Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Effects of Sm Doping on the High Temperature Thermoelectric Properties of Ca3Co4O9+δ-based Compounds

WANG Dong-Li1,2; CHEN Li-Dong2; BAI Sheng-Qiang2; LI Jian-Guo1   

  1. 1. School of Materials Science and Engineering; Shanghai Jiaotong University; Shanghai 200030; China; 2. State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure; Shanghai Institute of Ceramics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shanghai 200050; China
  • Received:2003-10-08 Revised:2003-11-18 Published:2004-11-20 Online:2004-11-20

Abstract: Ca3-xSmxCo4O9+δ(x=0, 0.15, 0.3 and 0.45) polycrystalline samples were prepared by using
sol-gel process followed by SPS sintering. Their thermoelectric properties were carefully studied from room temperature to 1000K. The substitution of
Sm for Ca results in the increase of both Seabeck coefficient and electrical resistivity, which could be attributed to the decrease of carrier concentrations.
The Sm substituted samples (x=0.15, 0.3) have lower thermal conductivity than Ca3Co4O9+δ due to their lower electronic and lattice
thermal conductivities. The dimensionless figure of merit ZT reaches 0.3 at 1000K for the sample of Ca2.7Sm0.3Co4O9+δ.

Key words: Seebeck coefficients, thermoelectric material, figure of merit

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