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The effects of diffusion barrier layers on the microstructural and electrical properties in CoSb3 thermoelectric modules
- Authors
- Song, Byeongcheol; Lee, Seokhee; Cho, Sungmee; Song, Min-Jung; Choi, Soon-Mok; Seo, Won-Seon; Yoon, Youngsoo; Lee, Wooyoung
- Issue Date
- 25-Dec-2014
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
- Keywords
- Thermoelectric module; Diffusion barrier layer (Au, Pt, and Ti); CoSb3 skutterudite; Intermetallic compound layer
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS, v.617, pp.160 - 162
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
- Volume
- 617
- Start Page
- 160
- End Page
- 162
- ISSN
- 0925-8388
- Abstract
- We report the microstructure and electrical properties of CoSb3 legs on which Au, Pt, and Ti are deposited by ultra-high-vacuum (UHV) radio frequency (RF) sputtering. After annealing, an intermetallic compound (IMC) layer, approximately 320 nm thick, forms at the interface of CoSb3/Ti. This layer plays a significant role as a diffusion barrier in a CoSb3 thermoelectric (TE) module. The IMC layer has little effect on the electrical properties of CoSb3/Ti. However, no IMC layers were observed in CoSb3/Au and CoSb3/Pt, where Au and Pt diffused into the CoSb3 leg to a great depth. Our results demonstrate that a Ti layer on a CoSb3 leg deposited by a sputtering system is effective to form the IMC layer, preventing further diffusion of Ti and giving rise to enhance the efficiency of CoSb3 TE modules. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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- Yoon, Young Soo
- Engineering (Department of Materials Science & Engineering)