Inkjet Printing of Single-Crystalline Bi2Te3 Thermoelectric Nanowire Networks
Abstract
Large-scale and low-cost fabrication techniques are needed to commercialize highly efficient, nanomaterial-based thermoelectric generators (TEGs) for use in small-scale, flexible applications (e.g., wearable energy harvesters). This study presents the first demonstration of inkjet-printed networks of phase-pure, single-crystalline Bi2Te3 thermoelectric nanowires (BTNWs) that are amenable to large-scale production. The BTNWs are synthesized via chemical batch processing and formulated into a jettable ink that is printed onto glass substrates and subsequently annealed in nitrogen and forming gas environments. The inkjet-printed BTNWs annealed in forming gas provide the most favorable results with comparable thermoelectric performances to bulk Bi2Te3 materials (Seebeck coefficient up to 140 µV K-1) while approximately utilizing only 1% to 3% of the telluride materials found in their bulk counterparts. Thus, these printed BTNWs help pave the way for the development of low-cost and scalable TEGs.
- Authors:
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- Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1533056
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1401521
- Grant/Contract Number:
- EE0007686; NE0000671
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Advanced Electronic Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 3; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 2199-160X
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; materials science; physics; nanowires; printable energy harvesters; scalable nanomanufacturing; Seebeck coefficient; thermal annealing; thermoelectric generators
Citation Formats
Chen, Bolin, Das, Suprem R., Zheng, Wei, Zhu, Bowen, Xu, Biao, Hong, Sungbum, Sun, Chenghan, Wang, Xinwei, Wu, Yue, and Claussen, Jonathan C. Inkjet Printing of Single-Crystalline Bi2Te3 Thermoelectric Nanowire Networks. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1002/aelm.201600524.
Chen, Bolin, Das, Suprem R., Zheng, Wei, Zhu, Bowen, Xu, Biao, Hong, Sungbum, Sun, Chenghan, Wang, Xinwei, Wu, Yue, & Claussen, Jonathan C. Inkjet Printing of Single-Crystalline Bi2Te3 Thermoelectric Nanowire Networks. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.201600524
Chen, Bolin, Das, Suprem R., Zheng, Wei, Zhu, Bowen, Xu, Biao, Hong, Sungbum, Sun, Chenghan, Wang, Xinwei, Wu, Yue, and Claussen, Jonathan C. Fri .
"Inkjet Printing of Single-Crystalline Bi2Te3 Thermoelectric Nanowire Networks". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.201600524. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1533056.
@article{osti_1533056,
title = {Inkjet Printing of Single-Crystalline Bi2Te3 Thermoelectric Nanowire Networks},
author = {Chen, Bolin and Das, Suprem R. and Zheng, Wei and Zhu, Bowen and Xu, Biao and Hong, Sungbum and Sun, Chenghan and Wang, Xinwei and Wu, Yue and Claussen, Jonathan C.},
abstractNote = {Large-scale and low-cost fabrication techniques are needed to commercialize highly efficient, nanomaterial-based thermoelectric generators (TEGs) for use in small-scale, flexible applications (e.g., wearable energy harvesters). This study presents the first demonstration of inkjet-printed networks of phase-pure, single-crystalline Bi2Te3 thermoelectric nanowires (BTNWs) that are amenable to large-scale production. The BTNWs are synthesized via chemical batch processing and formulated into a jettable ink that is printed onto glass substrates and subsequently annealed in nitrogen and forming gas environments. The inkjet-printed BTNWs annealed in forming gas provide the most favorable results with comparable thermoelectric performances to bulk Bi2Te3 materials (Seebeck coefficient up to 140 µV K-1) while approximately utilizing only 1% to 3% of the telluride materials found in their bulk counterparts. Thus, these printed BTNWs help pave the way for the development of low-cost and scalable TEGs.},
doi = {10.1002/aelm.201600524},
journal = {Advanced Electronic Materials},
number = 4,
volume = 3,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Mar 17 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Fri Mar 17 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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