere furnace constantly, lowering a stirring
paddle for forced stirring after reaching a set temperature, raising the stirring
paddle after constant-temperature intensified
smelting for a period of time, and taking out a product after cooling the product to
room temperature along with the furnace; and S3, uniformly refining the product obtained in the step S2 into
powder, filling the
powder into a mold, compacting and
sintering to obtain the high-performance
bismuth telluride-based thermoelectric material. The
bismuth telluride-based thermoelectric material prepared through the method is more uniform in
alloy component, smaller in grain size and more excellent in thermoelectric performance, and compared with a traditional
zone melting method and a
smelting-annealing method, the method is easy to operate, simple and convenient in process and suitable for large-scale commercial production.