Published April 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

Thermoelectricity of nanocomposites containing TiO2-CoO coaxial nanocables

  • 1. Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606 (United States)
  • 2. Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973 (United States)

Description

TiO2-CoO coaxial nanocables were deposited into anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) nanoporous templates to form nanocomposite materials. Electron microscopic analysis was conducted to reveal their structures. Seebeck coefficients of the composites were measured. The highest absolute value of Seebeck coefficient is 393 μV K-1 for the TiO2 nanotube-filled AAO. The TiO2-CoO coaxial nanocable-filled AAO has a lower absolute value of 300 μV K-1. Both composites showed n-type behavior. The effect of Ag nanoparticles addition on the thermoelectric behavior was also examined.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2010.12.038

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.scriptamat.2010.12.038;
PII
S1359-6462(10)00868-7;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Scripta Materialia
Journal Volume
64
Journal Issue
8
Journal Page Range
p. 745-748
ISSN
1359-6462
CODEN
SCMAF7

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