Effect of Sr substitution for Ca on the Ca3Co4O 9 thermoelectric properties

Ca3-xSrxCo4O9 polycrystalline thermoelectric ceramics with small amounts of Sr have been synthesized by the classical solid state method. Microstructural characterizations have shown that all the Sr has been incorporated into the Ca3Co4O9 and Ca3Co2O 6 structures and no Sr-based secondary phases hav...

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Autores: Constantinescu, G., Rasekh, Sh., Torres, M. A., Diez, J. C., Madre, M. A., Sotelo, Andres
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión enviada para evaluación y publicación
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/117557
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/117557
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Sintering
Cobaltites
Electrical properties
Thermopower
Doping
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Sumario:Ca3-xSrxCo4O9 polycrystalline thermoelectric ceramics with small amounts of Sr have been synthesized by the classical solid state method. Microstructural characterizations have shown that all the Sr has been incorporated into the Ca3Co4O9 and Ca3Co2O 6 structures and no Sr-based secondary phases have been produced. Apparent density measurements have shown that samples slightly increase their density until 0.05 Sr content, decreasing for higher contents. Electrical resistivity decreases and Seebeck coefficient slightly raises when Sr content increases until 0.07 Sr addition. The improvement in both parameters leads to higher power factor values than the usually obtained in samples prepared by the conventional solid state routes and close to those obtained in textured materials. © 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.