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Attrition-enhanced nanocomposite synthesis of indium-filled, iron-substituted skutterudite antimonides for improved performance thermoelectrics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2013

James Eilertsen ,
Matthias Trottmann ,
Sascha Populoh ,
Romain Berthelot ,
Charles M. Cooke ,
Michael K. Cinibulk ,
Simone Pokrant ,
Anke Weidenkaff  and
M. A. Subramanian
James Eilertsen
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA Empa,Solid State Chemistry and Catalysis, Ueberlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Duebendorf, Switzerland Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7817, USA
Matthias Trottmann
Affiliation:
Empa,Solid State Chemistry and Catalysis, Ueberlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Duebendorf, Switzerland
Sascha Populoh
Affiliation:
Empa,Solid State Chemistry and Catalysis, Ueberlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Duebendorf, Switzerland
Romain Berthelot
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
Charles M. Cooke
Affiliation:
Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7817, USA UES, Inc., Dayton OH 45432, USA
Michael K. Cinibulk
Affiliation:
Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7817, USA
Simone Pokrant
Affiliation:
Empa,Solid State Chemistry and Catalysis, Ueberlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Duebendorf, Switzerland
Anke Weidenkaff
Affiliation:
Empa,Solid State Chemistry and Catalysis, Ueberlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Duebendorf, Switzerland
M. A. Subramanian
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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Abstract

Nanostructuring has been the foremost approach to the manufacture of high-performance thermoelectric materials for nearly a decade. This study explores a novel nanostructuring technique, attrition-enhanced nanocomposite synthesis, in maximum indium-filled, iron-substituted cobalt antimonide skutterudites. In0.3Fe0.8Co3.2Sb12 was synthesized and subjected to varying degrees of mechanical attrition (via ball milling). These samples exhibited increased indium precipitation coincident with the duration of mechanical attrition. Indium readily diffused through the skutterudite crystal structure and rapidly precipitated forming 20-50 nm-sized indium-rich inclusions during sintering.

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thermoelectricthermoelectricitynanostructure
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1490: Symposium B – Thermoelectric Materials Research and Device Development for Power Conversion and Refrigeration , 2013 , pp. 27 - 32
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