Thermoelectric Promise of (InxSnx)Co4Sb12 Materials |
C. Godart
ICMPE, CNRS UMR7182, CMTR, 2/8 rue Henri Dunant, 94320 Thiais, France E.B. Lopes and A.P. Gonçalves Departamento de Química, ITN/CFMC-UL, 2686-953 Sacavém, Portugal |
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Received: 9 07 2007; |
We report on a new series of filled skutterudites derived from CoSb3 with double filling of the cage (by In, Sn) in order to lower the thermal conductivity. As expected for Co-rich side samples, the Seebeck coefficient indicates n-type, with surprisingly high values at 300 K. |
DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.113.403 PACS numbers: 72.15.Jf, 61.43.-j |