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Samples of β-SiC/Si ecoceramics with a silicon concentration of ∼21 vol % have been prepared using a series of consecutive procedures (carbonization of sapele wood biocarbon, synthesis of high-porosity biocarbon with channel-type pores, infiltration of molten silicon into empty channels of the biocarbon, formation of β-SiC, and retention of residual silicon in channels of β-SiC). The electrical resistivity ρ and thermal conductivity κ of the β-SiC/Si ecoceramic samples have been measured in the temperature range 5–300 K. The values of ρ chanSi (T) and κ chanSi (T) have been determined for silicon Sichan located in β-SiC channels of the synthesized β-SiC/Si ecoceramics. Based on the performed analysis of the obtained results, the concentration of charge carriers (holes) in Sichan has been estimated as p ∼ 1019 cm−3. The factors that can be responsible for such a high value of p have been discussed. The prospects for practical application of β-SiC/Si ecoceramics have been considered.
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Original Russian Text © L.S. Parfen’eva, T.S. Orlova, B.I. Smirnov, I.A. Smirnov, H. Misiorek, J. Mucha, A. Jezowski, A. Gutierrez-Pardo, J. Ramirez-Rico, 2012, published in Fizika Tverdogo Tela, 2012, Vol. 54, No. 10, pp. 2003–2011.
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Parfen’eva, L.S., Orlova, T.S., Smirnov, B.I. et al. Electrical resistivity and thermal conductivity of SiC/Si ecoceramics prepared from sapele wood biocarbon. Phys. Solid State 54, 2132–2141 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063783412100289
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