Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2010-09-09
Applied Physics Letters, 97, 133117 (2010)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
Contact Info: http://ndl.ee.ucr.edu/; E-mail: balandin@ee.ucr.edu
Scientific paper
We report on "graphene-like" mechanical exfoliation of single-crystal Bi2Te3 films and thermoelectric characterization of the stacks of such films. Thermal conductivity of the resulting "pseudo-superlattices" was measured by the "hot disk" and "laser flash" techniques. The room-temperature in-plane (cross-plane) thermal conductivity of the stacks decreases by a factor of ~2.4 (3.5) as compared to bulk. The thermal conductivity reduction with preserved electrical properties leads to strong increase in the thermoelectric figure of merit. It is suggested that the film thinning to few-quintuples and tuning of the Fermi level can help in achieving the topological-insulator surface transport regime with an extraordinary thermoelectric efficiency.
Balandin Alexander A.
Goyal Vivek
Teweldebrhan Desalegne
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