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An analysis for geometrical effects on the cooling performance of (Bi, Sb)2Te3/Bi2(Te, Se)3-based thin film thermoelectric modules

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Geometrical effects on the cooling performance of the thin film thermoelectric (TFTE) modules were investigated by varying the film thickness and the number of p/n couples of the (Bi, Sb)2Te3/Bi2(Te, Se)3-based system which were fabricated by the flash evaporation technique. Maximum temperature difference (δT max, maximum cooling) and optimum input current (I opt) increased with film thickness for a fixed number of couples. For the case of given thickness, however, I opt decreased with the number of couples, maintaining almost constant δTmax. The measured values for the cooling characteristics were compared with the results obtained through computer simulation work by the finite difference method (FDM). The thinner the film and the larger the number of p/n couples of the modules, the larger was the deviation between the experimental and the simulated values.

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Kim, IH., Lee, DH. An analysis for geometrical effects on the cooling performance of (Bi, Sb)2Te3/Bi2(Te, Se)3-based thin film thermoelectric modules. Journal of Materials Research 12, 423–429 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1557/JMR.1997.0062

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