Bi2Ca2Co1.7Ox thermoelectric ceramics textured by laser floating zone method
[EN] Thermoelectric performance on cobaltite ceramics can be increased raising the electrical conductivity. This can be performed by increasing grain size and aligning them along a preferential direction by the Laser Floating Zone (LFZ) method. In this work, Bi2Ca2Co1.7Ox ceramics have been directio...
| Autores: | , , , , , |
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2008 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repositorio: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/9544 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/9544 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Electrical properties Cobaltites Thermoelectric power Propiedades eléctricas Cobaltitas Poder termoeléctrico |
| Sumario: | [EN] Thermoelectric performance on cobaltite ceramics can be increased raising the electrical conductivity. This can be performed by increasing grain size and aligning them along a preferential direction by the Laser Floating Zone (LFZ) method. In this work, Bi2Ca2Co1.7Ox ceramics have been directionally grown at three different speeds, 15, 30 and 50 mm/h. It has been found a small influence of the growth conditions on the thermoelectric properties. In all the cases, the microstructure shows alternated cobaltite layers with small CoO inclusions. In despite, the thermopower is higher than usual in misfit cobaltites obtained by conventional solid state routes. This preliminary result originates probably from oxygen vacancies. |
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