A preliminary study of the thermoelectric properties of thorium arsenide, Th3As4

Abstract Compacts of thorium arsenide, Th 3 As 4 , and its solid solutions with iron, cobalt, nickel, calcium and barium sulphides, uranium arsenide, and thorium antimonide have been prepared by hot pressing. A thorium arsenide-antimonide solid solution is shown to have thermoelectric properties at 700°C that suggest this system should be studied further as a potential n -type thermoelectric generator material.