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Oxidation protective glass–ceramic coating for higher manganese silicide thermoelectrics

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In this work, a silica-based glass–ceramic coating has been deposited on higher manganese silicide (HMS) thermoelectrics in order to provide oxidation protection at high temperature (up to 600 °C). The coating showed good densification behaviour and an excellent thermomechanical and chemical compatibility with the HMS substrate, suppressing the silica scale formation on the HMS at high temperatures. The thermoelectric properties of the glass–ceramic-coated HMS showed excellent stability after oxidation at 600 °C in air for 500 h.

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  1. College of Science, Donghua University, 2999 North Renmin Road, Shanghai, China

    Huanpo Ning

  2. School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK

    Michael J. Reece

  3. Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy

    Federico Smeacetto & Milena Salvo

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Ning, H., Reece, M.J., Smeacetto, F. et al. Oxidation protective glass–ceramic coating for higher manganese silicide thermoelectrics. J Mater Sci 51, 9484–9489 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-016-0192-1

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