title: Reliable contact fabrication on nanostructured Bi2Te3-based thermoelectric materials.
abstract: A cost-effective and reliable Ni-Au contact on nanostructured Bi2Te3-based alloys for a solar thermoelectric generator (STEG) is reported. The use of MPS SAMs creates a strong covalent binding and more nucleation sites with even distribution for electroplating contact electrodes on nanostructured thermoelectric materials. A reliable high-performance flat-panel STEG can be obtained by using this new method.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong. hpfeng@hku.hk
authors.forename: Shien-Ping
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Ya-Huei
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Bed
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Poudel
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Zhifeng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chen