ARTINI , C.

Filled skutterudites are among the most promising thermoelectric materials, and the obtainment of monophasic samples is crucial for the study of their transport properties. In this work, a differential thermal analysis study was performed on samples belonging to the Smy(FexNi1-x)4Sb12system with the aim to determine the most proper annealing...

Skutterudites are interesting compounds for thermoelectric applications. The main drawback in the synthesis of skutterudites by solidification of the melt is the occurrence of two peritectic reactions requiring long annealing times to form a single phase. Aim of this work is to investigate an alternative route for synthesis, based on rapid...

A high temperature structural study (673–1073 K) was performed by means of synchrotron x-ray diffraction and μ-Raman spectroscopy on several compositions belonging to the Ce1−xSmxO2−x/2system with the aim to investigate the crystallographic features of Sm-doped ceria electrolytes at the fuel cell operating temperatures; ionic conductivity of...