Journal of Electronic Materials

, Volume 40, Issue 5, pp 1083–1086 | Cite as

Thermoelectric Performance of Zn and Nd Co-doped In2O3 Ceramics

  • Yong Liu
  • Yuan-Hua Lin
  • Jinle Lan
  • Bo-Ping Zhang
  • Wei Xu
  • Ce-Wen Nan
  • Hongmin Zhu
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Polycrystalline In2O3 ceramics co-doped with Zn and Nd were prepared by the spark plasma sintering (SPS) process, and microstructure and thermoelectric (TE) transport properties of the ceramics were investigated. Our results indicate that co-doping with Zn2+ and Nd3+ shows a remarkable effect on the transport properties of In2O3-based ceramics. Large electrical conductivity (~130 S cm−1) and thermopower (~220 μV K−1) can be observed in these In2O3-based ceramic samples. The maximum power factor (PF) reaches 5.3 × 10−4 W m−1 K−2 at 973 K in the In1.92Nd0.04Zn0.04O3 sample, with a highest ZT of ~0.25.

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Thermoelectric In2O3 electrical transport 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Yong Liu
    • 1
    • 2
  • Yuan-Hua Lin
    • 2
  • Jinle Lan
    • 2
  • Bo-Ping Zhang
    • 3
  • Wei Xu
    • 4
  • Ce-Wen Nan
    • 2
  • Hongmin Zhu
    • 1
  1. 1.School of Metallurgical and Ecological EngineeringUniversity of Science and Technology BeijingBeijingPeople’s Republic of China
  2. 2.State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, Department of Materials Science and EngineeringTsinghua UniversityBeijingPeople’s Republic of China
  3. 3.School of Materials Science and EngineeringUniversity of Science and Technology BeijingBeijingPeople’s Republic of China
  4. 4.Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Institute of High Energy PhysicsChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingPeople’s Republic of China

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