Thermoelectric Properties of Highly Textured Ca-Doped (ZnO)mIn2O3 Ceramics

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Highly textured Ca-doped (ZnO)mIn2O3 ($m$ is an integer) ceramics were fabricated by the reactive templated grain growth (RTGG) method and their thermoelectric properties were examined. Platelike ZnSO4$\cdot$3Zn(OH)2 particles were used as reactive templates and mixed with In2O3 and CaCO3 powders into a stack of tapes. In situ formation and subsequent sintering resulted in textured Ca-doped (ZnO)mIn2O3 ceramics. The electrical conductivity of the textured specimen along the $ab$-plane was almost two times larger than that of the textured specimen along the $c$-axis and about 30% larger than that of a nontextured specimen. On the other hand, the Seebeck coefficients of the textured specimen exhibited a small anisotropy. The thermal conductivity of the RTGG specimen along the $ab$-plane was higher than that of the RTGG specimen along the $c$-axis. However, both specimens showed similar values at high temperatures. As a result, the Ca-doped specimen along the $ab$-plane with a composite phase of (ZnO)3In2O3 and (ZnO)4In2O3 showed a $ZT$ value of 0.31 (at 1053 K), compared with 0.23 (at 1053 K) for the nontextured specimen.
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2004-10-15