TY  - JOUR
AU  - Nag, Abanti
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/10/11
TI  - Perovskite Oxide Thermoelectric Module - A Way Forward
JO  - Catalysis Research
SP  - 024
VL  - 03
IS  - 04
AB  - In the era of renewable and sustainable energy, perovskite materials remain pioneers as energy harvesting materials, be it thermoelectric waste heat harvesting or photovoltaic solar cell application. Oxide perovskite material is an emerging thermoelectric material in solving energy shortage issues through waste heat recovery. The chemical and structural stabilities, oxidation resistance, and cost-effective and straightforward manufacturing process are a few advantages of the oxide-based thermoelectric materials. The perovskite thermoelectric materials and module thereof does not require any vacuum bagging for operation at high temperature, irrespective of the application environment. Perovskite CaMnO3 displays a high Seebeck coefficient (S~-350 μV/K) due to correlated electron structure and low thermal conductivity (3 W m-1 K-1) but high electrical resistivity simultaneously. The electrical resistivity of CaMnO3 can be tuned by electron doping at the Ca-site and Mn-site. Electron doping by substituting Mn3+ with trivalent rare-earth ions increases the carrier concentration in the CaMnO3 system by partially reducing Mn4+ to Mn3+, improving electrical conductivity without altering the Seebeck coefficient. The dual-doped Ca1-xYbx/2Lux/2MnO3-based n-type perovskite thermoelectric material showed a much higher power factor than undoped CaMnO3 and proved to be an efficient perovskite from the application point of view. The thermoelectric module, in combination with CaMnO3 as an n-type element and Ca3Co4O9 or doped-Ca3Co4O9 as the p-type element, is the most efficient device reported to date. The lab-scale power generation experiment is carried out for 4-element and 36-element modules consisting of perovskite Ca1-xYbx/2Lux/2MnO3 as n-type elements and Ca3Co4O9 as p-type elements. The results showed the challenges of up-scaling the perovskite module for high-temperature waste heat harvesting applications.
SN  - 2771-490X
UR  - https://doi.org/10.21926/cr.2304024
DO  - 10.21926/cr.2304024
ID  - Nag2023
ER  -