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2006 , Vol. 21 >Issue 2: 387 - 391

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3724/SP.J.1077.2006.00387

Research Paper

Thermoelectric Properties of Highly Textured NaCo2O4 Ceramics

  • CHENG Jin-Guang ,
  • SUI Yu ,
  • FU Hai-Jin ,
  • QIAN Zheng-Nan ,
  • LIU Zhi-Guo ,
  • MIAO Ji-Peng ,
  • SU Wen-Hui
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  • Center for Condensed Matter Science and Technology, Department of Applied Physics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China

Received date: 2005-03-11

  Revised date: 2005-04-19

  Online published: 2006-03-20

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Abstract

NaCo2O4 thermoelectric oxide ceramics with high crystallographic anisotropy were synthesized successfully by combining the traditional solid-state reaction and cold high pressure compacting method. XRD and SEM measurements show that the sintering after cold-high-pressure compacting is helpful to align the c-axis of layered grain within the sample along the pressing direction, i.e. the sample is highly textured. The thermoelectric properties of NaCo2O4, measured below room temperature exhibit a metallic behavior in both the resistivity ρ and Seebeck
coefficient S. The sign of S is positive, indicating a p-type thermoelectric material. Compared with the samples prepared with other methods, although the thermal conductivity is higher due to the suppression of the phonon scattering by grain boundary or point defect, the above sample exhibits lower ρ and higher S which leads to the improvement of the ZT value that reaches 0.013 at 300K.

Key words： NaCo2O4 ceramics; high texture; thermoelectric properties

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CHENG Jin-Guang , SUI Yu , FU Hai-Jin , QIAN Zheng-Nan , LIU Zhi-Guo , MIAO Ji-Peng , SU Wen-Hui . Thermoelectric Properties of Highly Textured NaCo2O4 Ceramics[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2006 , 21(2) : 387 -391 . DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1077.2006.00387

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