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Chapter 9 Review of Thermoelectric Materials 9.1 Bismuth and Bismuth–Antimony Bismuth was one of the first thermoelectric materials to be studied, and for many years it was used in radiation thermopiles. It has a negative Seebeck coefficient when pure, and it was common practice to complete the thermocouple with another Group V element, antimony, which has a positive Seebeck coefficient. Bismuth and antimony have the same crystal symmetry as bismuth telluride and cleave easily along the basal planes. The Brillouin zone of bismuth is similar to that of bismuth telluride shown in Fi