Thermoelectric properties of DC-sputtered filled skutterudite thin film

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dc.contributorVirginia Tech. Department of Mechanical Engineeringen
dc.contributorStony Brook University. Department of Mechanical Engineeringen
dc.contributorBrookhaven National Laboratory. Center for Functional Nanomaterialsen
dc.contributorTsinghua University. State Key Laboratory of Automotive Safety and Energyen
dc.contributor.authorFu, Gaoshengen
dc.contributor.authorZuo, Leien
dc.contributor.authorChen, Jieen
dc.contributor.authorLu, Mingen
dc.contributor.authorYu, Liangyaoen
dc.contributor.departmentMechanical Engineeringen
dc.date.accessed2015-04-24en
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-26T22:32:23Zen
dc.date.available2015-05-26T22:32:23Zen
dc.date.issued2015-03-28en
dc.description.abstractThe Yb filled CoSb3 skutterudite thermoelectric thin films were prepared by DC magnetron sputtering. The electrical conductivity, Seebeck coefficient, thermal conductivity, and figure of merit ZT of the samples are characterized in a temperature range of 300K to 700 K. X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy are obtained to assess the phase composition and crystallinity of thin film samples at different heat treatment temperatures. Carrier concentrations and Hall mobilities are obtained from Hall Effect measurements, which provide further insight into the electrical conductivity and Seebeck coefficient mechanisms. The thermal conductivity of thin film filled skutterudite was found to be much less compared with bulk Yb filled CoSb3 skutterudite. In this work, the 1020K heat treatment was adopted for thin film post process due to the high degree of crystallinity as well as avoiding reverse heating effect. Thin film samples of different thicknesses were prepared with the same sputtering deposition rate and maximum ZT of 0.48 was achieved at 700K for the 130 nm thick sample. This value was between half and one third of the bulk figure of merit which was due to the lower Hall mobility. (C) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC.en
dc.description.sponsorshipNSF/DOE Thermoelectrics Partnership - grant NSF CBET #1048744en
dc.description.sponsorshipU.S. Department of Energy. Office of Basic Energy Sciences - Contract No. DE-AC02-98CH10886en
dc.format.extent8 pagesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationFu, G., Zuo, L., Chen, J., Lu, M. & Yu, L. (2015). Thermoelectric properties of DC-sputtered filled skutterudite thin film. Journal of Applied Physics, 117(12), 25304-25304.en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1063/1.4916238en
dc.identifier.issn0021-8979en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/52617en
dc.identifier.urlhttp://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/jap/117/12/10.1063/1.4916238en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherAmerican Institute of Physicsen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectSputter depositionen
dc.subjectCrystalline solidsen
dc.subjectHeat treatmentsen
dc.subjectCarrier densityen
dc.subjectThermal conductivityen
dc.titleThermoelectric properties of DC-sputtered filled skutterudite thin filmen
dc.title.serialJournal of Applied Physicsen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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