Thermoelectric Properties of Bi2Te3 / Sb2Te3 Thin Films

• Author(s): Gonçalves, L. M. ; Couto, Carlos ; Correia, J. H. ; Alpuim, P. ; Rowe, D. M.
• Date: 2005
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/5429
• Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
• Subject(s): Thermoelectric; Thin-film; Peltier; Micro-cooler
• Document Type: Conference Object
• Language: English

Description

This presentation reports the deposition and characterization of n-type Bi2Te3 and p-type Sb2Te3 semiconductor films by thermal co-evaporation method. Power factors of 4.6×10-3 Wm-1K-2 and 1.3×10-3 Wm-1K-2, were measured at room temperature on n-type and p-type films, respectively.