Grain boundary engineered, multilayer graphene incorporated LaCoO3 composites with enhanced thermoelectric properties

Enhancement of thermoelectric properties by virtue of decreased electrical resistance through grain boundary engineering is realised in this study. A robust strategy of optimisation of the transport properties by tuning the energy filtering effects at the interfaces by decreasing the interfacial ele...

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Published in:Ceramics international 2022-09, Vol.48 (17), p.24454-24461
Main Authors: Davis, Nithya, R, Althaf, Muraleedharan, Sreepriya, Thiruvenkatam, Vijayaraghavan, Mayandi, Jeyanthinath, Finstad, Terje G., Razanau, Ihar, Novikau, Uladzimir, Ashok, Anuradha M.
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Language:English
Subjects:
Electrical conductivity
Grain boundary engineering
LaCoO3
Multi-layer graphene
Oxides
Perovskite
Seebeck coefficient
Thermoelectrics
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Summary:Enhancement of thermoelectric properties by virtue of decreased electrical resistance through grain boundary engineering is realised in this study. A robust strategy of optimisation of the transport properties by tuning the energy filtering effects at the interfaces by decreasing the interfacial electrical resistance is achieved in LaCoO3 (LCO). This is accomplished by the incorporation of multilayer graphene within the parent LCO matrix containing multi-scale nano/micro grains. The present work has attained a substantial increment in electrical conductivity from a value of 96 Scm-1 for bare LCO to ∼5300 Scm-1 at 750 K by incorporating 0.08 wt% multilayer graphene in LCO. No significant change in thermal conductivity is observed due to the presence of multilayer graphene in LCO. A zT of 0.33 at 550 K for 0.08 wt% multi-layer graphene incorporated LCO composite is achieved which is the highest thermoelectric figure of merit value for undoped LCO reported until now.
ISSN:0272-8842
1873-3956
DOI:10.1016/j.ceramint.2022.05.054