Design of Thin-Film Thermoelectric Microcoolers

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.-J. Yao ◽  
C.-J. Kim ◽  
G. Chen
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Electron Transport ◽  
Design Optimization ◽  
Heat Loss ◽  
Size Effects ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Film Plane ◽  
Shape Design ◽  
Membrane Structures ◽  
Classical Size

Abstract Thin-film thermoelectric devices have potentially higher efficiency than bulk ones due to quantum and classical size effects of electrons and phonons. In this paper, we discuss the design of thin-film thermoelectric microcoolers for achieving high performance. The devices considered are membrane structures based on electron transport along the film plane. A model is developed to include the effects of heat loss and leg shape. Design optimization is performed based on the modeling results.

Electrical Transport in thin Silicide Films

1985 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. Hensel
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Hall Effect ◽  
Size Effects ◽  
Electrical Transport ◽  
Boundary Scattering ◽  
Band Theory ◽  
Carrier Scattering ◽  
Electronic Parameters ◽  
Scattering Lengths ◽  
Classical Size

ABSTRACTThis paper reviews our recent studies of electrical transport in thin suicide films. Resistivity as a function of temperature, Hall effect, and magnetoresistance have been characterized for CoSi2 and NiSi2 and in conjunction with band theory provide estimates of important electronic parameters, viz. carrier densities and carrier scattering lengths. Resistivity data for TiSi2 and TaSi2 are included. Also examined in resistivity are (i) effects produced by ion bombardment which show CoSi2 to have an unusual susceptibility to radiation damage and (ii) classical size effects in the very thin film regime which show the boundary scattering to be principally specular. As an application we describe a Si/CoSi2/Si heterostructure transistor recently developed.

scholarly journals Performance-Enhancing Sulfur-Doped TiO2 Photoanodes for Perovskite Solar Cells

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 429
Author(s):  
Muhazri Abd Mutalib ◽  
Norasikin Ahmad Ludin ◽  
Mohd Sukor Su’ait ◽  
Matthew Davies ◽  
Suhaila Sepeai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Electron Transport ◽  
Conduction Band ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Perovskite Solar Cells ◽  
Transport Layer ◽  
Electron Transport Layer ◽  
Dense Layer ◽  
Doped Tio2

High-performance electron transport layer (ETL) anode generally needs to form a uniform dense layer with suitable conduction band position and good electron transport properties. The TiO2 photoanode is primarily applied as the ETL because it is low-cost, has diverse thin-film preparation methods and has good chemical stability. However, pure TiO2 is not an ideal ETL because it lacks several important criteria, such as low conductivity and conduction band mismatch with compositional-tailored perovskite. Thus, TiO2 is an inefficient photo-anode or ETL for high-performance perovskite devices. In this study, sulfur as dopant in the TiO2 photo-anode thin film is used to fabricate solid-state planar perovskite solar cells in relatively high humidity (40–50%). The deposited S-doped thin film improves the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of the device to 6.0%, with the un-doped TiO2 producing a PCE of 5.1% in the best device. Improvement in PCE is due to lower recombination and higher photocurrent density, resulting in 18% increase in PCE (5.1–6.0%).

High-resolution scanning electron microscopy of thin-film magnetic media of magnetic recording disk

1992 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 1334-1335
Author(s):  
K. Ogura ◽  
H. Nishioka ◽  
N. Ikeo ◽  
T. Kanazawa ◽  
J. Teshima
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Fine Structure ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Magnetic Recording ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Magnetic Hysteresis ◽  
Grain Structure ◽  
Magnetic Media ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Resolution Observation

Structural appraisal of thin film magnetic media is very important because their magnetic characters such as magnetic hysteresis and recording behaviors are drastically altered by the grain structure of the film. However, in general, the surface of thin film magnetic media of magnetic recording disk which is process completed is protected by several-nm thick sputtered carbon. Therefore, high-resolution observation of a cross-sectional plane of a disk is strongly required to see the fine structure of the thin film magnetic media. Additionally, observation of the top protection film is also very important in this field.Recently, several different process-completed magnetic disks were examined with a UHR-SEM, the JEOL JSM 890, which consisted of a field emission gun and a high-performance immerse lens. The disks were cut into approximately 10-mm squares, the bottom of these pieces were carved into more than half of the total thickness of the disks, and they were bent. There were many cracks on the bent disks. When these disks were observed with the UHR-SEM, it was very difficult to observe the fine structure of thin film magnetic media which appeared on the cracks, because of a very heavy contamination on the observing area.

