TY - JOUR
T1 - Experimental Investigation of Zinc Antimonide Thin Film Thermoelectric Element over Wide Range of Operating Conditions
AU - Hosseini, Seyed Mojtaba Mir
AU - Rezaniakolaei, Alireza
AU - Blichfeld, Anders Bank
AU - Iversen, Bo Brummerstedt
AU - Rosendahl, Lasse Aistrup
PY - 2017/11
Y1 - 2017/11
N2 - Zinc antimonide compounds are among the most efficient thermoelectric (TE) materials with exceptional low thermal conductivity at moderate temperatures up to 350 °C. This study aims to evaluate the performance of a zinc antimonide thin film TE deposited on an insulating substrate, while the heat flows in plane with the thin film. At first, the effect of applying different temperatures at the hot side of the specimen is investigated to reach steady state in an open circuit analysis. Then, the study focuses on performance and stability analysis of the thermoelectric element operating under different resistive loads and over a wide range of operating temperatures from 160 °C to 350 °C. The results show that, at a hot side temperature equal to 275 °C, the Seebeck coefficient (α) reaches its maximum value (242 μV/K), which is comparable to that of bulk materials reported in the literature. According to a variation of the load resistance, the maximum power output, that is a function of temperature, occurs at 170.25 Ω. The maximum power is 8.46 μW corresponding to a cold and hot side temperature of ≈ 30 °C and 350 °C, respectively.
AB - Zinc antimonide compounds are among the most efficient thermoelectric (TE) materials with exceptional low thermal conductivity at moderate temperatures up to 350 °C. This study aims to evaluate the performance of a zinc antimonide thin film TE deposited on an insulating substrate, while the heat flows in plane with the thin film. At first, the effect of applying different temperatures at the hot side of the specimen is investigated to reach steady state in an open circuit analysis. Then, the study focuses on performance and stability analysis of the thermoelectric element operating under different resistive loads and over a wide range of operating temperatures from 160 °C to 350 °C. The results show that, at a hot side temperature equal to 275 °C, the Seebeck coefficient (α) reaches its maximum value (242 μV/K), which is comparable to that of bulk materials reported in the literature. According to a variation of the load resistance, the maximum power output, that is a function of temperature, occurs at 170.25 Ω. The maximum power is 8.46 μW corresponding to a cold and hot side temperature of ≈ 30 °C and 350 °C, respectively.
KW - Thin Film TEG
KW - Maximum Output Power
KW - Seebeck Coefficient
KW - Zinc Antimonide
KW - Load Resistance
U2 - 10.1002/pssa.201700301
DO - 10.1002/pssa.201700301
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1862-6300
VL - 214
JO - Physica Status Solidi. A: Applications and Materials Science
JF - Physica Status Solidi. A: Applications and Materials Science
IS - 11
M1 - 1700301
ER -