reactions, followed by spark plasma sintering under different processing conditions. The
synthesis process was optimized and the resulting materials characterized with respect to
their microstructure, bulk density, and thermoelectric transport properties. High power factors
of about 400 μ W/m· K 2 and 465 μ W/m· K 2 (at 800° C) were measured for SS and SG
samples, respectively. The improved thermoelectric performance of the SG sample is …