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On the electrophoretic deposition of Bi2Te3 nanoparticles through electrolyte optimization and substrate design
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Applied Physics, Biomedical and X-ray Physics.
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Applied Physics, Biomedical and X-ray Physics.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5672-5727
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Applied Physics, Nanostructure Physics.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0493-7792
KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering. KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Energy Technology, Applied Thermodynamics and Refrigeration. KTH, School of Biotechnology (BIO), Centres, Albanova VinnExcellence Center for Protein Technology, ProNova. KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Applied Physics, Materials and Nanophysics. KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Applied Physics, Biomedical and X-ray Physics.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5678-5298
2022 (English)In: Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, ISSN 0927-7757, E-ISSN 1873-4359, Vol. 649, p. 129537-, article id 129537Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Assembly of thermoelectric nanostructures with pre-defined morphology and surface chemistry on solid sub-strates has been one of the challenges for in-plane TE devices. Electrophoretic deposition (EPD) has the potential to be used for this purpose, where the use of non-conductive substrates is required to enable a reliable evaluation of the transport property of electrically active films. Bi2Te3 nanoparticles, which were synthesized using microwave-assisted hydrothermal route, were used for the EPD of thermoelectric films on glass substrates. A special substrate was fabricated using maskless photolithography, to evaluate the electronic transport properties of the TE films without the interference of the substrate. Electrolyte composition was optimized for high mobility of the suspended nanoparticles, and Bi2Te3 EPD films were fabricated with a high deposition rate, reaching 10 mu m/min. Initial EPD films showed high resistivity, ascribed to the surface oxide layer and capping ligands. The resistance was significantly reduced by the addition of a dithiol molecular linker, capable of interconnecting the Bi2Te3 nanoparticles through ligand-exchange. Seebeck coefficient in the range-150 to-180 mu V/K was measured, revealing the transport through the deposited films. Finally, a power factor of 169 nW/K-2.m was estimated, revealing the potential for the application of this technology to large area TE films as active coatings using the developed EPD process.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier BV , 2022. Vol. 649, p. 129537-, article id 129537
Keywords [en]
Thermoelectric, Bismuth telluride, Bi2Te3, Electrophoretic deposition, EPD, Thermoelectric power factor, Seebeck coefficient, Hydrothermal synthesis, Colloida lstabilization, Interface modification, Ligand exchange
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Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics Nano Technology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-316233DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.129537ISI: 000830306900002Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85132922491OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-316233DiVA, id: diva2:1688479
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QC 20220818

Available from: 2022-08-18 Created: 2022-08-18 Last updated: 2023-08-18Bibliographically approved
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1. Synthesis, Electrophoretic Deposition, and Characterization of Nanostructured Thermoelectric Materials
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Synthesis, Electrophoretic Deposition, and Characterization of Nanostructured Thermoelectric Materials
2023 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

The world’s increasing demand for energy and supplying this energy dominantlyfrom fossil fuels has a major impact on global climate change. Theenergy crisis has gotten more alarming in the recent years which increasedthe motivation for replacing fossil fuels with greener routes for energy harvest.There are various technologies developed for harvesting energy, andthe ability to recover energy from waste heat at a wide range of temperatures (from room temperature to more than 1000C) distinguished thethermoelectric (TE) materials from the rest. The drawback about the thermoelectricdevices is that they are too inefficient to be cost-effective in manyapplications, and the developments in nanotechnology is providing somesolutions to increase the efficiency of these materials and devices.

The field of thermoelectrics suffer from large discrepancy of theresults in the literature, which is generally attributed to the variations inthe materials qualities, urging a need for the development of synthetictechniques that can lead to large-scale TE materials in reasonable timeframe. In this thesis, three different routes for rapid, scalable, and energyefficient, wet-chemical synthetic techniques for bismuth chalcogenidecompounds are presented. Microwave assisted heating during reactionprovided better control over the particle properties while reducing thereaction time and carbon footprint of the synthetic method, leading tomaterials bismuth chalcogenides with promising TE transport propertiesin a scalable and reproducible manner.

