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  • Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
  • Volume 26(4); 2019
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Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society 2019;26(4):149-156. Published online: Mar, 23, 2020

Stretchable Characteristics and Power Generation Properties of a Stretchable Thermoelectric Module Filled with PDMS

  • Kee Sun Han and Tae Sung Oh
    Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Hongik University
Corresponding author E-mail: ohts@hongik.ac.kr
Abstract

5쌍의 Bi2Te3계 p-n 가압소결체 열전레그들로 구성되어 있으며 상하부 기판이 없고 내부는 polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)로 충진되어 있는 신축열전모듈을 형성하고, 이의 신축특성과 발전특성을 분석하였다. 신축열전모듈에 변형률 0~0.1 범위의 신축변형 싸이클을 10회 인가하여도 모듈의 integrity가 잘 유지되었으며, 인장변형률이 0.2로 증가시 Cu 전 극과 열전레그 사이의 접합부 파단에 의해 모듈이 open 되었다. 신축열전모듈은 열전레그 양단간의 온도차가 2.2 K일 때 4.6 mV의 open circuit 전압을 나타내었으며, 변형률 0~0.1 범위의 인장변형에 의한 open circuit 전압의 변화는 5% 미만 이었다. 신축열전모듈은 0.1의 변형률로 인장된 상태에서 레그 양단간 온도차 2.2 K에 의해 18.5 μW의 최대발전출력을 나타내었다.
A stretchable thermoelectric module consisting of 5 pairs of Bi2Te3-based hot-pressed p-n thermoelectric legs was processed by filling the module inside with polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and removing the top and bottom substrates. Its stretchable characteristics and power generation properties were measured. The integrity of the module was kept well even after 10 strain cycles ranging from 0 to 0.1. With increasing the tensile strain to 0.2, the module circuitry became open because of joint failure between Cu electrodes and thermoelectric legs. The stretchable thermoelectric module exhibited an open circuit voltage of 4.6 mV with a temperature difference of 2.2K across both ends of thermoelectric legs, and changes in its open circuit voltage were below 5% for tensile strains of 0~0.1. Being elongated for a strain of 0.1, it exhibited the maximum output power of 18.5 μW with the temperature difference of 2.2K across its both ends.

Keywords stretchable thermoelectrics, stretchable thermoelectric module, energy harvesting, PDMS, wearable device