Journal of Inorganic Materials, Volume. 38, Issue 2, 163(2023)

Effect of Surface Treatment of n-type Bi2Te3-based Materials on the Properties of Thermoelectric Units

Siheng HUA*, Dongwang YANG, Hao TANG, Xiong YUAN, Ruoyu ZHAN, Zhuoming XU, Jianan LYU, Yani XIAO, Yonggao YAN, and Xinfeng TANG
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Test curves of contact resistances between BT-x(x=2 (a), 4 (b), 6 (c), 8(d), 10 (e)) materials and Ni barrier layers, and (f) histogram of contact resistance for BT-x
Interface bonding strength test
Digital photos of BT-4 sample before (a1) and after (a2) corrosion, optical microstructures of BT-x(x=2 (b1), 4 (b2), 6 (b3), 8 (b4), 10 (b5)) surfaces, and (c) histogram of roughness for BT-x
Microstructures of material interfaces between BT-x(x=2 (a1-a3), 4 (b1-b3), 6 (c1-c3), 8 (d1-d3), 10 (e1-e3)) and Ni barrier layers
(a) Fine microstructure of the interface between BT-4 material and Ni layer, (b) partially enlarged image and corresponding (c1) Bi, (c2) Ni, (c3) Se, (c4) Te surficial elemental distribution mappings, and (d) schematic diagram of interface structure between BT-4 material and Ni barrier layer
Performance of micro thermoelectric device
  • Table 1. Contact resistance and tensile bonding strength parameters of n-type Bi2Te3 barrier layers

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    Table 1. Contact resistance and tensile bonding strength parameters of n-type Bi2Te3 barrier layers

    Ref.Contact resistance/(μΩ·cm2) Bonding strength/MPaDevice size/mm3
    LIU[14]<1161.8×1.8×2.4
    TANG[18]5.3117.622×2×0.45
    This work (BT-4)2.4314.952×2×0.45
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Siheng HUA, Dongwang YANG, Hao TANG, Xiong YUAN, Ruoyu ZHAN, Zhuoming XU, Jianan LYU, Yani XIAO, Yonggao YAN, Xinfeng TANG. Effect of Surface Treatment of n-type Bi2Te3-based Materials on the Properties of Thermoelectric Units[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2023, 38(2): 163

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Category: EDITORIAL

Received: Mar. 2, 2022

Accepted: --

Published Online: Sep. 27, 2023

The Author Email: HUA Siheng (si.heng_0-1@whut.edu.cn)

DOI:10.15541/jim20220106

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