Additive Manufacturing of Bulk Thermoelectric Architectures: A Review
Abstract
Additive manufacturing offers several opportunities for thermoelectric energy harvesting systems. This new manufacturing approach enables customized leg geometries, minimized thermal boundary resistances, less retooling, reduced thermoelectric material waste, and strong potential to manipulate microstructure for higher values of figure of merit. Although additive manufacturing has been used to fabricate thin thermoelectric films, there has been comparatively limited demonstrations of additive manufacturing for bulk thermoelectric structures. This review provides insights about the current progress of bulk thermoelectric material and device additive manufacturing. Each additive manufacturing technique used to produce bulk thermoelectric structures is discussed in detail along with future directions and challenges.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Apr 25, 2022
- Source ID
- 10.3390/en15093121
Entities
People
- Cagri Oztan
- Ryan Welch
- Saniya LeBlanc
Organizations
- National Science Foundation
- Office of Naval Research