TY - GEN
T1 - Power generation characteristics of oxide thermoelectric modules incorporating nanostructured ZnO sintered materials
AU - Souma, Takeshi
AU - Ohtaki, Michitaka
AU - Ohnishi, Kyohei
AU - Shigeno, Masayuki
AU - Ohba, Yasuhiro
AU - Shimozaki, Toshitada
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - A practical oxide thermoelectric module consisting of 12 pairs of p-NaCo2O4 and nanostructured n-ZnO sintered materials was successfully fabricated by using a diffusion welding technique. By applying a nanostructure using a void forming agency (VFA), the electrical conductivity of the n-ZnO sintered materials were drastically enhanced, leading that the power factor of the materials were dramatically improved. It is revealed that the oxide module can be operated up to 930 K on the hot side temperature. A maximum power output of 52.5 mW was achieved at the temperature condition of T H/TL = 934/479 K, where TH and TL are temperatures at the hot and cold sides of the module, respectively. The details of the power generation characteristics of the present oxide module will be presented and the performance will be discussed with those of our previous and other oxide modules.
AB - A practical oxide thermoelectric module consisting of 12 pairs of p-NaCo2O4 and nanostructured n-ZnO sintered materials was successfully fabricated by using a diffusion welding technique. By applying a nanostructure using a void forming agency (VFA), the electrical conductivity of the n-ZnO sintered materials were drastically enhanced, leading that the power factor of the materials were dramatically improved. It is revealed that the oxide module can be operated up to 930 K on the hot side temperature. A maximum power output of 52.5 mW was achieved at the temperature condition of T H/TL = 934/479 K, where TH and TL are temperatures at the hot and cold sides of the module, respectively. The details of the power generation characteristics of the present oxide module will be presented and the performance will be discussed with those of our previous and other oxide modules.
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U2 - 10.1109/ICT.2007.4569418
DO - 10.1109/ICT.2007.4569418
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:51849142773
SN - 9781424422623
T3 - International Conference on Thermoelectrics, ICT, Proceedings
SP - 38
EP - 41
BT - Proceedings ICT'07 - 26th International Conference on Thermoelectrics
T2 - ICT'07 - 26th International Conference on Thermoelectrics
Y2 - 3 June 2007 through 7 June 2007
ER -