The Structure and Properties of MoSi2 Thin Film in Mos Process

1980 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 326-327
Author(s):  
C.K. Wu ◽  
P. Chang ◽  
N. Godinho
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Integrated Circuits ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Process Development ◽  
Structure And Properties ◽  
Metal Silicides ◽  
High Oxidation ◽  
Important Approach ◽  
High Oxidation Resistance

Recently, the use of refractory metal silicides as low resistivity, high temperature and high oxidation resistance gate materials in large scale integrated circuits (LSI) has become an important approach in advanced MOS process development (1). This research is a systematic study on the structure and properties of molybdenum silicide thin film and its applicability to high performance LSI fabrication.

A Proposal of High Performance Organic Thin Film Transistors

2010 ◽  
Vol 130 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-166
Author(s):  
Yoshinori Ishikawa ◽  
Yasuo Wada ◽  
Toru Toyabe ◽  
Ken Tsutsui
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Thin Film Transistors ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Organic Thin Film Transistors ◽  
Organic Thin Film

Thin Film 2-d Photonic Crystals High-Performance Light-Emitting Diodes

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eli Yablonovitch ◽  
Misha Boroditsky ◽  
Rutger Vrijen ◽  
Thomas F. Krauss ◽  
Roberto Coccioli
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Photonic Crystals ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Light Emitting Diodes ◽  
Light Emitting

Organic Electronics

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen R. Forrest
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Organic Electronics ◽  
Thin Film Transistors ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Electronic Devices ◽  
Thin Film Deposition ◽  
Film Deposition ◽  
Organic Thin Film ◽  
Graduate Studies ◽  
Organic Light

Organic electronics is a platform for very low cost and high performance optoelectronic and electronic devices that cover large areas, are lightweight, and can be both flexible and conformable to irregularly shaped surfaces such as foldable smart phones. Organics are at the core of the global organic light emitting device (OLED) display industry, and also having use in efficient lighting sources, solar cells, and thin film transistors useful in medical and a range of other sensing, memory and logic applications. This book introduces the theoretical foundations and practical realization of devices in organic electronics. It is a product of both one and two semester courses that have been taught over a period of more than two decades. The target audiences are students at all levels of graduate studies, highly motivated senior undergraduates, and practicing engineers and scientists. The book is divided into two sections. Part I, Foundations, lays down the fundamental principles of the field of organic electronics. It is assumed that the reader has an elementary knowledge of quantum mechanics, and electricity and magnetism. Background knowledge of organic chemistry is not required. Part II, Applications, focuses on organic electronic devices. It begins with a discussion of organic thin film deposition and patterning, followed by chapters on organic light emitters, detectors, and thin film transistors. The last chapter describes several devices and phenomena that are not covered in the previous chapters, since they lie outside of the current mainstream of the field, but are nevertheless important.

scholarly journals Metabolic Evaluation of Urine from Patients Diagnosed with High Grade (HG) Bladder Cancer by SPME-LC-MS Method

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (8) ◽  
pp. 2194
Author(s):  
Kamil Łuczykowski ◽  
Natalia Warmuzińska ◽  
Sylwia Operacz ◽  
Iga Stryjak ◽  
Joanna Bogusiewicz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Bladder Cancer ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Biomarker Discovery ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Biological Fluids ◽  
Reversed Phase ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Metabolic Evaluation ◽  
Metabolomic Profiling

Bladder cancer (BC) is a common malignancy of the urinary system and a leading cause of death worldwide. In this work, untargeted metabolomic profiling of biological fluids is presented as a non-invasive tool for bladder cancer biomarker discovery as a first step towards developing superior methods for detection, treatment, and prevention well as to further our current understanding of this disease. In this study, urine samples from 24 healthy volunteers and 24 BC patients were subjected to metabolomic profiling using high throughput solid-phase microextraction (SPME) in thin-film format and reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with a Q Exactive Focus Orbitrap mass spectrometer. The chemometric analysis enabled the selection of metabolites contributing to the observed separation of BC patients from the control group. Relevant differences were demonstrated for phenylalanine metabolism compounds, i.e., benzoic acid, hippuric acid, and 4-hydroxycinnamic acid. Furthermore, compounds involved in the metabolism of histidine, beta-alanine, and glycerophospholipids were also identified. Thin-film SPME can be efficiently used as an alternative approach to other traditional urine sample preparation methods, demonstrating the SPME technique as a simple and efficient tool for urinary metabolomics research. Moreover, this study’s results may support a better understanding of bladder cancer development and progression mechanisms.

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