Rapid Microwave Synthesis of Indium Filled Skutterudites: An energy efficient route to high performance thermoelectric materials

Citeable URL: https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/articles/9880vr65c

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Creator	Biswas, Krishnendu Muir, Sean Subramanian, Mas A.
Abstract	Filled skutterudites are promising thermoelectric materials due to reduced thermal conductivity upon inserting a guest atom or 'rattler' into the CoSb₃ structure. By using an indium rattler dimensionless Figure of Merit (ZT) values > 1 at 650 K have been reported. The conventional synthesis of these compounds typically takes several days (~ 3 days) to obtain the final well-sintered material for property measurements. We report here a microwave-assisted synthesis method that reduces the initial calcination time from two days to two minutes. This route significantly reduces the time needed to produce materials suitable for property and device testing.
Resource Type	Article
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.materresbull.2011.08.058
Date Available	2011-09-16T17:05:22+00:00
Date Issued	2011
Citation	K. Biswas, Rapid Microwave Synthesis of Indium Filled Skutterudites: An energy efficient route to high performance thermoelectric materials, Materials Research Bulletin (2010), doi:10.1016/j.materresbull.2011.08.058
Journal Title	Materials Research Bulletin
Journal Volume	47
Journal Issue/Number	20
Academic Affiliation	Chemistry
Déclaration de droits	Copyright Not Evaluated
Funding Statement (additional comments about funding)	This work was supported by NSF grant DMR 0804167.
Publisher	Elsevier
Peer Reviewed	Yes
Language	English [eng]
Replaces	http://hdl.handle.net/1957/23330