“…Thermoelectric oxides, as a representative class of thermoelectric materials, have attracted increasing attention due to their outstanding advantages such as highly thermal and chemical stability and low toxicity compared to the intermetallic alloys. Recently, many kinds of thermoelectric oxides with highly thermoelectric performance have been reported, including NaCo 2 O 4 , Ca 3 Co 4 O 9−ı , Ca 2 Co 2 O 5 , Bi 2 Sr 2 Co 2 O y , TiSr 2 Co 2 O y , SrTiO 3 , CaMnO 3 , and so on [2][3][4][5][6]. Among them, the calcium cobalt oxide Ca 3 Co 4 O 9−ı is regarded as one of the promising candidates for thermoelectric application.…”