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LSCO Ceramics as Possible Thermoelectric Material for Low Temperature Applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Julio E. Rodríguez
Julio E. Rodríguez*
Affiliation:
jerodriguezl@unal.edu.co, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Department of Physics, Apartado Aereo 85814, Bogotá, N/A, Colombia, +57 1 3165000 ext. 13034, +57 1 3165135
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Abstract

Seebeck coefficient S(T), thermal conductivity κ(T) and electrical resistivity ρ(T) measurements on polycrystalline La1.85Sr0.15CuO4-δ (LSCO) compounds grown by solid-state reaction method were carried out in the temperature range between 100 and 290K. The obtained samples were submitted to annealing processes of different duration in order to modify their oxygen stoichiometry. The Seebeck coefficient is positive over the measured temperature range and its magnitude increases with the annealing time up to reach values close to 150 µV/K. The electrical resistivity exhibits a metallic behavior, in all samples, ρ(T) takes values less than 1mΩ-cm. As the annealing time increases, the total thermal conductivity increases up to values close to 3 W/K-m. From S(T), κ(T) and ρ(T) data, the thermoelectric power factor (PF) and the dimensionless figure of merit (ZT) were determined. These parameters reach maximum values around 25 µW/K2-cm and 0.18, respectively. The observed behavior in the transport properties become these compounds potential thermoelectric materials, which could be used in low temperature thermoelectric applications.

Keywords

thermoelectricityceramicelectrical properties
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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1044: Symposium U – Thermoelectric Power Generation , 2007 , 1044-U06-19
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2008

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