Extremely Low Contact Resistivity of Bi2Te3-Based Modules Enabled by NiP-Based Alloy Barrier

Autor: Min, Erbiao, Ling, Yifeng, Zhao, Linghao, Xu, Ying, Gao, Li-Yin, Li, Juan, Feng, Jianghe, Zhang, Ping, Liu, Ruiheng, Sun, Rong
Zdroj: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces; December 2023, Vol. 15 Issue: 50 p59066-59074, 9p
Abstrakt: Electrode diffusion barrier plays an important role in thermoelectric cooling devices. Compared with p-type Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3, the compatibility between commercial Ni barrier and n-type Bi2Te2.7Se0.3is a key bottleneck to enhance the performance of Bi2Te3-based cooling devices. This paper proposed a NiP alloy barrier to improve the compatibility with n-type Bi2Te2.7Se0.3, and systemically investigated the contact and interfacial dynamics properties. Due to the low diffusion rate of NiP alloy, the initial interfacial contact resistivity of Bi2Te2.7Se0.3/NiP is as low as 0.90 μΩ cm2, and it further can be depressed below 1.98 μΩ cm2even after aging at 423 K for 35 days, indicating the superior thermal stability of the NiP barrier layer compared to the commercial Ni barrier layer. Based on the NiP barrier, a 15-pair bismuth telluride device is prepared and a high cooling temperature difference of 71.5 K at a hot-side temperature of 304 K is achieved, which proves the practical applications potential of NiP barrier for Bi2Te3-based modules.
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