Improved thermoelectric power of HgTe nanoparticle thin films embedded with Ag nanoparticles

Seunggen Yang; Kyoungah Cho; Junggwon Yun; Jinyong Choi; Sangsig Kim

doi:10.1166/jnn.2016.13196

Improved thermoelectric power of HgTe nanoparticle thin films embedded with Ag nanoparticles

Seunggen Yang, Kyoungah Cho, Junggwon Yun, Jinyong Choi, Sangsig Kim

School of Electrical Engineering

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Abstract

In this study, we demonstrate an enhancement in the thermoelectric characteristics of a HgTe nanoparticle (NP) thin film with a Ag NP layer. For a thermoelectric HgTe NP thin film, the Seebeck coefficient is reduced from 1950 to 1690 μV/K with the formation of an Ag NP layer in the middle of the film, but the electrical conductivity is significantly enhanced. The reduction of the Seebeck coefficient is attributed to an increase in the carrier concentration caused by the presence of the metal NP layer. Owing to the enhancement in electrical conductivity, the thermoelectric power of the HgTe NP thin film embedded with Ag NPs is improved tenfold as compared to that of a HgTe NP thin film without any Ag NPs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	10566-10568
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Volume	16
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2016.13196
Publication status	Published - 2016 Oct

Keywords

Nanoparticle
Thermoelectric
Thin film

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Bioengineering
Chemistry(all)
Biomedical Engineering
Materials Science(all)
Condensed Matter Physics

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