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Metal-like electrical conductivity in LaSrTiMoO oxides for high temperature thermoelectric power generation

Dalton Transactions, ISSN: 1477-9234, Vol: 46, Issue: 18, Page: 5872-5879
2017
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Increasing electrical conductivity in oxides, which are inherently insulators, can be a potential route in developing oxide-based thermoelectric power generators with higher energy conversion efficiency. In the present work, environmentally friendly non-toxic double perovskite LaSrTiMoO (LSTM) ceramics were synthesized using a solid-state reaction route by optimizing the sintering temperature and atmosphere for high temperature thermoelectric applications. Rietveld refinement of XRD data confirmed a single-phase solid solution with a cubic structure in these double perovskites with the space-group Pm3m. SEM studies showed a highly dense microstructure in these ceramics. High electrical conductivity on the order of 10 S m and large carrier concentration (∼10 cm) were obtained in these materials. The temperature-dependent electrical conductivity measurement showed that the LSTM ceramics exhibit a semiconductor to metal transition. Thermopower (S) measurements demonstrated the conductivity switching from a p-type to n-type behavior at higher temperature. A temperature dependent Seebeck coefficient was further explained using a model for coexistence of both types of charge carriers in these oxides. A conductivity mechanism of these double perovskites was found to be governed by a small polaron hopping model.

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