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- Title
Simulation of Thermoelectric Performance of Bulk SrTiO<sub>3</sub> with Two-Dimensional Electron Gas Grain Boundaries.
- Authors
Rui-zhi Zhang; Chun-lei Wang; Ji-chao Li; Koumoto, Kunihito
- Abstract
Density functional theory calculations and Boltzmann transport theory are used to simulate the thermoelectric properties of SrTiO3 ceramics with two-dimensional electron gas grain boundaries (GBs). This material can achieve a large thermoelectric figure of merit (ZT>1 at room temperature) by utilizing quantum confinement and energy filtering at GBs. The latter causes the ZT value to reach a maximum before decreasing with an increasing GB barrier height. The optimum barrier height was approximately 0.06 eV higher than the Fermi energy of the grain interior. Our results may aid the design of materials with environmentally benign thermoelectric oxides.
- Subjects
THERMOELECTRICITY; CRYSTAL grain boundaries; INDUSTRIAL chemistry; TITANIUM; SILICON; THERMAL conductivity; CONSTRUCTION materials; CERAMICS; ELECTRONS
- Publication
Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 2010, Vol 93, Issue 6, p1677
- ISSN
0002-7820
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1551-2916.2010.03619.x