Significant enhancement in thermoelectric properties of polycrystalline Pr-doped SrTiO3−δ ceramics originating from nonuniform distribution of Pr dopants | Zendy

Arash Mehdizadeh Dehkordi | Zendy; Sriparna Bhattacharya | Zendy; Jian He | Zendy; Husam N. Alshareef | Zendy; Terry M. Tritt | Zendy

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Significant enhancement in thermoelectric properties of polycrystalline Pr-doped SrTiO3−δ ceramics originating from nonuniform distribution of Pr dopants

Author(s) -

Arash Mehdizadeh Dehkordi,

Sriparna Bhattacharya,

Jian He,

Husam N. Alshareef,

Terry M. Tritt

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

applied physics letters

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.182

H-Index - 442

eISSN - 1077-3118

pISSN - 0003-6951

DOI - 10.1063/1.4875925

Subject(s) - thermoelectric effect , materials science , figure of merit , doping , crystallite , seebeck coefficient , thermal conductivity , grain boundary , thermoelectric materials , ceramic , condensed matter physics , dopant , atmospheric temperature range , analytical chemistry (journal) , optoelectronics , composite material , thermodynamics , metallurgy , chemistry , microstructure , physics , chromatography

Recently, we have reported a significant enhancement ( >70% at 500 °C) in the thermoelectric power factor (PF) of bulk polycrystalline Pr-doped SrTiO3 ceramics employing a novel synthesis strategy which led to the highest ever reported values of PF among doped polycrystalline SrTiO3. It was found that the formation of Pr-rich grain boundary regions gives rise to an enhancement in carrier mobility. In this Letter, we investigate the electronic and thermal transport in Sr1− x Pr x TiO3 ceramics in order to determine the optimum doping concentration and to evaluate the overall thermoelectric performance. Simultaneous enhancement in the thermoelectric power factor and reduction in thermal conductivity in these samples resulted in more than 30% improvement in the dimensionless thermoelectric figure of merit (ZT) for the whole temperature range over all previously reported maximum values. Maximum ZT value of 0.35 was obtained at 500 °C

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