Effect of Manganese Dioxide Nanorods on the Thermoelectric Properties of Cement Composites
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 30, Issue 9
Abstract
The Seebeck coefficient of plain cement paste is usually less than . To enhance the thermoelectric performance of cement composites, a kind of powder was synthesized and used as a thermoelectric component in this work. The synthesized powder was proven to be a kind of effective thermoelectric component in cement paste. The synthesized powder possesses a nanorod structure with a diameter of about 50 nm and a length up to 1.4 μm. The measured Seebeck coefficient of the compacted powders was about . The nanorod structured design was proven to be an effective method to increase the Seebeck coefficient of the thermoelectric component in this research. Then the nanorods were incorporated into the cement matrix to enhance the thermoelectric effect of cement composites. A relatively high Seebeck coefficient of about could be obtained when the content of powder was 5.0% by weight of cement, which is more than 1,000 times higher than that of the cement paste without powder. And at this content, the electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and of cement composites were , , and , respectively. The thermoelectric effect of the cement composites is enhanced mainly due to the enhanced Seebeck coefficient, while the influence of electrical conductivity and thermal conductivity caused by powders is not as obvious as Seebeck coefficient.
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Acknowledgments
Thanks for the financial support provided by National Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51378391 and 51525903), National Key Projects of China (2016YFC0700800), Shandong Provincial Key Research and Development Plan (No. 2017GHY15118), and Nantong Science and Technology Plan (No. GY12016046).
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Received: Sep 21, 2017
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Published online: Jul 2, 2018
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