Doped Organic Micro-Thermoelectric Coolers with Rapid Response Time

Shu-Jen Wang; Steve Wohlrab; Heiko Reith; Dietmar Berger; Hans Kleemann; Kornelius Nielsch; Karl Leo

doi:10.1002/aelm.202200629

Doped Organic Micro-Thermoelectric Coolers with Rapid Response Time

Shu-Jen Wang^*, Steve Wohlrab, Heiko Reith^*, Dietmar Berger, Hans Kleemann, Kornelius Nielsch, Karl Leo^*

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Local thermal management has important implications regarding comfort, energy consumption, and electronic device performance/lifetime. While organic thermoelectrics have emerged as promising materials for flexible thermoelectric energy harvesting devices, their potential as Peltier cooling element has been largely overlooked. Here, micro-thermoelectric coolers based on doped small molecule thin-films with a fast response time (around 25 µs) which is among the fastest micro-thermoelectric coolers reported are presented. This experimental cooling performance is supported by simulation using the finite-element method for thermal transport. The results show that organic thermoelectrics offer great potential for flexible and wearable micro-thermoelectric cooling applications.

Original language	English
Article number	2200629
Number of pages	5
Journal	Advanced Electronic Materials
Volume	8
Issue number	12
Early online date	2 Aug 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.202200629
Publication status	Published - Dec 2022

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

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molecular doping
organic semiconductors
organic thermoelectrics
Peltier effect
thermal management

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