Electrodeposited thin-film micro-thermoelectric coolers with extreme heat flux handling and microsecond time response

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dc.check.date2022-01-04
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dc.contributor.authorCorbett, Simon
dc.contributor.authorGautam, D.
dc.contributor.authorLal, Swatchith
dc.contributor.authorYu, Kenny
dc.contributor.authorBalla, Naveen
dc.contributor.authorCunningham, Graeme
dc.contributor.authorRazeeb, Kafil M.
dc.contributor.authorEnright, Ryan
dc.contributor.authorMcCloskey, David
dc.contributor.funderHorizon 2020en
dc.contributor.funderScience Foundation Irelanden
dc.contributor.funderIrish Research Councilen
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-18T10:51:30Z
dc.date.available2021-02-18T10:51:30Z
dc.date.issued2021-01-04
dc.date.updated2021-02-18T09:49:08Z
dc.description.abstractThin-film thermoelectric coolers are emerging as a viable option for the on-chip temperature management of electronic and photonic integrated circuits. In this work, we demonstrate the record heat flux handling capability of electrodeposited Bi2Te3 films of 720(±60) W cm–2 at room temperature, achieved by careful control of the contact interfaces to reduce contact resistance. The characteristic parameters of a single leg thin-film devices were measured in situ, giving a Seebeck coefficient of S = −121(±6) μV K–1, thermal conductivity of κ = 0.85(±0.08) W m–1 K–1, electrical conductivity of σ = 5.2(±0.32) × 104 S m–1, and electrical contact resistivity of ∼10–11 Ω m2. These thermoelectric parameters lead to a material ZT = 0.26(±0.04), which, for our device structure, allowed a net cooling of ΔTmax = 4.4(±0.12) K. A response time of τ = 20 μs was measured experimentally. This work shows that with the correct treatment of contact interfaces, electrodeposited thin-film thermoelectrics can compete with more complicated and expensive technologies such as metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) multilayers.en
dc.description.sponsorshipIrish Research Council (Grant EBPPG/2018/265); Science Foundation Ireland (SFI-16/IFB/4587)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
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dc.identifier.citationCorbett, S., Gautam, D., Lal, S., Yu, K., Balla, N., Cunningham, G., Razeeb, K. M., Enright, R. and McCloskey, D. (2021) 'Electrodeposited thin-film micro-thermoelectric coolers with extreme heat flux handling and microsecond time response', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 13(1), pp. 1773-1782. doi: 10.1021/acsami.0c16614en
dc.identifier.doi10.1021/acsami.0c16614en
dc.identifier.eissn1944-8252
dc.identifier.endpage1782en
dc.identifier.issn1944-8244
dc.identifier.issued1en
dc.identifier.journaltitleACS Applied Materials and Interfacesen
dc.identifier.startpage1773en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/11071
dc.identifier.volume13en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherAmerican Chemical Societyen
dc.relation.projectinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020::RIA/644453/EU/Thermally Integrated Smart Photonics Systems/TIPSen
dc.relation.projectinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020::RIA/825114/EU/Smart Autonomous Multi Modal Sensors for Vital Signs Monitoring/SmartVistaen
dc.relation.projectinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/SFI/SFI Research Centres/12/RC/2276/IE/I-PIC Irish Photonic Integration Research Centre/en
dc.rights© 2021, American Chemical Society. This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, after technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c16614en
dc.subjectThermoelectric cooleren
dc.subjectElectrodepositionen
dc.subjectContact resistance CCD-thermoreflectanceen
dc.subjectHeat fluxen
dc.titleElectrodeposited thin-film micro-thermoelectric coolers with extreme heat flux handling and microsecond time responseen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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