Journal of Inorganic Materials, Volume. 34, Issue 6, 679(2019)

Fabrication and Planar Cooling Performance of Flexible Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3/epoxy Composite Thermoelectric Films

Peng LI... Xiao-Lei NIE*, Ye TIAN, Wen-Bing FANG, Ping WEI, Wan-Ting ZHU, Zhi-Gang SUN, Qing-Jie ZHANG and Wen-Yu ZHAO* |Show fewer author(s)
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  • State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
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    Figures & Tables(7)
    XRD patterns of the composite films prepared with different contents of Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3 powder
    Cross-sectional FESEM images of the composite thick films prepared with different contents of Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3 powder
    Temperature dependence of (a) electrical conductivity σ, (b) Seebeck coefficient α and (c) power factor α2σ of the composite thick films prepared with different content of Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3 powder
    Anti-bending tests of flexible films: (a) bending radius and (b) bending cycles
    Visual infrared images of the composite thick films measured with different currents (I)
    • Table 1.

      Densities and electrical properties of the composite films at room temperature

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      Table 1.

      Densities and electrical properties of the composite films at room temperature

      xρ/(g·cm-3)RH/(×10-1, cm3·C-1)n/(×1019, cm-3)μH/(cm2·V-1·s-1)σ/(×104, S·m-1)
      6.53.933.721.6745.151.21
      74.083.691.6952.171.41
      84.323.571.7458.851.65
      94.193.561.7354.691.51
      104.053.551.7250.591.40
    • Table 2.

      Comparison of σ and α2σ of Bi2Te3-based composite films reported by different groups

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      Table 2.

      Comparison of σ and α2σ of Bi2Te3-based composite films reported by different groups

      MaterialsFabrication processAnnealing methodsσ/(×104, S·m-1)α2σ/(mW·m-1·K-2)Ref.
      Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3+epoxyScreen printing573 K, 4 h, hot pressing1.671.12This work
      Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3 inkInkjet printing673 K, 30 min0.200.07[10]
      Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3+8%Te-epoxyDispenser printing523 K0.110.06[14]
      Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3+C24H44O6Brush-printed673 K, 4 h0.290.15[17]
      Bi2Te3+1%Se-epoxyDispenser printing623 K, 12 h1.030.26[20]
      Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3+epoxyBrush-printed623 K, 4 h, hot pressing1.150.84[22]
      Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3+8%Te-polymerDispenser printing523 K0.130.16[25]
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    Peng LI, Xiao-Lei NIE, Ye TIAN, Wen-Bing FANG, Ping WEI, Wan-Ting ZHU, Zhi-Gang SUN, Qing-Jie ZHANG, Wen-Yu ZHAO. Fabrication and Planar Cooling Performance of Flexible Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3/epoxy Composite Thermoelectric Films[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2019, 34(6): 679

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    Paper Information

    Category: RESEARCH LETTERS

    Received: Nov. 9, 2018

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Sep. 24, 2021

    The Author Email: NIE Xiao-Lei (xiaoleinie@whut.edu.cn), ZHAO Wen-Yu (wyzhao@whut.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.15541/jim20180528

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