TY - GEN
T1 - Thermoelectric properties of layered perovskite-type Nb-doped SrO(SrTiO3)n (n = 1, 2) Ruddlesden-Popper phases
AU - Lee, K. H.
AU - Ohta, H.
AU - Koumoto, K.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Thermoelectric (TE) properties of natural superlattice Ruddlesden-Popper (RP) phases were measured to elucidate their potential as TE materials, and the origin of the TE properties was discussed from the viewpoint of the shape of the TiO6 octahedron. Compared with the cubic perovskite-type phase Nb-doped SrTiO3, efficient reduction of the lattice thermal conductivity was observed by more than 50% at room temperature and 30% at 1000 K. There was a decrease in electrical conductivity owing to the randomly distributed insulating SrO layers in polycrystalline RP phases, and it was found that large TE power can be obtained in conjunction with high symmetry TiO 6 octahedra.
AB - Thermoelectric (TE) properties of natural superlattice Ruddlesden-Popper (RP) phases were measured to elucidate their potential as TE materials, and the origin of the TE properties was discussed from the viewpoint of the shape of the TiO6 octahedron. Compared with the cubic perovskite-type phase Nb-doped SrTiO3, efficient reduction of the lattice thermal conductivity was observed by more than 50% at room temperature and 30% at 1000 K. There was a decrease in electrical conductivity owing to the randomly distributed insulating SrO layers in polycrystalline RP phases, and it was found that large TE power can be obtained in conjunction with high symmetry TiO 6 octahedra.
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U2 - 10.1109/ICT.2006.331285
DO - 10.1109/ICT.2006.331285
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:46149091783
SN - 1424408105
SN - 9781424408108
T3 - International Conference on Thermoelectrics, ICT, Proceedings
SP - 81
EP - 84
BT - Proceedings ICT'06 - 25th International Conference on Thermoelectrics
T2 - ICT'06 - 25th International Conference on Thermoelectrics
Y2 - 6 August 2006 through 10 August 2006
ER -