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Thermoelectric Properties of Hot-Pressed Boron Suboxide (B6O) Materials Transactions, Vol. 43, No. 7 (2002) pp. 1719 to 1723 c 2002 The Japan Institute of Metals Thermoelectric Properties of Hot-pressed Boron Suboxide (B6O) Takaya Akashi, Tsuyoshi Itoh ∗1, Itaru Gunjishima ∗2, Hiroshi Masumoto and Takashi Goto Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan Boron suboxide (B6O) sintered bodies were prepared by a solid state reaction and a hot pressing method. The thermoelectric properties of B6O were compared with those of B4C. The electrical conductivity was smaller than that of B4C, and the Seebeck coefficient was twice as large as that of B4C indicating p-type conduction. The hopping conduction of electronic charge carriers was suggested from the temperature dependencies of the electrical conductivity and mobility. The thermal conductivity was greater than that of B4C. The thermoelectric dimension- less figure-of-merit increased with increasing temperature, and was 0.62 × 10−3 at 1000 K. This value was almost in agreement with that of B4C. (Received March 11, 2002; Accepted May 27, 2002) Keywords: boron suboxide, ichosahedral structure, thermoelectric property, Seebeck coefficient, electrical conductivity, thermal conduc- tivity 1. Introduction Boron-rich borides are promising as high-temperature ther- moelectric materials. They have moderately high electrical conductivity, anomalously large Seebeck coefficient and low thermal conductivity as have been reported for boron car- 1–6) 7,8) 9) bide, α-AlB12 and B12Si. Among these boron-rich borides, boron carbide has been most widely studied. Figure 1 illustrates schematic crys- tal structures of B4C and B6O. Boron carbide consists of B12 or B11C icosahedrons at the vertices of a rhombohedral unit cell and three-atom chain of CBC or CBB at the cen- ter of the rhombohedron.10–16) Boron carbide has a wide non- stoichiometric composition region from B4CtoB10.5C with different B to C ratio in the icosahedrons and three-atom 12,14,16) chains. Carbon-saturated boron carbide, B4C(B12C3), consists of B11C icosahedrons and CBC three atomic chains 11,12,14) (B11C-CBC). It is well-understood that the thermo- electric properties of boron carbide change depending on the non-stoichiometric composition. The structure and proper- ties of B13C2 has been particularly investigated in detail be- 3) cause B13C2 has greatest thermoelectric performance. These boron carbides are p-type semiconductor, and the bipolaron Fig. 1 Crystal Structure of (1) B4C and (2) B6O. hopping between B11C icosahedrons has been proposed to explain the large p-type Seebeck coefficient and small carrier mobility.17,18) past. The preparation method of B6O is classified into three categories as shown in Table 1: (1) solid state reaction be- On the other hand, boron suboxide (B6O) consists of B12 icosahedrons and O–O two-atom chain19–21) as shown in Fig. tween B and B2O3, (2) reduction of B2O3 and (3) oxidation of B. The high vapor pressure of B O at elevated temper- 1(b). The structure of B6O is almost the same as that of 2 3 atures would cause the B excess composition in the process B4C except that (1) the icosahedrons are pure B12, and (2) O–O two-atom chains exist at the center of rhombohedrons. of (1). The reductants such as Si or Mg would often remain There is neither complicated substitution nor wide-ranged in B6O as an impurity in the process (2). The oxidant such as ZnO would contaminate B O in the process (3). Several non-stoichiometry in B6O. Therefore, it is useful to under- 6 researchers have reported the crystal structure19–25,30,31) and stand not only the characteristics of B6O but also that of B4C some mechanical properties26,30,32,36) of B O. Since B Ois by comparing B6O and B4C. 6 6 strong covalent nature and easy to decompose at high temper- Table 1 summarizes the research on B6O published in the 23) ature more than 1973 K, dense B6O bodies can be hardly obtained. In the present study, moderately dense B6O bodies ∗ 1Graduate Student, Tohoku University, Present address: Honda R&D Co., were prepared by a hot-pressing method. Their electrical con- Ltd. ∗ ductivity, Seebeck coefficient and thermal conductivity were 2Graduate Student, Tohoku University, Present address: Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc. 1720 T. Akashi, T. Itoh, I. Gunjishima, H. Masumoto and T. Goto Table 1 Literature data of boron suboxides (in chronological order). Methods Raw materials Evaluated properties Ref. No detail No detail a, b, c, dhkl 22) Solid state reaction B + B2O3,B2O3 + Si a, b, c, dhkl, I/I0 23) Solid state reaction B + B2O3 a, b, c, dhkl, I/I0 24) Fusion, Plasma arc B2O3 + Mg, B + B2O3 a, b, c, dhkl, I/I0 25) Hot press No detail Mechanical properties, κ 26) Hot press B + B2O3,B+ ZnO Reaction, Sinterabilitty 27) Hot press, Solid state reaction B + B2O3 Crystal structure 19) Oxidation B + ZnO Crystal structure 20) Hot press B + B2O3 Thermodynamic properties 28) No detail No detail Thermoelastic properties 29) Solid state reaction amo.