Thermal stability and enhanced thermoelectric properties of the tetragonal tungsten bronzes Nb8-xW9+xO47 (0 <x <5)

G. Cerretti, M. Schrade, X. Song, B. Balke, H. Lu, T. Weidner, I. Lieberwirth, M. Panthoefer, T. Norby, W. Tremel*

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Abstract

Thermoelectric materials are believed to play a fundamental role in the energy field over the next years thanks to their ability of directly converting heat into usable electric energy. To increase their integration in the commercial markets, improvements of the efficiencies are needed. At the same time, cheap and non-toxic materials are required along with easily upscalable production cycles. Compounds of the tetragonal tungsten bronze (TTB) series Nb8-xW9+xO47 fulfill all these requirements and are promising materials. Their adaptive structure ensures glass-like values of the thermal conductivity, and the substitution on the cation side allows a controlled manipulation of the electronic properties. In this contribution we report the stability study of the two highly substituted samples of the series, Nb5W12O47 (x = 3) and Nb4W13O47 (x = 4), when subjected to thermal cycling. Moreover, we show the results of the thermoelectric characterization of these samples. The two compounds have not been affected by the thermal treatment and showed an improvement of the thermoelectric performances up to a zT = 0.2 above 1000 K.

Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Materials Chemistry A
Volume5
Issue20
Pages (from-to)9768-9774
Number of pages7
ISSN2050-7488
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017

Keywords

  • TITANIUM-OXYGEN SYSTEM
  • CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC SHEAR
  • CRYSTAL-STRUCTURES
  • METAL-OXIDES
  • PERFORMANCE
  • THERMOPOWER
  • MOLYBDENUM
  • EQUILIBRIA
  • PHYSICS
  • PB

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