1143. Fe-Cr2元合金およびFe-Cr-Ni3元合金の熱起電力とXPS分析による価電子領域の電子状態の関係

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In order to clarify the mechanism behind the change in thermoelectric power (TEP) of Fe-Cr binary alloys and Fe-Cr-Ni ternary alloys due to Cr concentration, using these alloys with various Cr concentrations, dependence of TEP on Cr concentration was investigated. According to the Mott-Jones theory, TEP is largely related to electron density of states at the Fermi level. The electron density of states for the alloys in valence band was measured with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and theoretically calculated TEP from the XPS spectrum was compared with experimentally measured TEP. Electron density of states in valence band of the both alloys changed due to Cr concentration, and the theoretically calculated TEP from XPS spectrum and the experimentally measured TEP similarly changed with Cr concentration. We think that the change in TEP with Cr concentration is due to the change in electron density of states with Cr concentration.