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CoSb3-Based Thin-Film Thermoelectric Devices with High Performance Via Electrode Optimization

Journal

ACS APPLIED ENERGY MATERIALS
Volume 4, Issue 5, Pages 5265-5273

Publisher

AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.1c00795

Keywords

flexible; CoSb3; electrode; thin film; thermoelectric device

Funding

  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [11604212]
  2. Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation [2020A1515010515]
  3. Shenzhen Key Lab Fund [ZDSYS 20170228105421966]

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This study focuses on the optimization of CoSb3-based thin films and electrode structures to fabricate high-performance flexible devices. Multilayer electrode structures can significantly enhance the thermoelectric performance of the devices, increasing output power and thermal stability in air. High output voltage and power density have been achieved through this comprehensive optimization.
Flexible thin-film thermoelectric devices have been extensively studied for powering wearable electronics, particularly as a power source for self-powered sensors or temperature detection. Skutterudite CoSb3 is emerging as one of the most studied candidate materials for thermoelectric applications. This work is focused on comprehensive optimization in terms of CoSb3-based thin films as well as electrode materials and structures with the objective to fabricate high-performance flexible devices. CoSb3-based thin films with nanoparticles for the enhancement of phonon scattering have been fabricated using the vacuum sputtering method. N-type and P-type thin films can be obtained by appropriate doping with Ti and In, respectively. It has been demonstrated that a multilayer structure of electrodes can greatly enhance the thermoelectric performance of thermoelectric devices by increasing the output power and the thermal stability of the device in the air atmosphere. It has also been demonstrated the possibility of obtaining a relatively high output voltage of above 90 mV and a high-power density of 0.46 mW/cm(2) at a current intensity of about 0.35 mA with the device. Therefore, many applications can be considered. The thin-film thermoelectric device has also been tested as a thermal sensor, and it exhibits fast responsivity, with a reaction time of a few hundreds of milliseconds, as well as high stability.

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