期刊
JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS
卷 45, 期 3, 页码 1459-1463出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11664-015-4070-4
关键词
Al doped ZnO; SPS; thermoelectric materials; carbon nanotubes
资金
- Project NOXTHERMO'' by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research Germany [03FH003I2]
Thermoelectric oxides can provide the advantage of high-temperature stability in oxygen-containing atmospheres. It is known that the incorporation of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (mw-CNT) can change the thermoelectric as well as the structural properties of oxides. Here, we report the influence of mw-CNT on the thermoelectric properties of Al-doped ZnO (AZO). The preparation of the mw-CNT-added AZO was done using an ultrasonic mixing of the starting materials followed by a spark plasma sintering process under vacuum. The Seebeck coefficient S, thermal conductivity k and electrical conductivity sigma were determined in the temperature range between 300 K and 900 K. It was observed that the thermal conductivity is significantly reduced by the incorporation of the mw-CNT. At the same time, the electrical conductivity is increased by a factor of 21 from 8700 S/m to 190,000 S/m. The Power factor PF = S-2 sigma indicates that the addition of mw-CNT improves the thermoelectric properties of Al doped ZnO in comparison to the reference sample prepared with same process but without mw-CNT.
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