Reprocessing Leading to Lower Thermal Conductivity of ZnO Thermoelectrics
New Advances in Materials Science and Engineering Vol. 2,
Page 90-96
Abstract
Nanometer sized ZnO powder was co-doped with gamma aluminum oxide and gallium oxide and sintered using a direct current sintering furnace. Sintered samples were reprocessed by crushing the samples in a Carver press, then milling for 4 hours. The reprocessed samples were then re-sintered in the direct current sintering furnace. Heat capacity, density and thermal diffusivity were measured in order to determine thermal conductivity as a function of temperature. Thermoelectric properties were measured. It was found that the thermal conductivity decreased from 7 W/m K to 3.5 W/m K at 805K by using the reprocessing technique. It is projected that the value will be less than 2 W/m K and the figure of merit greater than 0.65 at 1400K.
Keywords:
- Thermoelectric
- oxide
- thermal conductivity
- reprocessing
- direct current sintering
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