Effect of Thermal Treatment on Thermoelectric Properties of Extruded TiO2 Ceramics
Key Engineering Materials 2014
Agnese Pūra, Jānis Ločs, Līga Bērziņa-Cimdiņa

TiO2 samples were obtained by extrusion process, sintered in air at 1000 °C, 1100 °C, 1200°C and 1300 °C and, afterwards, thermally treated under vacuum conditions at 1250 °C for 1 hour applying two different heating/cooling rates (2 °C/min and 5 °C/min). It was found that thermal treatment conditions substantially affected thermoelectric properties of the samples. Increasing sintering temperature, during the sample thermal treatment in air, the electrical conductivity of the specimens increased, while Seebeck coefficient decreased. With an increase in the heating rate during the vacuum heat treatment of the samples, the electrical conductivity of the samples decreased, while Seebeck coefficient increased.


Keywords
Extrusion; Thermoelectric properties; Titanium dioxide
DOI
10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.604.249

Pūra, A., Ločs, J., Bērziņa-Cimdiņa, L. Effect of Thermal Treatment on Thermoelectric Properties of Extruded TiO2 Ceramics. Key Engineering Materials, 2014, Vol.604, pp.249-253. ISSN 1662-9795. Available from: doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.604.249

Publication language
English (en)
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