Dresden
Technology Portal

 
Your access to research infrastructure and know-how
de|en

Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (Department)

Parent Units:
Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden)

Contact

web: http://www.ifw-dresden.de/de/institute/institut-fuer-metallische-werkstoffe-imw/research-departments/thermoelectric-materials...
email: e-mail
phone: +49 (0)351 4659-1875
fax: +49 (0)351 4659-541
postal address: Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden), Thermoelectric Materials and Devices, P.O. Box 27 010 16, 01171 Dresden, Germany
office address: Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden), Thermoelectric Materials and Devices, Helmholtzstr. 20, 01069 Dresden, Germany
partner: Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research

Expertise

A key issue of our activities is the development of thermoelectric materials in the form of thin films (electrodeposition) and nanostructured bulk (spark plasma sintering). A variety of measurement techniques are employed for the characterization of the temperature dependant thermoelectric transport coefficients, e.g. physical property measurement system, direct characterization of Seebeck coefficient and electrical conductivity, laserflash method, and Seebeck microscan. These activities are complemented by the fabrication of devices in different device architectures like thin films or pn-junction thermoelectric generators.

Our research areas:

  • Electrodeposition of conventional thermoelectric materials like Bi2Te3 and Sb2Te3
  • Sintering (Spark plasma sintering / Hot pressing) of thermoelectric nanopowder to nanocrystalline bulk
  • Thin film device fabrication by lithographic pattering
  • Fabrication of conventional devices by metallization and soldering techniques
  • Full characterization of all thermoelectric transport coefficients

Affiliations

Parent Units

name type actions
Institute for Metallic Materials (IMW) Institute view

Last Update

Last updated at: 2016-02-18 15:02 CET