Published September 15, 1989 | Version v1
Journal article

Thermal conductivity of La3-xRxS4 where R=Sm, Eu, and Yb

  • 1. Ames Laboratory and Department of Materials, Science and Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 (USA)

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The thermal diffusivity values of La2.7Sm0.3S4 , La2.3Sm0.7S4 , La2.7Eu0.3S4 , La2.2Eu0.8S4 , La2.8Yb0.2S4 , and La2.3Yb0.7S4 were measured by the flash diffusivity method from 400 to 1000 degree C. The values ranged from 0.007 to 0.018 cm2 /s. The thermal conductivities of the six ternary rare-earth sulfides were calculated from the thermal diffusivity data and ranged from 10.7 to 31.6 mW/cm degree C. Of the alloys measured, La2.2Eu0.8S4 had the highest thermoelectric figure of merit at 1000 degree C (0.52x10-3 degree C-1). All of the samples had an oxysulfide present at the grain boundaries which degraded their high-temperature performance

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Journal Title
Journal of Applied Physics
Journal Volume
66
Journal Issue
6
Series
J. Appl. Phys.
Journal Page Range
2356-2362
ISSN
0021-8979
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