公开(公告)号：US20200343429A1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-29

申请号：US16555100

申请日：2019-08-29

Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Inventor： Seungjun Chung ,  Phillip Lee ,  Min Park ,  Sang-Soo Lee ,  Heesuk Kim ,  Jeong Gon Son ,  Jong Hyuk Park ,  Tae Ann Kim ,  Seongkwon Hwang ,  Inho Jeong

IPC: H01L35/12 ,  H01L35/34 ,  H01L35/02

Abstract: Disclosed is a thermoelectric device in which a separate interlayer is inserted between a thermoelectric leg and an electrode to reduce the contact resistance between the thermoelectric leg and the electrode, so that the interlayer serves as a tunneling path between the thermoelectric leg and the electrode, facilitating the charge movements between the two materials, and the thermoelectric device according to an embodiment includes a substrate, a thermoelectric leg positioned on the substrate, an interlayer positioned on the thermoelectric leg, and including a plurality of interlayer materials chemically bonded with the thermoelectric leg, and an electrode positioned on the interlayer, and electrically connected to the thermoelectric leg.

公开(公告)号：US11245061B2

公开(公告)日：2022-02-08

申请号：US16555100

申请日：2019-08-29

Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Inventor： Seungjun Chung ,  Phillip Lee ,  Min Park ,  Sang-Soo Lee ,  Heesuk Kim ,  Jeong Gon Son ,  Jong Hyuk Park ,  Tae Ann Kim ,  Seongkwon Hwang ,  Inho Jeong

IPC: H01L35/12 ,  H01L35/02 ,  H01L35/34

Abstract: Disclosed is a thermoelectric device in which a separate interlayer is inserted between a thermoelectric leg and an electrode to reduce the contact resistance between the thermoelectric leg and the electrode, so that the interlayer serves as a tunneling path between the thermoelectric leg and the electrode, facilitating the charge movements between the two materials. The thermoelectric device according to an embodiment includes a substrate; at least one thermoelectric leg positioned on the substrate; an interlayer positioned on each thermoelectric leg of the at least one thermoelectric leg and including a plurality of interlayer materials that are chemically bonded with a respective thermoelectric leg; and an electrode positioned on each interlayer and electrically connected to the respective thermoelectric leg, wherein the plurality of interlayer materials of each respective interlayer is arranged in a shape of a brush.