TITLE

# Direct measurement of thin-film thermoelectric figure of merit

AUTHOR(S)
Singh, Rajeev; Zhixi Bian; Shakouri, Ali; Gehong Zeng; Je-Hyeong Bahk; Bowers, John E.; Zide, Joshua M. O.; Gossard, Arthur C.
PUB. DATE
May 2009
SOURCE
Applied Physics Letters;5/25/2009, Vol. 94 Issue 21, p212508
SOURCE TYPE
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
We utilize the transient Harman technique to measure the thermoelectric figure of merit of thin films. A device structure is designed and fabricated to extract the thermoelectric properties of 20 Î¼m thick film composed of InGaAlAs semiconductor with embedded ErAs nanoparticles. High-speed voltage measurements with 63 dB of dynamic range and 200 ns resolution are achieved. Surface temperature measurements of the devices are used to extract the cross-plane Seebeck coefficient and thermal conductivity of the thermoelectric material. Self-consistent finite-element simulations of the three-dimensional temperature distributions in the active devices are in close agreement with the experimental thermal maps.
ACCESSION #
40637730

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