Observations of Co4+ in a Higher Spin State and the Increase in the Seebeck Coefficient of Thermoelectric Ca3Co4O9

Klie, R.; Qiao, Q.; Paulauskas, T.; Gulec, A.; Rebola, A.; Oeguet, S.; Prange, M.; Idrobo, J.; Pantelides, S.; Kolesnik, S.; Dabrowski, B.; Ozdemir, M.; Boyraz, CİHAT; Mazumdar, D.; Gupta, A.

doi:10.1103/physrevlett.108.196601

Observations of Co4+ in a Higher Spin State and the Increase in the Seebeck Coefficient of Thermoelectric Ca3Co4O9

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Klie R. F., Qiao Q., Paulauskas T., Gulec A., Rebola A., Oeguet S., ...Daha Fazla

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, cilt.108, sa.19, 2012 (SCI-Expanded)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 108 Sayı: 19
Basım Tarihi: 2012
Doi Numarası: 10.1103/physrevlett.108.196601
Dergi Adı: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Ca3Co4O9 has a unique structure that leads to exceptionally high thermoelectric transport. Here we report the achievement of a 27% increase in the room-temperature in-plane Seebeck coefficient of Ca3Co4O9 thin films. We combine aberration-corrected Z-contrast imaging, atomic-column resolved electron energy-loss spectroscopy, and density-functional calculations to show that the increase is caused by stacking faults with Co4+-ions in a higher spin state compared to that of bulk Ca3Co4O9. The higher Seebeck coefficient makes the Ca3Co4O9 system suitable for many high temperature waste-heat-recovery applications.