期刊
APPLIED PHYSICS A-MATERIALS SCIENCE & PROCESSING
卷 127, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00339-020-04200-2
关键词
Silicon; Thermoelectric; Multilayer; Seebeck; Thermal conductivity
资金
- University of Seoul
The thermoelectric properties of Ni/Ge-multilayer-laminated silicon devices were investigated with increasing number of Ni/Ge layers, showing improvement in Seebeck coefficient and decrease in thermal conductivity. A seven-layer Ni/Ge device achieved a high thermoelectric power factor and zT value at 510K.
We investigate the thermoelectric properties of Ni/Ge-multilayer-laminated silicon thermoelectric devices based on the number of Ni/Ge layers from single layer to 50 layers. For the Ni/Ge-multilayer lamination, Ni and Ge thin layers are alternately deposited on a bulk silicon substrate using RF sputtering at room temperature. The Seebeck coefficient improves and the thermal conductivity decreases compared with the bulk silicon thermoelectric device as the number of Ni/Ge layers increases. A seven Ni/Ge-multilayer-laminated thermoelectric device indicates a Seebeck coefficient of -260 mu V/K and a thermal conductivity of 56 W/m.K at 510 K without electrical conductivity deterioration; subsequently, a thermoelectric power factor of 5.6 mW/m.K-2 and zT of 0.05 are achieved at 510 K. The improvement in the Seebeck coefficient in the multilayer devices is attributed to the electron filtering effect due to the Schottky barriers at the Ni/Ge interfaces. It is speculated that the acoustic phonon impedance mismatch at the Si(Al)/Ni interface reduces/saturates the thermal conductivity. The thermoelectric results indicate the potential of using a Ni/Ge-multilayer structure for silicon-based thermoelectric devices.
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