An accepted finding

By systematically adjusting the tellurium content in Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3-x, the composition with x = 0.15 was identified as optimal, achieving a peak dimensionless figure of merit (ZT) of 1.18 at 360 K.

acceptedReleased 1 September 2026

What this release adjudicated

The claim this release targets is recorded accepted.

This record covers one claim. There is currently no way to list every claim in an adjudicated release, so this page covers the one claim this release names. It publishes no value for any other claim, though what is recorded against this release names 12 of them - C10, C11, C12, C13, C14, C15, C2, C5, C6, C9, run-xie-live-009-review-constraint-am03-peak-location, series:zT - without adjudicating them here.

Target claim state
accepted
Claim
C1

The claim in full

The value this release accepted, with the passage it was read from.

Figure of merit zt

1.18dimensionlessat 360 K

As the publication words it

By systematically adjusting the tellurium content in Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3-x, the composition with x = 0.15 was identified as optimal, achieving a peak dimensionless figure of merit (ZT) of 1.18 at 360 K.

In the retained source

By systematically adjusting the tellurium content in Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3-x, the composition with x = 0.15 was identified as optimal, achieving a peak dimensionless figure of merit (ZT) of 1.18 at 360 K.

Value 182 to 186Temperature 190 to 193

Also matched in this passage, and not marked because it overlaps the marked parts: Reported wording 0 to 196.

Locator: candidate C1 source quote

Unit and where it came from

Normalized unit
Dimensionless (UCUM 1)
Unit provenance
Not read from the source

A normalized or derived unit may still be correct. What this says is that the source supplied nothing the unit could be bound to.

a dimensionless quantity prints no unit surface beside its value; what follows it here is a condition or prose, and the resolved unit is legitimately derived, not read

This is not missing data. A dimensionless quantity has no unit characters to print beside its value, so the normalized unit is legitimately derived rather than read from the page.

How the value was normalized

none (reported unit retained); profile unit table

Source wording grouped for this value

No grouping was released for this value. It is not reconstructed from nearby text.

Where each part came from
Each part of this value, and whether it was read from the retained source
PartProvenanceFrom the source
ValueRead from the source

1.18

normalized to 1.18

How: how Value was normalized

source typography folded one character to one; thousands separators removed; none (reported unit retained); profile unit table

Reported wordingRead from the source

By systematically adjusting the tellurium content in Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3-x, the composition with x = 0.15 was identified as optimal, achieving a peak dimensionless figure of merit (ZT) of 1.18 at 360 K.

normalized to By systematically adjusting the tellurium content in Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3-x, the composition with x = 0.15 was identified as optimal, achieving a peak dimensionless figure of merit (ZT) of 1.18 at 360 K.

How: how Reported wording was normalized

source typography folded one character to one; sole occurrence in the retained passage as its own token

UnitNot read from the source
Why not: why Unit was not read from the source

a dimensionless quantity prints no unit surface beside its value; what follows it here is a condition or prose, and the resolved unit is legitimately derived, not read

TemperatureRead from the source

360

normalized to 360

How: how Temperature was normalized

source typography folded one character to one; thousands separators removed; sole stated temperature of the retained passage in kelvin

Technical identity
Claim
C1
Property
materials:has_figure_of_merit_zt
Specimens
S_bar_x015, S_disk_x015
Reported subjects
parallel piped with the dimensions of 5 × 5 × 15 mm, the pellet specimen with a dimension of 2 mm in thickness and 23 mm in diameter
Qualifiers
materials:qualifier-cross-specimen-derivation, materials:qualifier-direction-unresolved
Rights scope
REDISTRIBUTABLE
Locator
candidate C1 source quote
Byte offset
3750
Source artifact
sha256:ea3b36a27b075b0b837cb1aa9c6a785f507e918b89f04ad870a4e776f8127f81
Quoted content
sha256:efafe56136192fde3540d5f0c2e1d3c68e2154732c35a8f28f2cba726e5dab43
Selected content
sha256:efafe56136192fde3540d5f0c2e1d3c68e2154732c35a8f28f2cba726e5dab43
Selection method
matter.quote-selection/2026-08-31.1: derive_text (multi-reader normalization, kernel-identical) over the retained snapshot bytes, then exact match of the raw quote or of exactly one pass of HTML character-reference decoding, requiring exactly one unambiguous occurrence and anchoring the source-native characters

Evidence considered

0 pieces of evidence were released with this record, grouped by the relation each bears to the claim. A count is scope, not confidence: a larger number does not make the claim stronger.

0

anchor verified

0

attested only

0

comparable contradiction

0

unresolved

No evidence bundles were released with this record. That is not a statement that none exist.

Every count, by relation
Directly supporting
0
Independent
0
Qualified
0
Contradicting
0
Duplicates
0
Not comparable
0
Unresolved
0

What this record does not establish

6 flags and 8 gaps are recorded against this record.

  • run-xie-live-009-review-constraint-am03-peak-location [medium] needs_expert_review: violated: curve maximum 1.283 at 307 K vs claimed peak at 360 K (curve reads 1.164 there; central difference 0.119)

    open review item / medium / recorded against this claim and run-xie-live-009-review-constraint-am03-peak-location, series:zT

  • intra-source variant: 1.15 (As a result, a maximum ZT value of approximately 1.15 at 360 K was obtained, indicating excellent energy conversion efficiency.) vs 1.18; both retained with anchors, no canonical pick

    intra source variant / recorded against this claim and C2

  • intra-source variant: 1.18 (Among the three compositions, the sample with x = 0.15 exhibited the highest ZT value, reaching approximately 1.18 at 360 K.) vs 1.18; both retained with anchors, no canonical pick

    intra source variant / recorded against this claim and C14

  • intra-source variant: 1.18 (The optimized composition with x = 0.15 exhibited superior thermoelectric properties, achieving a maximum dimensionless ZT of approximately 1.18 at 360 K.) vs 1.18; both retained with anchors, no canonical pick

    intra source variant / recorded against this claim and C15

  • materials:qualifier-cross-specimen-derivation

    governed qualifier / recorded against this claim

  • materials:qualifier-direction-unresolved

    governed qualifier / recorded against this claim

What would close a gap

  • measurement direction vs press axis unresolved (materials:qualifier-direction-unresolved)

    measurement direction unresolved / recorded against this claim

    Closes with: a direction statement from the source or authors

  • unsupported claim C5 (run-xie-live-009-review-support-C5): scientifically unsupported: resolved_unit_ucum: the printed unit surface 'and 346 S cm-1, respectively.' rewrites to 'and.346.S.cm-1,.respectively.', which is not the 'S/cm' this claim resolved from; temperature_k: the retained passage states no temperature '300', so the condition this reading is published under was not read from it

    unsupported claim / recorded against C5

    Closes with: a corrected claim over a passage shown to state every component

  • unsupported claim C6 (run-xie-live-009-review-support-C6): scientifically unsupported: temperature_k: the retained passage states no temperature '300', so the condition this reading is published under was not read from it

    unsupported claim / recorded against C6

    Closes with: a corrected claim over a passage shown to state every component

  • unsupported claim C9 (run-xie-live-009-review-support-C9): scientifically unsupported: temperature_k: the retained passage states no temperature '300', so the condition this reading is published under was not read from it

    unsupported claim / recorded against C9

    Closes with: a corrected claim over a passage shown to state every component

  • unsupported claim C10 (run-xie-live-009-review-support-C10): scientifically unsupported: temperature_k: the retained passage states no temperature '300', so the condition this reading is published under was not read from it

    unsupported claim / recorded against C10

    Closes with: a corrected claim over a passage shown to state every component

  • unsupported claim C11 (run-xie-live-009-review-support-C11): scientifically unsupported: temperature_k: the retained passage states no temperature '300', so the condition this reading is published under was not read from it

    unsupported claim / recorded against C11

    Closes with: a corrected claim over a passage shown to state every component

  • unsupported claim C12 (run-xie-live-009-review-support-C12): scientifically unsupported: temperature_k: the retained passage states no temperature '300', so the condition this reading is published under was not read from it

    unsupported claim / recorded against C12

    Closes with: a corrected claim over a passage shown to state every component

  • unsupported claim C13 (run-xie-live-009-review-support-C13): scientifically unsupported: temperature_k: the retained passage states no temperature '300', so the condition this reading is published under was not read from it

    unsupported claim / recorded against C13

    Closes with: a corrected claim over a passage shown to state every component

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Citing this record

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Claim
C1
Release
sha256:76ad2621b33fff9289870ba93798a56c2891364400cf1a6937070a8bb02a04b0

Details

Release
sha256:76ad2621b33fff9289870ba93798a56c2891364400cf1a6937070a8bb02a04b0
Release id
mrel:release-run-xie-live-009
Released
1 September 2026, 09:28 UTC
Grammar profile
mrel:profile-v0.3
Kernel
0.7.0

compiled by the matter stage machine; every artifact digest-pinned; controlled custody never releases bytes

How this record was built
  • pinned release id: mrel:release-run-xie-live-009
  • field-level anchors: every refined claim carries quoted and selected content digests into its retained source artifact
  • value origins: reported values via anchored quotes; series via the recorded digitization campaign (occluded points labeled as derived estimates); adjudication inputs retained and attributed
Bound artifacts (14)
Artifacts bound to this release
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Validation
Run
run-xie-live-009-validation-run
Profile
mrel:profile-v0.3
  • abstained materials:constraint-am01-pf-selfconsistency

    abstained (missing_operand): requires seebeck, sigma, and reported power factor

  • satisfied materials:constraint-am02-zt-selfconsistency

    PF*T/kappa = 1.163 vs digitized 1.164 (+0.06%)

  • violated materials:constraint-am03-peak-location

    curve maximum 1.283 at 307 K vs claimed peak at 360 K (curve reads 1.164 there; central difference 0.119)