Author:
Teweldebrhan Desalegne,Balandin Alexander A.
Abstract
In this paper we overview our results on "graphene-inspired" exfoliation of crystalline bismuth telluride films with a thickness of just a few atoms. The atomically thin films were suspended across trenches in Si/SiO2 substrates, and subjected to detail material characterization. The presence of the van der Waals gaps allowed us to disassemble Bi2Te3 crystal into its quintuple building blocks - five mono-atomic sheets - consisting of Te(1)-Bi-Te(2)-Bi-Te(1). By altering the thickness and sequence of atomic planes we were able to create "designer" quasi-2D crystalline films, change their composition, the type of charge carriers as well as other properties. The exfoliated quintuples and ultra-thin films have low thermal conductivity, relatively high electrical conductivity and enhanced thermoelectric properties. The obtained results pave the way for producing stacks of crystalline bismuth telluride quantum wells with nearly infinite potential barriers, strong spatial confinement of charge carriers and acoustic phonons, beneficial for thermoelectric devices.
Publisher
The Electrochemical Society
Cited by
7 articles.
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