Thermoelectric characteristics of microscale thin-film thermocouples

Akira Yabe; Shuichi Terakado; Jon P. Longtin; M. C. Hipwell; Chang Lin Tien

doi:10.1080/108939597200430

Thermoelectric characteristics of microscale thin-film thermocouples

Akira Yabe
, Shuichi Terakado
, Jon P. Longtin
, M. C. Hipwell
, Chang Lin Tien

Mechanical Engineering

University of Tsukuba
University of California at Berkeley

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Abstract

Microscale thin-film thermocouples (TFTCs), which can be fabricated using existing microelectronics technology on the surfaces of electronic de vices with film thicknesses as small as tens of angstroms, have smaller thermoelectric potential compared to thick-film cases. The qualititative characteristics of TFTCs, which have not yet been modeled successfully, have been analyzed based on the model of distributed electric potential across the interface of two metals. The steady-state solution of the electron distribution and the electric potential distribution by solving the one-dimensional Schrodinger equation and the Poisson equation simultaneously show the decrease in the thermoeleectric potential quantitatively.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	53-60
Number of pages	8
Journal	Microscale Thermophysical Engineering
Volume	1
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/108939597200430
State	Published - Jan 1 1997

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