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  • substantial thermal conductivity reduction in mischmetal skutterudites mmxco4sb12 prepared under High Pressure Conditions due to uneven distribution of the rare earth elements
    Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2019
    Co-Authors: Federico Serranosanchez, Jesus Pradogonjal, Norbert M Nemes, N Biskup, O J Dura, J L Martinez, Javier Gainza, F Fauth
    Abstract:

    Thermoelectric mischmetal-filled MmxCo4Sb12 (Mm: natural cocktail of rare-earth elements, mostly Ce and La) skutterudites have been synthesized and sintered in one step under High-Pressure Conditions at 3.5 GPa in a piston–cylinder hydrostatic press. Synchrotron X-ray diffraction patterns display a splitting of the diffraction peaks ascribed to purely Ce-, and Mm-filled skutterudite phases, which have been analyzed and confirmed by High-resolution TEM and EELS. A total thermal conductivity (κ) of 1.51 W m−1 K−1 is measured at 773 K for Mm0.5Co4Sb12, below that of other filled skutterudites, which is promoted by the enhanced phonon scattering over a broad range of the phonon spectrum due to the inhomogeneous and nanoscale mischmetal inclusion. Compared to undoped CoSb3 skutterudite synthesized by conventional methods, κ is reduced by a factor of 3, while the power factor is also substantially enhanced.

F Fauth - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • substantial thermal conductivity reduction in mischmetal skutterudites mmxco4sb12 prepared under High Pressure Conditions due to uneven distribution of the rare earth elements
    Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2019
    Co-Authors: Federico Serranosanchez, Jesus Pradogonjal, Norbert M Nemes, N Biskup, O J Dura, J L Martinez, Javier Gainza, F Fauth
    Abstract:

    Thermoelectric mischmetal-filled MmxCo4Sb12 (Mm: natural cocktail of rare-earth elements, mostly Ce and La) skutterudites have been synthesized and sintered in one step under High-Pressure Conditions at 3.5 GPa in a piston–cylinder hydrostatic press. Synchrotron X-ray diffraction patterns display a splitting of the diffraction peaks ascribed to purely Ce-, and Mm-filled skutterudite phases, which have been analyzed and confirmed by High-resolution TEM and EELS. A total thermal conductivity (κ) of 1.51 W m−1 K−1 is measured at 773 K for Mm0.5Co4Sb12, below that of other filled skutterudites, which is promoted by the enhanced phonon scattering over a broad range of the phonon spectrum due to the inhomogeneous and nanoscale mischmetal inclusion. Compared to undoped CoSb3 skutterudite synthesized by conventional methods, κ is reduced by a factor of 3, while the power factor is also substantially enhanced.

  • low thermal conductivity in la filled cobalt antimonide skutterudites with an inhomogeneous filling factor prepared under High Pressure Conditions
    arXiv: Materials Science, 2018
    Co-Authors: Federico Serranosanchez, Jesus Pradogonjal, Norbert M Nemes, N Biskup, M Varela, O J Dura, J L Martinez, M T Fernandezdiaz, F Fauth, J A Alonso
    Abstract:

    La-filled skutterudites LaxCo4Sb12 (x : 0.25 and 0.5) have been synthesized and sintered in one step under High-Pressure Conditions at 3.5 GPa in a piston-cylinder hydrostatic press. The structural properties of the reaction products were characterized by synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction, clearly showing an uneven filling factor of the skutterudite phases, confirmed by transmission electron microscopy. The non-homogeneous distribution of La filling atoms is adequate to produce a significant decrease in lattice thermal conductivity, mainly due to strain field scattering of High-energy phonons. Furthermore, the lanthanum filler primarily acts as an Einstein-like vibrational mode having a strong impact on the phonon scattering. Extra-low thermal conductivity values of 2.39 W/mK and 1.30 W/mK are measured for La0.25Co4Sb12 and La0.5Co4Sb12 nominal compositions at 780 K, respectively. Besides this, lanthanum atoms have contributed to increase the charge carrier concentration in the samples. In the case of La0.25Co4Sb12, there is an enhancement of the power factor and an improvement of the thermoelectric properties.

Jesus Pradogonjal - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • substantial thermal conductivity reduction in mischmetal skutterudites mmxco4sb12 prepared under High Pressure Conditions due to uneven distribution of the rare earth elements
    Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2019
    Co-Authors: Federico Serranosanchez, Jesus Pradogonjal, Norbert M Nemes, N Biskup, O J Dura, J L Martinez, Javier Gainza, F Fauth
    Abstract:

    Thermoelectric mischmetal-filled MmxCo4Sb12 (Mm: natural cocktail of rare-earth elements, mostly Ce and La) skutterudites have been synthesized and sintered in one step under High-Pressure Conditions at 3.5 GPa in a piston–cylinder hydrostatic press. Synchrotron X-ray diffraction patterns display a splitting of the diffraction peaks ascribed to purely Ce-, and Mm-filled skutterudite phases, which have been analyzed and confirmed by High-resolution TEM and EELS. A total thermal conductivity (κ) of 1.51 W m−1 K−1 is measured at 773 K for Mm0.5Co4Sb12, below that of other filled skutterudites, which is promoted by the enhanced phonon scattering over a broad range of the phonon spectrum due to the inhomogeneous and nanoscale mischmetal inclusion. Compared to undoped CoSb3 skutterudite synthesized by conventional methods, κ is reduced by a factor of 3, while the power factor is also substantially enhanced.

  • low thermal conductivity in la filled cobalt antimonide skutterudites with an inhomogeneous filling factor prepared under High Pressure Conditions
    arXiv: Materials Science, 2018
    Co-Authors: Federico Serranosanchez, Jesus Pradogonjal, Norbert M Nemes, N Biskup, M Varela, O J Dura, J L Martinez, M T Fernandezdiaz, F Fauth, J A Alonso
    Abstract:

    La-filled skutterudites LaxCo4Sb12 (x : 0.25 and 0.5) have been synthesized and sintered in one step under High-Pressure Conditions at 3.5 GPa in a piston-cylinder hydrostatic press. The structural properties of the reaction products were characterized by synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction, clearly showing an uneven filling factor of the skutterudite phases, confirmed by transmission electron microscopy. The non-homogeneous distribution of La filling atoms is adequate to produce a significant decrease in lattice thermal conductivity, mainly due to strain field scattering of High-energy phonons. Furthermore, the lanthanum filler primarily acts as an Einstein-like vibrational mode having a strong impact on the phonon scattering. Extra-low thermal conductivity values of 2.39 W/mK and 1.30 W/mK are measured for La0.25Co4Sb12 and La0.5Co4Sb12 nominal compositions at 780 K, respectively. Besides this, lanthanum atoms have contributed to increase the charge carrier concentration in the samples. In the case of La0.25Co4Sb12, there is an enhancement of the power factor and an improvement of the thermoelectric properties.

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Hiyoshizo Kotsuki - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.