Thermoelectric Power of Cu-Zn Ferrites
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Abstract
A series of Cu-Zn mixed ferrites with composition formula Cu<sub>1–x</sub>Zn<sub>x</sub>Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> is prepared by the double sintering ceramic technique. Thermoelectric power studies are performed over a temperature range of 300 to 800 k by a deferential method. The results showed a negative value for the Seebeck coefficient S for all samples, and all compositions exhibited an n-type semiconductors behavior in the measured range of temperature. The values of charge carrier concentration n and the Fermi energy were determined. The values of n were found to decrease as temperature increased, while Fermi energy directed to more negative values when Zn content is increased. On the basis of these results a mechanism for the conduction in Cu-Zn ferrites is suggested and the properties of the mention compounds were determined.
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