High-Performance Flexible Bismuth Telluride Thin Film from Solution Processed Colloidal Nanoplates.

ABSTRACT: Thermoelectric generators are an environmentally friendly and reliable solid-state energy conversion technology. Flexible and low-cost thermoelectric generators are especially suited to power flexible electronics and sensors using body heat or other ambient heat sources. Bismuth telluride based thermoelectric materials exhibit their best performance near room temperature making them an ideal candidate to power wearable electronics and sensors using body heat. In this report Bi₂Te₃ thin films are deposited on a flexible polyimide substrate using low-cost and scalable manufacturing methods. The synthesized Bi₂Te₃ nanocrystals have a thickness of 35 ± 15 nm and a lateral dimension of 692 ± 186 nm. Thin films fabricated from these nanocrystals exhibi

SUBMITTER: Hollar C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7968868 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature