High‐Performance Flexible Bismuth Telluride Thin Film from Solution Processed Colloidal Nanoplates
Abstract
Abstract Thermoelectric generators are an environmentally friendly and reliable solid‐state energy conversion technology. Flexible and low‐cost thermoelectric generators are especially suited to power flexible electronics and sensors using body heat or other ambient heat sources. Bismuth telluride (Bi 2 Te 3 ) based thermoelectric materials exhibit their best performance near room temperature making them an ideal candidate to power wearable electronics and sensors using body heat. In this report, Bi 2 Te 3 thin films are deposited on a flexible polyimide substrate using low‐cost and scalable manufacturing methods. The synthesized Bi 2 Te 3 nanocrystals have a thickness of 35 ± 15 nm and a lateral dimension of 692 ± 186 nm. Thin films fabricated from these nanocrystals exhibit a peak power factor of 0.35 mW m −1 ·K −2 at 433 K, which is among the highest reported values for flexible thermoelectric films. In order to evaluate the flexibility of the thin films, static and dynamic bending tests are performed while monitoring the change in electrical resistivity. After 1000 bending cycles over a 50 mm radius of curvature, the change in electrical resistance of the film is 23%. Using Bi 2 Te 3 solutions, the ability to print thermoelectric thin films with an aerosolmore »
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Idaho Boise ID 83702 USA
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of California Los Angeles CA 90095 USA
- Micron School of Materials Science and Engineering Boise State University Boise ID 83725 USA
- Micron School of Materials Science and Engineering Boise State University Boise ID 83725 USA, Center for Advanced Energy Studies Micron School of Materials Science and Engineering Boise State University Boise ID 83725 USA
- Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering University of Notre Dame Notre Dame IN 46556 USA
- Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Idaho Boise ID 83702 USA, Micron School of Materials Science and Engineering Boise State University Boise ID 83725 USA, Center for Advanced Energy Studies Micron School of Materials Science and Engineering Boise State University Boise ID 83725 USA
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- Advanced Materials Technologies
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- Journal Name: Advanced Materials Technologies Journal Volume: 5 Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 2365-709X
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- Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
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Hollar, Courtney, Lin, Zhaoyang, Kongara, Madhusudan, Varghese, Tony, Karthik, Chinnathambi, Schimpf, Jesse, Eixenberger, Josh, Davis, Paul H., Wu, Yaqiao, Duan, Xiangfeng, Zhang, Yanliang, and Estrada, David. High‐Performance Flexible Bismuth Telluride Thin Film from Solution Processed Colloidal Nanoplates. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1002/admt.202000600.
Hollar, Courtney, Lin, Zhaoyang, Kongara, Madhusudan, Varghese, Tony, Karthik, Chinnathambi, Schimpf, Jesse, Eixenberger, Josh, Davis, Paul H., Wu, Yaqiao, Duan, Xiangfeng, Zhang, Yanliang, & Estrada, David. High‐Performance Flexible Bismuth Telluride Thin Film from Solution Processed Colloidal Nanoplates. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202000600
Hollar, Courtney, Lin, Zhaoyang, Kongara, Madhusudan, Varghese, Tony, Karthik, Chinnathambi, Schimpf, Jesse, Eixenberger, Josh, Davis, Paul H., Wu, Yaqiao, Duan, Xiangfeng, Zhang, Yanliang, and Estrada, David. Fri .
"High‐Performance Flexible Bismuth Telluride Thin Film from Solution Processed Colloidal Nanoplates". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202000600.
@article{osti_1671364,
title = {High‐Performance Flexible Bismuth Telluride Thin Film from Solution Processed Colloidal Nanoplates},
author = {Hollar, Courtney and Lin, Zhaoyang and Kongara, Madhusudan and Varghese, Tony and Karthik, Chinnathambi and Schimpf, Jesse and Eixenberger, Josh and Davis, Paul H. and Wu, Yaqiao and Duan, Xiangfeng and Zhang, Yanliang and Estrada, David},
abstractNote = {Abstract Thermoelectric generators are an environmentally friendly and reliable solid‐state energy conversion technology. Flexible and low‐cost thermoelectric generators are especially suited to power flexible electronics and sensors using body heat or other ambient heat sources. Bismuth telluride (Bi 2 Te 3 ) based thermoelectric materials exhibit their best performance near room temperature making them an ideal candidate to power wearable electronics and sensors using body heat. In this report, Bi 2 Te 3 thin films are deposited on a flexible polyimide substrate using low‐cost and scalable manufacturing methods. The synthesized Bi 2 Te 3 nanocrystals have a thickness of 35 ± 15 nm and a lateral dimension of 692 ± 186 nm. Thin films fabricated from these nanocrystals exhibit a peak power factor of 0.35 mW m −1 ·K −2 at 433 K, which is among the highest reported values for flexible thermoelectric films. In order to evaluate the flexibility of the thin films, static and dynamic bending tests are performed while monitoring the change in electrical resistivity. After 1000 bending cycles over a 50 mm radius of curvature, the change in electrical resistance of the film is 23%. Using Bi 2 Te 3 solutions, the ability to print thermoelectric thin films with an aerosol jet printer is demonstrated, highlighting the potential of additive manufacturing techniques for fabricating flexible thermoelectric generators.},
doi = {10.1002/admt.202000600},
journal = {Advanced Materials Technologies},
number = 11,
volume = 5,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Oct 09 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Fri Oct 09 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}
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