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Phonon-glass electron-crystal behaviour by A site disorder in n-type thermoelectric oxides

Daniels, LM; Savvin, SN; Pitcher, MJ; Dyer, MS; Claridge, JB; Ling, S; Slater, B; ... Rosseinsky, MJ; + view all (2017) Phonon-glass electron-crystal behaviour by A site disorder in n-type thermoelectric oxides. Energy & Environmental Science , 10 (9) pp. 1917-1922. 10.1039/c7ee01510k. Green open access

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Abstract

Phonon-glass electron-crystal (PGEC) behaviour is realised in La0.5Na0.5Ti1−xNbxO3 thermoelectric oxides. The vibrational disorder imposed by the presence of both La3+ and Na+ cations on the A site of the ABO3 perovskite oxide La0.5Na0.5TiO3 produces a phonon-glass with a thermal conductivity, κ, 80% lower than that of SrTiO3 at room temperature. Unlike other state-of-the-art thermoelectric oxides, where there is strong coupling of κ to the electronic power factor, the electronic transport of these materials can be optimised independently of the thermal transport through cation substitution at the octahedral B site. The low κ of the phonon-glass parent is retained across the La0.5Na0.5Ti1−xNbxO3 series without disrupting the electronic conductivity, affording PGEC behaviour in oxides.

Type: Article
Title: Phonon-glass electron-crystal behaviour by A site disorder in n-type thermoelectric oxides
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1039/c7ee01510k
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c7ee01510k
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
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URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1574123
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