Category: Transient Plane Source
Author(s): Ankam Bhaskar, Chia-Jyi Liu, Z.-R. Lin
Keywords: electrical resistance, Iodometric Titration, Thermal Conductivity, Thermoelectric Materials, Thermopower, Transient Plane Source Technique, X-ray Diffraction
Abstract: Thermoelectric materials are currently being researched as a source of energy in order to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The efficiency of these materials depends on their Seebeck coefficient, electrical resistivity, and thermal conductivity, as well as the absolute temperature. Cobalt oxides (Ca3Co4O9+delta) have been researched extensively as potential thermoelectric materials because of their high Seebeck coefficient and low electrical resistivity and thermal conductivity. Systems have been studied with partial replacement of the cations in either the calcium or the cobalt sites and it has been found that partial replacement of calcium with bismuth improved the electrical conductivity. The same is true for the partial replacement of cobalt with iron. This article examined the thermoelectric properties of systems involving the partial replacement of calcium and cobalt with bismuth and iron respectively. It was found that the Ca2.95Bi0.05Co3.85Fe0.15O9+ delta sample gave the highest power factor, which was 23% higher than that of the undoped sample, and the Ca2.95Bi0.05Co3.95Fe0.05O9+ delta sample showed an 11% improvement in its dimensionless figure of merit in comparison to the undoped sample.
Reference: Energy Conversion and Management 76 (2013) 63-67
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2013.07.009