Improvement of thermoelectric properties of Ca 3Co 4O 9 using soft chemistry synthetic methods

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2415-2422

  Sotelo, A ^a   Constantinescu, G ^a   Rasekh, Sh ^a   Torres, M A ^a   Diez, J C ^a   Madre, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electrical properties; Grain growth; Microstructure final; Sintering; Thermopower

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FTIR; MICROSTRUCTURE-FINAL; MISFIT COMPOUND; POWER FACTORS; SECONDARY PHASIS; SOFT CHEMISTRY; SOLUTION SYNTHESIS; SYNTHETIC METHODS; THERMOELECTRIC CHARACTERIZATION; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GRAIN GROWTH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINTERING; SOL-GELS; SOLID STATE REACTIONS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRIC POWER; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

COBALT COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84860557775     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2012.02.012     Document Type: Article

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