Effects of praseodymium doping on thermoelectric transport properties of CaMnO_3 compound system  

作　　者：张飞鹏 牛保成 张坤书 张忻 路清梅 张久兴 

机构地区：[1]Institute of Physics,Henan University of Urban Construction [2]Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials,Chinese Ministry of Education,College of Materials Science and Engineering,Beijing University of Technology

出　　处：《Journal of Rare Earths》2013年第9期885-890,共6页稀土学报（英文版）

基　　金：Project supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(50801002);Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation(2112007);Basic and Advanced Technology Research Project of Henan Province(132300410071)

摘　　要：The rare earth Pr doped Ca1-xPrxMnO3 （x=0, 0.06, 0.08, 0.1, 0.12, and 0.14） compound bulk samples were prepared to study the effect of Pr doping on thermoelectric transport properties of CaMnO3 compound system. The doped samples exhibited sin-gle phase composition within the experimental doping range, with condensed bulk microstructure and small porosities. The electrical resistivity was remarkably reduced for doped samples, on account of the enhanced carrier concentration;the absolute value of See-beck coefficient was deteriorated mainly due to enhanced electron carrier concentration. The electrical performances of the doped samples reflected by resistivity and Seebeck coefficient fluctuations were optimistically tuned, with an optimized power factor value of 0.342 mW/（m·K2） at 873 K for x=0.08 sample, which was very much higher comparing with that of the un-doped sample. The lattice thermal conduction was really confined, leading to distinctly repressed total thermal conductivity. The thermoelectric per-formance was noticeably improved by Pr doping and the dimensionless figure of merit ZT for the Ca0.92Pr0.08MnO3 compound was favorably optimized with the maximum value 0.16 at 873 K.The rare earth Pr doped Ca1-xPrxMnO3 （x=0, 0.06, 0.08, 0.1, 0.12, and 0.14） compound bulk samples were prepared to study the effect of Pr doping on thermoelectric transport properties of CaMnO3 compound system. The doped samples exhibited sin-gle phase composition within the experimental doping range, with condensed bulk microstructure and small porosities. The electrical resistivity was remarkably reduced for doped samples, on account of the enhanced carrier concentration;the absolute value of See-beck coefficient was deteriorated mainly due to enhanced electron carrier concentration. The electrical performances of the doped samples reflected by resistivity and Seebeck coefficient fluctuations were optimistically tuned, with an optimized power factor value of 0.342 mW/（m·K2） at 873 K for x=0.08 sample, which was very much higher comparing with that of the un-doped sample. The lattice thermal conduction was really confined, leading to distinctly repressed total thermal conductivity. The thermoelectric per-formance was noticeably improved by Pr doping and the dimensionless figure of merit ZT for the Ca0.92Pr0.08MnO3 compound was favorably optimized with the maximum value 0.16 at 873 K.

关 键 词：CaMnO3 compound Pr doping thermoelectric properties rare earths 

分 类 号：TB34[一般工业技术—材料科学与工程]