Influence of Addition of Alumina Nanoparticles on Thermoelectric Properties of La-Filled Skutterudite CoSb3 Compounds

作者: Takashi Itoh , Masaki Matsuhara

DOI: 10.2320/MATERTRANS.E-M2012821

关键词: Thermal conductivityChemical engineeringMaterials scienceMetallurgyThermoelectric materialsBall millNanoparticleThermoelectric effectSinteringAtmospheric temperature rangeSkutterudite

摘要: The CoSb3-based compound is a promising thermoelectric material useful in the temperature range of 600­900K. It, however, has higher thermal conductivity. Thus, reducing conductivity causes improvement performance. In this work, we tried to reduce by both filling La and dispersing alumina nanoparticles (ANPs) into compound. raw powders LaSb, Co, Ni, Sb Te were prepared. n-type La-filled was synthesized from using planetary ball mill. Then, ANPs added combined powder further mixed milling. mixture sintered pulse-discharge sintering method. combining phases samples characterized X-ray diffraction analysis. properties measured for samples. Influence addition on studied. Adding 0.05mass% reduced sample 0.5mass% or more increased electrical resistivity As result, had maximum performance ZT = 1.15 at 873K. [doi:10.2320/matertrans.E-M2012821]

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