What a publication reports
Enhancement in thermoelectric properties due to Ag nanoparticles incorporated in Bi2Te3 matrix
Srashti Gupta, Dinesh Chandra Agarwal, Bathula Sivaiah and 6 others (2019), Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology
source-reported / not adjudicatedRelease 8a705913ba5b, released 11 September 2026Turn on scripting to keep a reference with an investigation.
Shown as the publication reported them. Nothing here has been adjudicated, corroborated against another source, or promoted to an accepted conclusion.
What this publication reports
3 values across 1 property and 2 served specimens, at stated temperatures from 300 to 600 K.
Seebeck coefficient (3).
The publication's own wording is the fourth column, past the edge of this screen: the table scrolls sideways inside its box and the property stays in place while it does.
| Property | Value, as served | Condition | As the publication words it |
|---|---|---|---|
| S_zem3_sample_0wt_Ag_573K2 values. Made in step 3, preparation of measurement specimens for Ulvac ZEM3 instrument. | |||
| Seebeck coefficientC3 | 2.6e-5 V/K | 300 K | 26 µV/K |
| Seebeck coefficientC4 | -6.9e-5 V/K | 600 K | −69 µV/K |
| S_zem3_sample_5wt_Ag_573K1 value. Made in step 3, preparation of measurement specimens for Ulvac ZEM3 instrument. | |||
| Seebeck coefficientC5 | -0.000111 V/K | 600 K | −111 µV/K |
A condition is the temperature a value was published under, as this release states it. Rows are in served order: nothing is ranked, converted or joined into a curve, and a shared property does not make two rows comparable.
Nothing is recorded against the values this release published. That is not a statement that none exist.
How the specimens were prepared
The record's own steps, in order, each with the passage it was read from.
grinding and pressing into pellets
No input specimen servedproducesS_pellet_0wt_Ag_573K, S_pellet_2wt_Ag_573K, S_pellet_5wt_Ag_573K, S_pellet_10wt_Ag_573K, S_pellet_15wt_Ag_573K, S_pellet_20wt_Ag_573K, S_pellet_5wt_Ag_773K, S_pellet_20wt_Ag_773K
The powder mixtures were well grinded and pressed to pellets.
annealing under Ar atmosphere for 1 h
S_pellet_0wt_Ag_573K, S_pellet_2wt_Ag_573K, S_pellet_5wt_Ag_573K, S_pellet_10wt_Ag_573K, S_pellet_15wt_Ag_573K, S_pellet_20wt_Ag_573K, S_pellet_5wt_Ag_773K, S_pellet_20wt_Ag_773KproducesS_pellet_0wt_Ag_573K, S_pellet_2wt_Ag_573K, S_pellet_5wt_Ag_573K, S_pellet_10wt_Ag_573K, S_pellet_15wt_Ag_573K, S_pellet_20wt_Ag_573K, S_pellet_5wt_Ag_773K, S_pellet_20wt_Ag_773K
These pellets were then annealed at 573 or 773 K for 1 h under Ar atmosphere.
preparation of measurement specimens for Ulvac ZEM3 instrument
S_pellet_0wt_Ag_573K, S_pellet_2wt_Ag_573K, S_pellet_5wt_Ag_573K, S_pellet_10wt_Ag_573K, S_pellet_15wt_Ag_573K, S_pellet_20wt_Ag_573K, S_pellet_5wt_Ag_773K, S_pellet_20wt_Ag_773KproducesS_zem3_sample_0wt_Ag_573K, S_zem3_sample_2wt_Ag_573K, S_zem3_sample_5wt_Ag_573K, S_zem3_sample_10wt_Ag_573K, S_zem3_sample_15wt_Ag_573K, S_zem3_sample_20wt_Ag_573K, S_zem3_sample_5wt_Ag_773K, S_zem3_sample_20wt_Ag_773K
Temperature-dependent thermoelectric measurements were carried out for all samples with size using a commercial instrument (Ulvac, ZEM3).
One value, in full
Reading C3 of 3 published values. Pick another row above; this link opens exactly this value.
Interpretation
Seebeck coefficient
2.6e-5V/Kat 300 K
- Method
- Not stated by supported metadata
Specimen S_zem3_sample_0wt_Ag_573K, made in step 3, preparation of measurement specimens for Ulvac ZEM3 instrument.
into the active investigation
As the publication words it
26 µV/K
Unit and where it came from
- Normalized unit
- V/K
- Unit provenance
- Read from the source
The unit was read from µV/K in the retained passage.
How the value was normalized
unit_conversion uV/K -> V/K (x0.000001), profile unit table
Source wording grouped for this value
No grouping was released for this value. It is not reconstructed from nearby text.
