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Simultaneous Measurements of Thermal Conductivity and Seebeck Coefficients of Roughened Nanowire Arrays

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 August 2012

J. S. Sadhu ,
T. Hongxiang ,
J. Ma ,
J. Kim  and
S. Sinha
J. S. Sadhu
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, U.S.A.
T. Hongxiang
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, U.S.A.
J. Ma
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, U.S.A.
J. Kim
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, U.S.A.
S. Sinha
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, U.S.A.
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Abstract

We report simultaneous measurements of thermal conductivity and Seebeck coefficient on array-scale silicon nanowires fabricated by metal assisted chemical etching. The measurements are conducted on the solid and the mesoporous nanowire arrays (NWAs) obtained from etching 1 ohm-cm and 0.002 ohm-cm Si substrates respectively. We demonstrate control on sidewall morphology and doping of the arrays that have an aspect ratio up to 20 and 30 % areal coverage. We employ differential frequency-domain measurements, separately on the array and the corresponding substrate to obtain the temperature drop and Seebeck voltage contribution of the nanowire array. The technique is validated by measurements on bulk silicon across the resistivity 0.002-1 ohm-cm. The Seebeck measurements reveal quenching of the phonon drag in the nanowires in comparison to the bulk in the measured temperature range of 300 K- 500 K. The Seebeck coefficient shows a ~18 % decrease in the solid NWAs and ~22 % increase in the mesoporous NWAs at room temperature. The thermal conductivity is close to Casimir limit for the solid wires while it drops to ~2.5 W/mK in the mesoporous nanowires.

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thermal conductivitythermoelectricnanostructure
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1456: Symposium JJ – Nanoscale Thermoelectrics 2012—Materials and Transport Phenomena , 2012 , mrss12-1456-jj08-10
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2012

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