Aydemir, U. and Candolfi, C. and Ormeci, A. and Baitinger, M. and Oeschler, N. and Steglich, F. and Grin, Yu (2014) High temperature thermoelectric properties of the type-I clathrate Ba_8Ni_xGe_(46−x−y□y). Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 26 (48). Art. No. 485801. ISSN 0953-8984. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20150106-135219256
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Abstract
Polycrystalline samples of the type-I clathrate Ba_8Ni_xGe_(46−x−y□y) were synthesized for 0.2 ≤ x ≤ 3.5 by melt quenching and for 3.5<x ≤ 6.0 by melting with subsequent annealing at 700 °C. The maximum Ni content in the clathrate framework at this temperature was found to be x ≈ 4.2 atoms per unit cell. Thermoelectric and thermodynamic properties of the type-I clathrate were investigated from 300 to 700 K by means of electrical resistivity, thermopower, thermal conductivity and specific heat measurements. As the Ni content increases, the electronic properties gradually evolve from a metallic character (x < 3.5) towards a highly doped semiconducting state (x ≥ 3.5). Below x ≈ 4.0 transport is dominated by electrons, while further addition of Ni (x ≈ 4.2) switches the electrical conduction to p-type. Maximum value of the dimensionless thermoelectric figure of merit ZT ≈ 0.2 was achieved at 500 K and 650 K for x ≈ 2.0 and x ≈ 3.8, respectively.
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| Additional Information: | © 2014 IOP Publishing Ltd. Received 12 August 2014, revised 30 September 2014. Accepted for publication 13 October 2014. Published 6 November 2014. The authors thank Petra Scheppan, Renate Hempel-Weber and members of the Kompetenzgruppe Struktur for providing experimental support. CC acknowledges the financial support of the CNRS-MPG program. YuG gratefully acknowledges financial support by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SPP 1386). | |||||||||
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| Subject Keywords: | clathrate, thermoelectric, thermal conductivity | |||||||||
| Issue or Number: | 48 | |||||||||
| Classification Code: | PACS: 72.15.Jf, 81.40.Ef, 65.40.Ba, 65.40.G- | |||||||||
| Record Number: | CaltechAUTHORS:20150106-135219256 | |||||||||
| Persistent URL: | https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20150106-135219256 | |||||||||
| Official Citation: | High temperature thermoelectric properties of the type-I clathrate Ba8NixGe46−x−y□y U Aydemir et al 2014 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 26 485801 | |||||||||
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| ID Code: | 53219 | |||||||||
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| Deposited By: | Ruth Sustaita | |||||||||
| Deposited On: | 09 Jan 2015 16:44 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 09 Mar 2020 13:18 |
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