Exactly as this release served them. Not a score, and not a statement that the publication's own reading is correct.
Technical identity
- Claim
- C3
- Property
- materials:has_seebeck_coefficient
- Standing
- source_reported
- State
- CANDIDATE
- Specimens
- S_zem3_sample_0wt_Ag_573K
- Rights scope
- REDISTRIBUTABLE
- Locator
- candidate C3 source quote
- Byte offset
- 20289
- Source artifact
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- Quoted content
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- Selected content
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- Selection method
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Evidence in the retained source
In the retained source
At room temperature, S has a minimum the lowest value of ca. 26 µV/K for Ag-free Bi2Te3, which increases to a maximum value at 5% Ag.
Temperature 3 to 19Value 61 to 63Unit 64 to 68
Also matched in this passage, and not marked because it overlaps the marked parts: Reported wording 61 to 68.
The other parts of this value
- Value
Read from the retained source and checkedRead from the retained source and checked
Read as 26 in the retained passage.
source typography folded one character to one; thousands separators removed; unit_conversion uV/K -> V/K (x0.000001), profile unit table
- Temperature
Read from the retained source and checkedRead from the retained source and checked
Read as room temperature in the retained passage.
source typography folded one character to one; the retained passage says room temperature, read as 300 K under the stated room-temperature rule
- Reported wording
Read from the retained source and checkedRead from the retained source and checked
Read as 26 µV/K in the retained passage.
source typography folded one character to one; sole occurrence in the retained passage as its own token
Highlighted: read from this passage and checked against it. Unmarked: no such reading was released, or the release says it could not read it - not evidence against the value.
What this record did not publish
6 of 9 claim entries were withheld, each with the reason the compiler recorded. A withholding is a typed result, not a gap in this page.
Claims this release withheld
| Claim | Recorded reason | Candidate and passage, where kept |
|---|---|---|
| C1 | component_support: scientifically unsupported: resolved_unit_ucum: the printed unit surface '(Ω cm)-1' rewrites to '(Ω/cm)', which is not the 'S/cm' this claim resolved from; temperature_k: the retained passage states 2 temperatures in kelvin, and which one this reading holds at is a relation this record cannot verify from the retained passage alone | Candidate structured value, withheld Withheld, not published Electrical conductivity 14800 S/m at 300 K Candidate wording 148 (Ω·cm)−1 Retained source passage The highest electrical conductivity at 300 K is ca. 148 (Ω·cm)−1 for Ag-free Bi2Te3, which decreases by ca. 94% after addition of Ag up to 20% and annealing at 573 K. Value 52 to 55 Also matched in this passage, and not marked because it overlaps the marked part: Reported wording 52 to 64. |
| C2 | component_support: scientifically unsupported: resolved_unit_ucum: the printed unit surface '(Ω cm)-1' rewrites to '(Ω/cm)', which is not the 'S/cm' this claim resolved from; temperature_k: the retained passage states 2 temperatures in kelvin, and which one this reading holds at is a relation this record cannot verify from the retained passage alone | Candidate structured value, withheld Withheld, not published Electrical conductivity 29700 S/m at 600 K Candidate wording 297 (Ω·cm)−1 Retained source passage The conductivity of Ag-free Bi2Te3 measured at 600 K is ca. 297 (Ω·cm)−1, which decreases by ca. 88% for 20% Ag annealed at 573 K. Value 60 to 63 Also matched in this passage, and not marked because it overlaps the marked part: Reported wording 60 to 72. |
| C6 | component_support: scientifically unsupported: temperature_k: the retained passage states no temperature '600', so the condition this reading is published under was not read from it | Candidate structured value, withheld Withheld, not published Seebeck coefficient -0.000101 V/K at 600 K Candidate wording −101 µV/K Retained source passage At higher Ag contents, there is a decrease to S ≈ −101 µV/K for 10%, S ≈ −95 µV/K for 15% and S ≈ −53 µV/K for 20%. Value 50 to 54Unit 55 to 59 Also matched in this passage, and not marked because it overlaps the marked parts: Reported wording 50 to 59. |
| C7 | component_support: scientifically unsupported: temperature_k: the retained passage states no temperature '600', so the condition this reading is published under was not read from it | Candidate structured value, withheld Withheld, not published Seebeck coefficient -9.5e-5 V/K at 600 K Candidate wording −95 µV/K Retained source passage At higher Ag contents, there is a decrease to S ≈ −101 µV/K for 10%, S ≈ −95 µV/K for 15% and S ≈ −53 µV/K for 20%. Value 73 to 76Unit 77 to 81 Also matched in this passage, and not marked because it overlaps the marked parts: Reported wording 73 to 81. |
