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US 9,437,795 B2Granted
Thermoelectric device and method of manufacturing the same
AssigneeElectronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
InventorsDong Suk Jun, Moon Gyu Jang, Won Chul Choi
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Abstract
Provided are a thermoelectric device and a method of manufacturing the same. The method may include forming nanowires on a substrate, forming a barrier layer on the nanowires, forming a bulk layer on the barrier layer, forming a lower electrode under the substrate, and forming an upper electrode on the bulk layer.
Claims6
A thermoelectric device comprising:
- first and second cooling pads;
- first and second lower electrodes that are respectively disposed on the first and second cooling pads;
- first and second substrates that are respectively disposed on the first and second lower electrodes;
- first and second nanowires that are respectively disposed on the first and second substrates;
- first and second barrier layers that are respectively disposed on the first and second nanowires;
- first and second bulk layers that are respectively disposed on the first and second barrier layers;
- first and second upper electrodes respectively on the first and second bulk layers;
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- a heater pad that is disposed on the first and second upper electrodes and connects the first and second upper electrodes,
- wherein the first and second barrier layers increase electric conductivity between the first and second nanowires and the first and second bulk layers, and decrease thermal conductivity therebetween.
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