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Improvement in thermoelectric properties of (ZnO)5In2O3 through partial substitution of yttrium for indium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Masaki Kazeoka ,
Hidenori Hiramatsu ,
Won-Seon Seo  and
Kunihito Koumoto
Masaki Kazeoka
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464–01, Japan
Hidenori Hiramatsu
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464–01, Japan
Won-Seon Seo
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464–01, Japan
Kunihito Koumoto
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464–01, Japan
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Abstract

We first measured the thermoelectric properties of layer-structured homologous compounds, (ZnO)mIn2O3 (m = integer), and reported that they would becomecandidate materials for high-temperature thermoelectric energy conversion.1–4 We further tried to improve their thermoelectric properties by partially substituting yttrium for indium in (ZnO)5In2O3. Though the ionic radius of Y3+ is larger than that of In3+, the a-axis (hexagonal system) elongated and c-axis shrank as Y was substituted for In. The thermoelectric properties were found to vary with a varying amount of Y substitution; 3% Y substitution gave rise to the largest thermoelectric figure of merit, i.e., 1.1 - 1.3 × 10-4 K-1 at 960–1100 K. The abnormal change in the lattice structure by Y substitution was responsible for the unusual behavior of the thermoelectric properties.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 13 , Issue 3 , March 1998 , pp. 523 - 526
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998

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