-B + ZnO Crystal structure 21) Reaction sintering amo.-B, α-B, B2O3 Crystal structure, Bulk Modulous 30) Solid state reaction amo.-B, α-B, B2O3 Crystal structure 31) Plasma deposition B target Hardness 32) 10 11 Solid state reaction B, B, B(OH)3, etc. Raman spectra 15) HP-HT synthesis B + B2O3 Morphology, Structure 33) HP-HT synthesis B + B2O3 Morphology, Structure 34) HP-HT synthesis B + B2O3 Morphology, ∆Gf 35) Solid state reaction, Sintering B + ZnO Mechanical Properties 36) Pulsed laser deposition B + B2O3 Infrared spectra, Raman spectra 37) Pulsed laser deposition B + B2O3 TEM, SEM 38) High-pressure sintering (B + B2O3) + c-BN Mechanical Properties 39) High-pressure sintering (B + B2O3) + B4C Mechanical Properties 40) a, b, c: Lattice parameters, dhkl: interplanar spacing, I/I0: Relative diffraction intensity, κ: Thermal conductivity, amo.: Amorphous, HP-HT synthesis: High-pressure, high-temperature synthesis, ∆Gf: Gibbs energy of formation, TEM: Transmission electron microscope, SEM: Scanning electron microscopy. investigated, and were mainly compared with those of B4C measured by a d.c. four-probe method in Ar gas at 300 to having similar porosity of B6O. 1000 K. The Hall coefficient measurement was carried out by a Van der Pauw method in vacuum at 300 to 1000 K. The ther- 2. Experimental Procedure mal conductivity (κ) was measured by a laser flush method (TC-7000, Shinku Riko) in vacuum at 290 to 1060 K. β-B powder (High purity Chemical Laboratory, 99%) and The figure-of-merit (Z) was calculated using eq. (1) from amorphous B2O3 powder (Wako Pure Chemical, 99%) were Seebeck coefficient (α), electrical conductivity (σ ) and ther- mixed in the molar ratio of 10:1 (B:O = 4:1) under the B2O3 mal conductivity (κ). excess condition. The mixed powder was pressed into disk- ZT = α2σ T/κ. (1) shaped pellets at 30 MPa, and reacted at 1673 K for 14.4 ks in flowing Ar gas. The pellets were pulverized and heated again 3. Results and Discussion at the same condition. This procedure was repeated several times and obtained B O powder in single phase, and the re- 6 Figure 2 presents the powder X-ray diffraction pattern for maining B O was carefully removed by this heat treatments. 2 3 a hot-pressed B O body. Every peak was identified as B O The B O powder was hot-pressed at 1873 K, 62 MPa for 18 ks 6 6 6 and no trace of B O was observed. The lattice parameters of in flowing Ar gas with being covered by BN powder to avoid 2 3 B O were determined as a = 0.538 nm and c = 1.233 nm the reaction between B O powder and a carbon mold. 6 6 (in hexagonal expression), and the density of B O(ρ ) Powder X-ray diffraction was carried out to determine the 6 obs was 2.587 Mgm−3, meaning the porosity of 33%. Rizzo et phase and lattice parameters. Pycnometry in distilled wa- al.23) reported that B O evaporated significantly at more than ter was used to measure the density of B O powder. An 6 6 1973 K. The high vapor pressure of B O which formed by Archimedian method was applied to determine the porosity 2 3 the decomposition of B O into B and B O could be a main of B O sintered bodies. 6 2 3 6 reason for the difficulty of sintering. Hot-pressed B O bodies were cut into three sizes for mea- 6 Figure 3 shows the temperature dependence of the Seebeck surement (3×3×12 mm3 for Seebeck coefficient and electri- coefficient for the hot-pressed B O, comparing with that of cal conductivity, φ10×1.5mm3 for thermal conductivity, and 6 B C1,3–6) whose porosity is indicated in parentheses. Signifi- 3×6×0.5mm3 for Hall coefficient). The Seebeck coefficient 4 cant effect of density on the Seebeck coefficient was not ob- (α) was determined from the slope of the linear relationship served. The positive Seebeck coefficient of B O means that between thermoelectric power and temperature difference in 6 the carrier in B O is hole. The Seebeck coefficient of B O Ar gas at 300 to 1000 K. The electrical conductivity (σ )was 6 6 increased with increasing temperature. The Seebeck coeffi- Thermoelectric Properties of Hot-pressed Boron Suboxide (B6O) 1721 Fig. 2 Powder X-ray diffraction pattern of hot-pressed B6O. Fig. 4 Temperature dependence of the electrical conductivity for hot-pressed B6O. (Numerals in parentheses mean porosity of the speci- mens). Fig. 3 Temperature dependence of Seebeck coefficient for hot-pressed B6O.
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