Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-11-2022
Publication Title
Energy & Enviornmental Materials
Volume
7
Issue
1
First page number:
1
Last page number:
6
Abstract
We present a method to fabricate handcrafted thermoelectric devices on standard office paper substrates. The devices are based on thin films of WS2, Te, and BP (P-type semiconductors) and TiS3 and TiS2 (N-type semiconductors), deposited by simply rubbing powder of these materials against paper. The thermoelectric properties of these semiconducting films revealed maximum Seebeck coefficients of (+1.32 ± 0.27) mV K−1 and (−0.82 ± 0.15) mV K−1 for WS2 and TiS3, respectively. Additionally, Peltier elements were fabricated by interconnecting the P- and N-type films with graphite electrodes. A thermopower value up to 6.11 mV K−1 was obtained when the Peltier element were constructed with three junctions. The findings of this work show proof-of-concept devices to illustrate the potential application of semiconducting van der Waals materials in future thermoelectric power generation as well as temperature sensing for low-cost disposable electronic devices.
Controlled Subject
Semiconductors; Thermodynamics
Disciplines
Electronic Devices and Semiconductor Manufacturing | Physics
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5300 KB
Language
English
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Repository Citation
Ersu, G.,
Munuera, C.,
Mompean, F. J.,
Vaquero, D.,
Quereda, J.,
Rodrigues, J. E.,
Alonso, J. A.,
Flores, E.,
Ares, J. R.,
Ferrer, I. J.,
Al-Enizi, A. M.,
Nafady, A.,
Kuriakose, S.,
Island, J. O.,
Castellanos-Gomez, A.
(2022).
Low-Cost and Biodegradable Thermoelectric Devices Based on van der Waals Semiconductors on Paper Substrates.
Energy & Enviornmental Materials, 7(1),
1-6.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eem2.12488