| C8 | component_support: scientifically unsupported: temperature_k: the retained passage states no temperature '600', so the condition this reading is published under was not read from it | Candidate structured value, withheld Withheld, not published Seebeck coefficient -5.3e-5 V/K at 600 K Candidate wording −53 µV/K Retained source passage At higher Ag contents, there is a decrease to S ≈ −101 µV/K for 10%, S ≈ −95 µV/K for 15% and S ≈ −53 µV/K for 20%. Value 98 to 101Unit 102 to 106 Also matched in this passage, and not marked because it overlaps the marked parts: Reported wording 98 to 106. |
| C9 | component_support: scientifically unsupported: numeric_value: no token inside the reported wording normalizes to '0.41' under the claim's declared transformation; resolved_unit_ucum: no token inside the reported wording normalizes to '0.41' under the claim's declared transformation; temperature_k: the retained passage states 2 temperatures in kelvin, and which one this reading holds at is a relation this record cannot verify from the retained passage alone | Candidate structured value, withheld Withheld, not published Power factor 0.41 mW/(m.K2) at 600 K Candidate wording 410 µW·m−1·K−2 Retained source passage For the samples annealed at 773 K, the power factor increases for 5% Ag at room temperature and the highest value of ca. 410 µW·m−1·K−2 is observed at 600 K. Reported wording 121 to 135 |
A claim withheld because its passage does not support a component keeps the candidate the extraction proposed beside the retained passage; the candidate is what the record could not fully support, never a value this release published.
How this record was built
The source was retained and candidate claims were read out of it. Of the 12 parts its published values could carry evidence for, 12 could be checked back against the retained page. Each step's quantity is drawn from the one above it.
The retained source
This release retained 4 source artifacts. Every passage on this page is read from those bytes and from nothing else.
- Source
- src-doi-12f2bb4260f9b810
- DOI
- 10.3762/bjnano.10.63
- Retrieved from
Retained source identity
- Source artifacts (4)
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What was read from it
9 claim entries were served for this release. 3 were published and 6 withheld, each with a stated reason.
9
claim entries served
3
published as values
6
withheld, with a reason
Counts describe scope. They are not a confidence score, and a larger number does not make a value stronger. Each figure counts claim entries the release served, one per claim id, not distinct scientific findings: two entries may report the same value, and both are kept with their own id, evidence and disposition rather than merged or judged to be one finding.
How much of each value is anchored
Of the 12 parts these values could carry evidence for, 12 were read from the retained source and checked against it.
12of 12
parts read from the source
3of 3
values whose passage is shown
0
values with something recorded
This table is wider than this screen: it scrolls sideways inside its box, and every column is there.
| Value | Number | Unit | Condition | Wording | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seebeck coefficient2.6e-5 V/K at 300 KC3 | Read from the retained source and checked | Read from the retained source and checked | Read from the retained source and checked | Read from the retained source and checked | |
| Seebeck coefficient-6.9e-5 V/K at 600 KC4 | Read from the retained source and checked | Read from the retained source and checked | Read from the retained source and checked | Read from the retained source and checked | |
| Seebeck coefficient-0.000111 V/K at 600 KC5 | Read from the retained source and checked | Read from the retained source and checked | Read from the retained source and checked | Read from the retained source and checked |
- Read from the retained source and checked
- Unavailable, with a stated reason
- No component evidence released
- This value has no such part
Citing this record
Cite the publication from the registry's metadata, and this record by its release. The bibliography is the registry's statement, not this release's.
Registry citation
Gupta, S., Agarwal, D. C., Sivaiah, B., Amrithpandian, S., Asokan, K., Dhar, A., Panigrahi, B. K., Avasthi, D. K. and Gupta, V. (2019) Enhancement in thermoelectric properties due to Ag nanoparticles incorporated in Bi2Te3 matrix. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.10.63
From CrossRef, looked up 2 November 2026, 21:34 UTC. Registry metadata, cited apart from the release below.
- DOI
- 10.3762/bjnano.10.63
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- Release
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- Release id
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- Released
- 11 September 2026, 14:30 UTC
- Grammar profile
- mrel:profile-v0.3
- Kernel
- 0.7.0
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Validation
- Run
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- Profile
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- abstained materials:constraint-am01-pf-selfconsistency
abstained (missing_operand): requires seebeck, sigma, and reported power factor
- abstained materials:constraint-am02-zt-selfconsistency
abstained (missing_operand): requires temperature and digitized zT
- abstained materials:constraint-am03-peak-location
abstained (missing_operand): requires digitized zT series and the claimed peak location