Enhanced thermoelectric properties of Ge2Sb2Te5 thin films through the control of crystal structure

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Tuning the structure and chemical composition of 03 gm-thick Ge2Sb2Te5 (GST) films via control of the deposition temperature enhanced thermoelectric performance by balancing the Seebeck coefficient, the electrical conductivity, and the thermal conductivity. By combining the phases of the face-centered cubic (FCC) and hexagonal close packed (HCP) crystal structures of GST thin films deposited at 250 degrees C, a compromise was attained between a moderate degree of electrical conductivity and the Seebeck coefficient, which resulted in the highest power factor at 1.1 x 10(-3) W/K(2)m. This was attributed to variations in the effective mass, the mixed crystal structure, and the chemical composition with deposition temperature. The highest maximum powers of 03 mu m- and 1.0 mu m-thick n-Bi2Te3 (BT) and p-GST thermoelectric generators with 5 p/n couples were approximately 4.1 and 52.9 nW at Delta T = 12 K, respectively. They showed higher maximum powers than those of referenced n-BT and p-Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3 (BST) thermoelectric generators. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Issue Date
2017-05
Language
English
Article Type
Article
Keywords

GERMANIUM ANTIMONY TELLURIDES; TEMPERATURE; PBTE; COEVAPORATION; FABRICATION; DEPOSITION; DEVICES; BI2TE3; POWER

Citation

CURRENT APPLIED PHYSICS, v.17, no.5, pp.744 - 750

ISSN
1567-1739
DOI
10.1016/j.cap.2017.02.009
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10203/223826
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