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Bi2Te3-based alloys have been long regarded as the materials chosen for room temperature thermoelectric (TE) applications. With superior TE performances, Bi2Te3-based bulk materials have been commercially used to fabricate TE devices already. However, bulk materials are less suitable for the requirements for applications of flexible or thin film TE devices, and therefore the thin film materials with advanced TE properties are highly demanded. Comparing with bulk materials and P-type Bi2Te3-based thin films, the TE properties of N-type Bi2Te3-based thin films have been relatively poor so far and need further improving for practical applications. In this study, a series of N-type Bi2Te3–xSex thin films is prepared via magnetron sputtering method, and their structures can be precisely controlled by adjusting the sputtering conditions. Preferential layered growth of the Bi2Te3–xSex thin films along the (00l) direction is achieved by adjusting the substrate temperature and working pressure. Superior electrical conductivity over 105 S/m is achieved by virtue of high in-plane mobility. combining the advanced Seebeck coefficient of Bi2Te3-based material with superior electrical conductivity of highly oriented Bi2Te3–
xSex thin film, a high power factor (PF) of the optimal Bi2Te3–xSex thin film can be enhanced to 42.5 μW/(cm·K2) at room temperature, which is comparable to that of P-type Bi2Te3-based thin film and bulk material. -
Keywords:
- Bi2Te3–xSex thin film /
- magnetron sputtering /
- thermoelectric /
- power factor
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图 1 各Bi2Te3–xSex薄膜试样表面及断面形貌 (a) BTS1; (b) BTS2; (c) BTS3; (d) BTS4; (e) BTS5; (f) BTS6
Figure 1. Surface and cross-section morphology of Bi2Te3–xSex thin films: (a) BTS1; (b) BTS2; (c) BTS3; (d) BTS4; (e) BTS5; (f) BTS6.
图 2 各Bi2Te3–xSex薄膜试样XRD图谱
Figure 2. XRD patterns of Bi2Te3–xSex thin films.
图 3 Bi2Te3–xSex薄膜层状生长过程示意图 (a) 表面形貌; (b) 断面形貌
Figure 3. Schematic diagram showing the growing process of Bi2Te3–xSex thin film with 2-D layered structure in (a) top view and (b) cross sectional view.
图 4 各薄膜试样热电参数 (a) Seebeck系数; (b)电导率; (c)功率因子
Figure 4. Thermoelectric properties of all the samples: (a) Seebeck coefficient; (b) electrical conductivity; (c) power factor.
表 1 不同试样的制备参数
Table 1. Sputtering parameters of all the samples.
试样 Bi2Te3–xSex
直流靶功
率/WTe射频靶
功率/W气压/Pa 温度/℃ 时间/h BTS1 12 25 3 350 2 BTS2 12 25 1 450 2 BTS3 12 25 2 450 2 BTS4 12 25 3 450 2 BTS5 12 25 3 450 1 BTS6 12 25 3 450 3 
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表 2 霍尔效应测试
Table 2. Hall measurements of all the samples.
试样 载流子浓度/(1019 cm–3) 载流子迁移率/(cm2·V–1·s–1) 电导率
/(104 S·m–1)BTS1 11.7 17.1 3.2 BTS2 12.7 30.6 6.2 BTS3 10.0 59.8 9.6 BTS4 8.3 84.2 11.2 BTS5 7.2 45.2 5.2 BTS6 9.1 63.9 9.3
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表 3 元素原子比
Table 3. Atomic ratio by EDS measurements.
试样 Bi/% Te/% Se/% BTS1 36.5 60.2 3.3 BTS2 41.7 53.6 4.7 BTS3 41.6 53.9 4.5 BTS4 41.3 54.3 4.4 BTS5 41.4 54.8 3.8 BTS6 41.8 53.5 4.7
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[1] Li P, Cai L, Zhai P, Tang X, Zhang Q, Niino M 2010 J. Electron. Mater. 39 1522
Google Scholar
[2] Suter C, Jovanovic Z R, Steinfeld A 2012 Appl. Energ. 99 379
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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[15] Bassi A Li, Bailini A, Casari C S, Donati F, Mantegazza A, Passoni M, Russo V, Bottani C E 2009 J. Appl. Phys. 105 123407
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[25] Zhang Z, Lagally M 1997 Science 276 377
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