Effect of metal heat guide structure on the performance of planar Si thermoelectric generator embedded in SiO2inter-layer dielectric

Autor: Kashizaki, Tsubasa, Tomita, Motohiro, Katayama, Kazuaki, Hoshina, Takumi, Matsuki, Takeo, Chung, Sylvia Yuk Yee, Watanabe, Takanobu
Zdroj: Japanese Journal of Applied Physics; May 2022, Vol. 61 Issue: Supplement 3 pSC1017-SC1017, 1p
Abstrakt: Heat guide (HG) is a layer providing a heat flux to the desired part in a micro thermoelectric generator (µ-TEG). In this work, we experimentally investigated the impact of the HG structure on the thermoelectric voltage of a cavity-free planer-type Si-nanowire (Si-NW) µ-TEG, which is embedded in SiO2acting as an inter-layer dielectric (ILD). Although the heat flows also through the ILD, a sub-µm-thick HG is able to selectively guide the heat flux to the hot side terminal of the µ-TEG, and the µ-TEG performance is improved by increasing the thickness of the HG.
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