The invention discloses a method for connecting a
skutterudite thermoelectric material and an
electrode by using a high-entropy
alloy and soft pure
metal composite intermediate layer, and relates to a method for connecting the
skutterudite thermoelectric material and the
electrode. The objective of the invention is to solve the problems of large interface
residual stress and easy
cracking of an electric connection joint of an existing
skutterudite thermoelectric material and an
electrode. The method comprises the following steps: 1, cleaning a skutterudite thermoelectric material and an electrode; 2, preparing a composite intermediate layer of
soft metal and high-entropy
alloy by using methods such as
electroplating,
physical vapor deposition, sheet or
powder intercalation
hot pressing and the like, and performing
diffusion welding connection on the
cobalt ore thermoelectric material and the electrode by using the composite intermediate layer; the material of the
soft metal layer comprises but is not limited to Ni, Cu, Fe, Al, Nb, Au, Ag or Pt; and the components of the high-entropy
alloy layer comprise but are not limited to an Al-Co-Cr-Fe-Ni
system, an Fe-Co-Ni-Cr-Mn
system, an Fe-Co-Ni-Cu
system, a Mo-Co-Cr-Fe-Ni system, an Hf-Nb-Ta-Ti-Zr system, an Nb-Ti-V-Zr system and an Mo-Nb-Re-Ta-W system. The skutterudite thermoelectric material obtained by utilizing the composite lamination of the
soft metal intermediate layer and the high-entropy alloy intermediate layer and the
electrode contact have low contact resistivity, extremely high
thermal stability and high
mechanical property of a connection interface at the same time. The method is suitable for connecting the skutterudite thermoelectric material and the electrode.