Influence of excess SrO on the thermoelectric properties of heavily doped SrTiO3 ceramics

Yifeng Wang, Chunlei Wan, Xiaoyan Zhang, Liming Shen, Kunihito Koumoto, Arunava Gupta, Ningzhong Bao

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Abstract

The effects of excess SrO on the thermoelectric properties of n-type SrTiO3 have been investigated through a comparative study of different polycrystalline ceramic samples. These include Gd-doped SrTiO 3 with varying SrO, nominally in the form of Ruddlesden-Popper phase of SrO(SrTiO3)n with n 5, 10, and 20, and previously reported analogues with n 1, 2, and (i.e., stoichiometric SrTiO3). As compared with stoichiometric SrTiO3, with increasing SrO excess (i.e., decreasing n value), the electrical conductivity is found to decrease more substantially than the thermal conductivity, while the Seebeck coefficient remains almost unaffected with n in the range of 5-20.

Original languageEnglish
Article number183905
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume102
Issue number18
DOIs
StatePublished - 6 May 2013

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