Calculation of the thin-film thermoelectric module manufactured by pulsed laser deposition
Published: 12.11.2015
Authors: Dubrovin G.N., Gerasimova E.S., Shupenev A.E.
Published in issue: #12(48)/2015
DOI: 10.18698/2308-6033-2015-12-1441
Category: Mechanical Engineering and Machine Science | Chapter: Technology and Equipment of Mechanical and Physical Processing
The article presents calculation method of a thin-film thermoelectric module to be manufactured by pulsed laser deposition. The module is a polyimide substrate (54x20x0,1 mm), on which thermoelectric Bi2Te3-based material is deposited. By the results of calculation we determined the required number of thermocouples for the module to generate a voltage of 3.6 V at a temperature difference of 16 K.
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