TY - JOUR A1 - Bresch, Sophie A1 - Mieller, Björn A1 - Delorme, F. A1 - Chen, C. A1 - Bektas, M. A1 - Moos, R. A1 - Rabe, Torsten T1 - Influence of Reaction-Sintering and Calcination Conditions on Thermoelectric Properties of Sm-doped Calcium Manganate CaMnO3 N2 - A wide range of solid-state synthesis routes for calcium manganate is reported in the literature, but there is no systematic study about the influence of the solid-state synthesis conditions on thermoelectric properties. Therefore, this study examined the influence of calcination temperature and calcination cycles on the Seebeck coefficient, electrical conductivity, and thermal conductivity. Higher calcination temperatures and repeated calcination cycles minimized the driving force for sintering of the synthesized powder, leading to smaller shrinkage and lower densities of the sintered specimens. As the electrical conductivity increased monotonously with increasing density, a higher energy input during calcination caused deterioration of electrical conductivity. Phase composition and Seebeck coefficient of sintered calcium manganate were not influenced by the calcination procedure. The highest thermoelectric properties with the highest power factors and figures of merit were obtained by means of reaction-sintering of uncalcined powder. KW - Thermoelectric oxides KW - Calcination KW - Solid-state-synthesis KW - Power factor KW - Reaction-sintering PY - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.4416/JCST2018-00017 SN - 2190-9385 VL - 9 IS - 3 SP - 289 EP - 300 PB - Göller Verlag AN - OPUS4-46224 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -