AVS 58th Annual International Symposium and Exhibition
    Electronic Materials and Processing Division Thursday Sessions
       Session EM-ThP

Paper EM-ThP2
Fabrication of Multilayered Bi2Te3/Sb2Te3 and Bi2Te3/Bi2Te3-xSex Thin Film Cooling Devices

Thursday, November 3, 2011, 6:00 pm, Room East Exhibit Hall

Session: Electronic Materials and Processing Poster Session
Presenter: Mardecial Hines, Alabama A&M University
Authors: M. Hines, Alabama A&M University
J. Lenhardt, Alabama A&M University
M. Lu, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Z. Xiao, Alabama A&M University
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In this paper, we report to fabricate multilayered Bi2Te3/Sb2Te3 and Bi2Te3/Bi2Te3-xSexthin film cooling devices using the microfabrication techniques. The multilayered Bi2Te3/Sb2Te3 and Bi2Te3/Bi2Te3-xSexthin films will be grown using the e-beam evaporation. The in-plane and cross-plane micro cooling devices will be fabricated using the standard integrated circuit (IC) fabrication process; pn junction diodes will be fabricated as thermometers for the measurement of temperature in the devices. The electrical and thermal properties of the e-beam-grown Bi2Te3/Sb2Te3 and Bi2Te3/Bi2Te3-xSexthin films and the cooling efficiency of the fabricated cooling devices will be measured, and the measurement results will be reported in the conference. The developed devices could be a good candidate for the application of high-efficiency solid-state micro-cooling.