Mudd, S.R., Zhu, Y., Montesdeoca, E.C. et al. (3 more authors) (2025) Thermoelectric properties of A-site deficient reduced Sr0.775La0.15-xEuxTiO3-δ (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.15). Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 45 (2). 116901. ISSN 0955-2219
Abstract
There are numerous different schemes to improve the figure of merit (ZT) in oxide thermoelectrics, including creating additional electrons using oxygen vacancies, chemical doping, and A-site nonstoichiometry. A-site deficient (Sr,La)0.925TiO3- δ has shown promise as an n-type oxide thermoelectric; herein, additional A-site substitutional doping with Eu was used to improve ZT, through a combination of A-site size mismatch and non-stoichiometry. A solid solution series Sr0.775La0.15-xEuxTiO3-δ (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.15) was synthesised, showing a modest improvement in thermoelectric properties for x = 0.05, with a ZT of 0.18 at 600 °C, vs a ZT of 0.16 in the end member composition. Upon full characterisation, the additional electrons provided by the formation of oxygen vacancies were being used up by reduction of the added europium dopants, leading to a drop in electrical conductivity, and correspondingly, ZT. This gives a useful perspective in choosing dopants for schemes such as these.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2024 The Authors. Under a Creative Commons license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Keywords: | Thermoelectrics; oxides; doping; thermal conductivity |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EP/P02470X/1 Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EP/P025285/1 Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EP/S019367/1 Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EP/R00661X/1 INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM OF NANOTECHNOLOGIES UNSPECIFIED ROYAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING (THE) RF1516/15/21 ROYAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING (THE) RF1516\15\21 ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL EP/V051296/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 23 Sep 2024 15:38 |
Last Modified: | 25 Feb 2025 11:23 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier BV |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2024.116901 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:217516 |