Low temperature thermopower and electrical transport in misfit Ca3Co4O9 with elongated c-axis

Bhattacharya, S. ; Rayaprol, S. ; Singh, A. ; Dogra, Anjana ; Thinaharan, C. ; Aswal, D. K. ; Gupta, S. K. ; Yakhmi, J. V. ; Kulkarni, Ruta N. ; Yusuf, S. M. ; Bhatia, S. N. (2008) Low temperature thermopower and electrical transport in misfit Ca3Co4O9 with elongated c-axis Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 41 (8). Article ID 085414. ISSN 0022-3727

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Abstract

The temperature dependence of the electrical resistivity (ρ) and thermopower (S) of misfit cobaltite Ca3Co4O9 has been studied. The compound is a promising thermoelectric material, exhibiting very low ρ(∼1.3 × 10−4 Ω cm) and reasonably high S (∼56 μV K−1) at room temperature, which is desirable for thermoelectric applications. At T < 80 K, S exhibits T3/2 dependence, suggesting that electron–magnon scattering has a pronounced influence on S at low temperatures. Ca3Co4O9 exhibits a temperature independent power factor in the temperature range 300–80 K. A comparison of the temperature dependence of the power factor of Ca3Co4O9 with various materials projected or used as a thermoelectric cooler (e.g. single crystal of short c-axis Ca3Co4O9, polycrystalline La0.95Sr0.05CoO3, Bi0.85 Sb0.15, Bi2Te3, Bi-SiO2 composite) indicates that title compound Ca3Co4O9 is a much superior candidate for thermoelectric applications.

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