Published September 5, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

The thermal-transport properties of the Ca3-xAgxCo4O9 system (0≤x≤0.3)

  • 1. Center for Condensed Matter Science and Technology (CCMST), Department of Physics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001 (China)

Description

Polycrystalline Ca3-xAgxCo4O9 (0≤x≤0.3) samples were prepared by solid-state reaction and their thermo-transport properties were studied from 5 K to room temperature. With the substitution of Ag+ for Ca2+, the internal chemical pressure induced by Ag+ doping has a strong effect on the transport properties of such a strongly correlated Fermi liquid system. The electrical conductivity and the thermoelectric power increase simultaneously because of the enhancement of carrier concentration and the change of carrier mobility. The thermal conductivity decreases monotonically up to x = 0.3 due to the Ag ion acting as a rattler in the system. These results showed that the thermoelectric performance of the Ca3Co4O9 system can be improved by doping with Ag

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/0953-8984/19/35/356216;
PII
S0953-8984(07)46231-2;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
19
Journal Issue
35
Journal Page Range
p. 356216
ISSN
0953-8984
CODEN
JCOMEL