Hybrid TE materials, and recently emerging solid-liquid TE materialsconcept, requires fabrication of porous TE films, to study the effect of variousinterfaces, including solid and liquid electrolytes. For this purpose, wedeveloped and optimized the electrophoretic deposition (EPD) process toprepare nanostructured porous TE films by preserving the size and morphologyof the as-synthesized bismuth chalcogenide particles. A new glass based substrate is designed and fabricated to study the electronic transportproperties of the electrically active films prepared via EPD. Using this platform,we could clearly demonstrate the significance of the synthetic methodon the surface chemistry and resultant transport properties of the TE materials.The methods and materials developed in this thesis are expected toimpact and expedite further developments in the field of thermoelectrics.

Abstract [sv]

Världens ökande efterfrågan på energi och att tillhandahålla denna energifrämst från fossila bränslen har en betydande inverkan på den globalaklimatförändringen. Energikrisen har blivit allt mer alarmerande de senasteåren, vilket har ökat motivationen att ersätta fossila bränslen med grönaenergilösningar. Det har utvecklats olika tekniker för energiutvinning, menförmågan att återvinna energi från spillvärme vid ett brett temperaturintervall(från rumstemperatur till över 1000 °C) skiljer termoelektriska (TE)material från övriga. Nackdelen med TE-enheter är att de är för ineffektivaför att vara kostnadseffektiva i många tillämpningar, där utvecklingen inomnanoteknik erbjuder vissa lösningar för att öka effektiviteten hos dessamaterial och enheter.

Inom området för TE-material finns det stora avvikelser i resultaten i litteraturen,vilket i allmänhet tillskrivs variationer i materialkvaliteten. Detfinns ett behov av att utveckla syntetiska tekniker som kan leda till högeffektivaTE-material i storskalig produktion på rimlig tid. I denna avhandlingpresenteras tre olika metoder för snabb, skalbar och energieffektiv våtkemisksyntetisering av bismutkalkogenidföreningar. Mikrovågsassisteraduppvärmning under reaktionen gav bättre kontroll över partikelegenskapernasamtidigt som reaktionstiden och koldioxidavtrycket för den syntetiskametoden minskade, vilket resulterade i bismutkalkogenider med lovandeTE-transportegenskaper på ett skalbart och reproducerbart sätt.

Hybrida TE-material och det nyligen framkomna konceptet med fastvätska-TE-material kräver framställning av porösa TE-filmer för att studeraeffekten av olika gränssnitt, inklusive fasta och flytande elektrolyter. Fördetta ändamål har vi utvecklat och optimerat elektroforesdepositionsprocessen(EPD) för att framställa nanostrukturerade porösa TE-filmer genomatt bevara storlek och morfologi hos de syntetiserade bismutkalkogenidpartiklarna. En ett nytt substrat baserat på glas har designats och tillverkats föratt studera de elektroniska transportegenskaperna hos de elektriskt aktivafilmerna som framställts via EPD. Med denna plattform kunde vi tydligt visabetydelsen av syntesmetoden för yt-kemin och de resulterande transportegenskapernahos TE-filmerna. De metoder och material som utvecklats idenna avhandling förväntas påverka och påskynda vidareutvecklingen inomforskningsområdet för TE-material.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 2023
Series
TRITA-SCI-FOU ; 2023:38
Keywords
Thermoelectric, Bismuth telluride, Antimony telluride, Hydrothermal synthesis, Thermolysis, Polyol, Electrophoretic deposition, EPD, Seebeck coefficient, Thermoelectric power factor, Colloidal stabilization
National Category
Nano Technology Materials Chemistry
Research subject
Physics, Material and Nano Physics
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urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-334386 (URN)978-91-8040-651-2 (ISBN)
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2023-09-15, FA32, Roslagstullsbacken 21, Stockholm, 13:00
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Available from: 2023-08-21 Created: 2023-08-18 Last updated: 2023-08-21Bibliographically approved

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