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Undoped and Nb-doped SrTiO3/TiO2 (STO/TO) eutectic solids were fabricated from the melt at a eutectic point of STO and TO by unidirectional solidification. Fabricated undoped and Nb:STO/TO eutectic solids were composed of the TiO2 rod-like and the SrTiO3 matrix phases, and the periodic and uniform eutectic morphology could be achieved in the Nb:STO/TO eutectic solids by stable control of the liquid–solid interface during the fabrication. The thermal conductivity of the Nb:STO/TO eutectic solid was less than half of that of the Nb:STO single crystal owing to the decrease of the lattice thermal conductivity by phonon scattering at the grain boundaries. The figures of merit ZT’s of the Nb:STO/TO eutectic solid, parallel and perpendicular to the growth direction, were ∼ 0.007 and ∼ 0.0004, respectively. The small ZT’s are attributable to the higher electrical resistivity originating from the insufficient carrier doping and high electrical resistivity of the TO phase.
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This work was partially supported by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), [18100496-0] and [151014589-0, 151014590-0, 151014591-0], Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japanese government, the Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A) [15H05551] and [JP16H06439], Development of Systems and Technology for Advanced Measurement and Analysis, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) and Adaptable & Seamless Technology Transfer Program through Target-driven R&D A-STEP (JST) [AS272S003a]. This work was also supported by the funded research of TAYCA Corporation. We would like to thank Editage (www.editage.jp) for English language editing.
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Yokota, Y., Horii, S., Ogino, H. et al. Thermoelectric Properties of Nb-Doped SrTiO3/TiO2 Eutectic Solids Fabricated by Unidirectional Solidification. J. Electron. Mater. 48, 1827–1832 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-018-06880-2
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