Tuning the thermal conductivity of strontium titanate through annealing treatments

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/26/1/016602

Abstract Strontium titanate (SrTiO₃) is a promising n-type material for thermoelectric applications. However, its relatively high thermal conductivity limits its performance in efficiently converting heat into electrical power through thermoelectric effect. This work shows that the thermal conductivity of SrTiO₃ can be effectively reduced by annealing treatments, through an integrated study of laser flash measurement, scanning electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, x-ray absorption fine structure, and first-principles calculations. A phonon scattering model is proposed to explain the reduction of thermal conductivity after annealing. This work suggests a promising means to characterize and optimize the material for thermoelectric applications.

Keywords: thermal conductivity SrTiO₃ annealing phonon scattering

Received: 05 May 2016
Revised: 02 September 2016
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PACS:	66.70.-f	(Nonelectronic thermal conduction and heat-pulse propagation in solids;thermal waves)
	81.40.Ef	(Cold working, work hardening; annealing, post-deformation annealing, quenching, tempering recovery, and crystallization)
	63.20.K-	(Phonon interactions)
	61.05.cj	(X-ray absorption spectroscopy: EXAFS, NEXAFS, XANES, etc.)

Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. U1332105, 51475396, 11335006, 21103109, 21176152, and 21373137), the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province of China (Grant No. 2013J01026), and the Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities of China (Grant Nos. 2013121012, 20720140517, 20720160013, and 20720160020).

Corresponding Authors: Hui-Qiong Wang, Jin-Cheng Zheng
E-mail: hqwang@xmu.edu.cn;jczheng@xmu.edu.cn

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Liang Zhang(张喨), Ning Li(李宁), Hui-Qiong Wang(王惠琼), Yufeng Zhang(张宇锋), Fei Ren(任飞), Xia-Xia Liao(廖霞霞), Ya-Ping Li(李亚平), Xiao-Dan Wang(王小丹), Zheng Huang(黄政), Yang Dai(戴扬), Hao Yan(鄢浩), Jin-Cheng Zheng(郑金成) Tuning the thermal conductivity of strontium titanate through annealing treatments 2017 Chin. Phys. B 26 016602

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