Phase Segregation and Thermoelectric Properties of AgPbmSbTem+2m=2,4,6, and 8

2005 ◽  
Vol 886 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Sootsman ◽  
Robert Pcionek ◽  
Huijun Kong ◽  
Ctirad Uher ◽  
Mercouri G Kanatzidis

ABSTRACTThe preparation and characterization of the AgPbmSbTem+2 family of compounds with m=2, 4, 6, and 8 is reported. Phase segregation was observed in all of these materials. The lattice thermal conductivity of these samples is low (<1.1 W/m-K). Powder x-ray diffraction, thermal analysis, and electron microscope investigations of these systems show that ideal solid solutions are not formed. The transport properties of these composite materials are presented and suggest that they could have promising thermoelectric properties when optimized.

Author(s):  
Adolfo Quiroz-Rodríguez ◽  
Cesia Guarneros-Aguilar ◽  
Ricardo Agustin-Serrano

In this research, it is presented a detailed study of the structural and thermoelectric properties of the pyrochlore zirconium Pr2Zr2O7 compound prepared by solid-state reaction (SSR) in air at ambient pressure. The synthesized sample was characterized using powder X-ray diffraction. The thermal stability of the thermoelectric compound (TE) Pr2Zr2O7 was tested by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential thermal analysis (DTA). Scanning electron microscopy shows that the crystal size varies between 0.69 and 2.81μm. Electrical conductivity (\sigma) of the sample calcined at 1400 °C presented values increase irregularly with the increasing temperature from 0.001 to 0.018 S cm-1 as expected in a semiconductor material. The thermal conductivity is lower than 0.44 - 775 W m-1 K-1 which is quite anomalous in comparison with the thermal conductivity of other oxides.


2012 ◽  
Vol 465 ◽  
pp. 76-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuang Zhan ◽  
Xia Li

The novel Y2O3 nanoflowers were synthesized through a facile hydrothermal method without using any catalyst or template. The phase composition and the microstructure of as-prepared products were characterized by field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) as well as Fourier transform infrared spectrum. The formation mechanism for the Y2O3 flowers has been proposed.


2014 ◽  
Vol 805 ◽  
pp. 486-491
Author(s):  
J.M.R. Figueirêdo ◽  
Juliana Melo Cartaxo ◽  
I.A. Silva ◽  
C.D. Silva ◽  
Gelmires Araújo Neves ◽  
...  

The State of Paraíba, Brazil, retains about 88.5% of all Brazilian bentonite, and much of this production comes from deposits in the District of Boa Vista, PB. Nevertheless, the deposits are almost depleted. Recently, new deposits were found, which will increases the reserves of the State, in the regions of Cubati and Pedra Lavrada, PB. The objective of this work is to characterize and develop purified clays, through sieving and hydrocycloning techniques, from those recently discovered bentonites for several applications. The characterization of the sample was done through granulometric analysis by laser diffraction, X-ray diffraction, chemical analysis by X-ray fluorescence, and thermogravimetric and differential thermal analysis. The results show that the samples are typical of bentonite clays, and that the purification solely by hydrocyclone presents the best results.


2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (6) ◽  
pp. 1542-1549
Author(s):  
Yuichi Michiue ◽  
Hyoung-Won Son ◽  
Takao Mori

A unified structure model in (3 + 1)-dimensional superspace proved suitable for identification of a homologous phase (Ga1−αAlα)2O3(ZnO) m by the profile fitting of powder X-ray diffraction intensities for thermoelectric composite materials in the pseudoternary system ZnO–Al2O3–Ga2O3. A homologous compound of the phase parameter m ≃ 37 was found to coexist with (Al,Ga)-doped ZnO in samples sintered at 1723 K in air. The thermoelectric properties of the composite materials were closely related to the phase fractions. The higher the phase fraction of (Al,Ga)-doped ZnO with the wurtzite structure, the higher the electrical conductivity. On the other hand, the homologous compound with the long-period structure was effective in lowering the thermal conductivity of the materials.


2011 ◽  
Vol 284-286 ◽  
pp. 597-600
Author(s):  
Dai Mei Chen ◽  
Hai Peng Ji ◽  
Jian Xin Wang ◽  
Jian Chen ◽  
Xin Long Luan ◽  
...  

Nitrogen doped TiO2/sepiolite composite materials (N-TiO2/sep) with different nitrogen contents were prepared by a sol-gel method and characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), respectively. XRD and SEM results showed that anatase-TiO2nanoparticles were distributed homogenously on the surface of sepiolite. XPS revealed that N atoms could incorporate into the lattice of anatase TiO2substituting the oxygen atoms sites of oxygen atoms.


1996 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 2869-2875 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Byrappa ◽  
Amita Jain

The growth of NaLa(WO4)2 crystals has been carried out by the hydrothermal method at fairly low P-T conditions. The crystal morphology has been studied with respect to the growth parameters. The crystals obtained were characterized by various techniques such as x-ray diffraction (XRD), differential thermal analysis (DTA), and infrared (IR) spectroscopy.


1995 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 557 ◽  
Author(s):  
SJ Crimp ◽  
L Spiccia

Pure solutions of [ Rh (H2O)6]3+, dimer [Rh2(μ-OH)2(H2O)8]4+ and trimer [Rh3(μ-OH)4(H2O)10]5+ have been converted into their respective 'active' hydroxides by dropwise addition to an imidazole solution. These 'active' hydroxides have been analysed by a variety of techniques including rhodium determination, infrared spectroscopy, thermal analysis and powder X-ray diffraction. Purity determinations using ion-exchange chromatography showed that the three hydroxides consist primarily of the neutral forms of the starting aqua ion (>96%) with small amounts of species with higher nuclearity. Rhodium analysis and thermogravimetric measurements confirmed the composition of these hydroxides to be Rh (OH)3(H2O)3.H2O, Rh2(μ-OH)2(OH)4(H2O)4 and Rh3(μ-OH)4(OH)5(H2O)5.5H2O. A scheme for the thermal decomposition of each of the hydroxides has been proposed on the basis of the t.g . and d.t.a . data and the knowledge that the final product in each case is α-Rh2O3. Heating of the hydroxides in air resulted in oxidation of RhIII to RhIV (temperature 250-300°C) forming RhO2 which on further heating decomposed to α-Rh2O3 and dioxygen.


2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dawei Gao ◽  
Lili Wang ◽  
Chunxia Wang ◽  
Yuping Chang ◽  
Pibo Ma

Abstract Polyacrylonitrile (PAN)/Co(OAc)2/carbon nanotubes (CNTs) composite nanofibers were fabricated via electrospinning with N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) as solvent, and by carbonization and activation of the above precursor nanofibers, porous carbon composite nanofibers were successfully obtained. Scanning electron microscope, X-ray diffraction, ASAP 2020, and Solartron 1470 were used to characterize the surface morphology, the phase composition, specific surface area, and electrochemical property of the nanofibers, respectively. The result showed that some of the fibers were broken after sintering, and the surface area and pore volume of the porous C/Cu/CNTs were 771 m2/g and 0.347 cm3/g, respectively. The specific capacitance of the composite nanofibers reached up to 210 F/g at the current density of 1.0 A/g. Its energy density and power density were 3.1 Wh/Kg and 2,337 W/Kg, respectively, at the current of 0.5 and 5 mA.


2000 ◽  
Vol 55 (9) ◽  
pp. 882-886 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Jansen ◽  
Sascha Vensky

The silver(I,II,III) oxide clathrate Ag7O8HCO3 was synthesized by anodic oxidation of silver(I) in a suspension of Ag2CO3 in an aqueous AgF solution. The title compound was characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction (cubic, Fm3̄m, a = 9.8085(3) Å, Z = 4), scanning electron microscopy, thermal analysis, IR spectroscopy, 1H-solid state-NMR and measurement of the magnetic susceptibility


Science ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 355 (6323) ◽  
pp. 374-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chong Zhang ◽  
Chengguo Sun ◽  
Bingcheng Hu ◽  
Chuanming Yu ◽  
Ming Lu

Pentazole (HN5), an unstable molecular ring comprising five nitrogen atoms, has been of great interest to researchers for the better part of a century. We report the synthesis and characterization of the pentazolate anion stabilized in a (N5)6(H3O)3(NH4)4Cl salt. The anion was generated by direct cleavage of the C–N bond in a multisubstituted arylpentazole using m-chloroperbenzoic acid and ferrous bisglycinate. The structure was confirmed by single-crystal x-ray diffraction analysis, which highlighted stabilization of the cyclo-N5ˉ ring by chloride, ammonium, and hydronium. Thermal analysis indicated the stability of the salt below 117°C on the basis of thermogravimetry-measured onset decomposition temperature.


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