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Journal of Alloys and Compounds 531 (2012) 5–9 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Journal of Alloys and Compounds j o u r n a l h o m e p ag e: w w w. elsev /locate/jallcom Effect of coated TiO2 nano-particle on thermoelectric performance of TiC0.5O0.5 Ceramics Yong Liu, Chunlin Ou, Jungang Hou, Hongmin Zhu ∗ School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, PR China a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: The polycrystalline TiO2 @TiC0.5−x O0.5+x ceramics with core-shell structure were prepared through the Received 6 January 2012 spark plasma sintering process. Both thermoelectric (TE) transport properties and microstructure of the Received in revised form 18 February 2012 ceramics were investigated. The TiO2 shell had a remarkable effect on the transport properties of the Accepted 26 February 2012 system. Large electrical conductivity and thermopower was observed in coating 15% TiO2 @TiC0.5 O0.5 Available online 29 March 2012 sample. The maximum power factor is 8.1 × 10−4 W m−1 K−2 and the corresponding ZT value is 0.3 at 873 K for 15% TiO2 @TiC0.5 O0.5 . Keywords: © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Thermoelectric Thermopower Electrical conductivity Coating 1