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In the present work, single phase CoSb3 skutterudite nanomaterials were prepared via a ball milling method, and their thermoelectric characteristics were compared with the samples synthesized by the solvo-hydrothermal method. Thermoelectric transport properties were recorded in the temperature regime of 300–830 K. Both samples exhibit p-type conduction behavior with a positive sign of Seebeck coefficient. CoSb3 ball mill sample exhibit higher resistivity of 127 × \({10}^{-5}\)Ω.m at 300 K as compared to CoSb3 solvo-hydrothermal sample with 4.85 × \({10}^{-5}\)Ω.m. However, CoSb3 ball mill sample show enhanced Seebeck coefficient of 183µ V/K at 473 K where CoSb3 solvo-hydrothermal sample depict 98 µ V/K at 650 K. Furthermore, the total thermal conductivity of sintered CoSb3 ball mill and CoSb3 solvo-hydrothermal samples was found to be 3.02 Wm−1K−1 and 3.23 W m−1K−1 at room temperature and reaches a significantly lower value of 2.47 W m−1K−1 and 2.46 W m−1K−1 at 580 and 670 K, respectively. The dimensionless figure of merit ZT values of CoSb3 ball mill and CoSb3 solvo-hydrothermal obtained are 0.053 and 0.060 at 650 and 700 K, respectively. A systematic tuning of processing parameters by ball milling method can lead to better thermoelectric efficiency.
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This work was supported by VGST GoK K-FIST (Level 1) under Grant No. VGST/GRD-552-/2016-17/2017-18 awarded Dr. LK. BP and IA acknowledge the Romanian Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitalization for financial support through the Core Program No. 28 N/2023.
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Kumar, M.U., Swetha, R., Sahana, B.V. et al. Influence of synthesis method and processing on the thermoelectric properties of CoSb3 skutterudites. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 35, 514 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-024-12277-1
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