Date of Award
11-1-2023
Thesis Type
masters
Document Type
Thesis (Restricted Access)
Divisions
eng
Department
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Institution
Universiti Malaya
Abstract
Thermoelectric devices are composed of n-type and p-type materials. The purpose of this research was to study the controllability of tellurium (p-type) thin films. As for thin films, although the films are fabricated via many techniques, electrochemical deposition as one of many methods has some advantages, which can accurately control deposition parameters to obtain the corresponding film morphology and grain size. On the premise of being a material for thermoelectric microdevices, this work is aimedat growing a dense and homogeneous tellurium film in an atmospheric environment by electrodeposition at 300K. This study found that the CVcurve shifts in the positive direction with increasing deposition time. Based on the findings, we set up the initial potential and the stabilized potential to study the tellurium film. In addition, three different additives (tartaric acid, polyvinyl alcohol, and sodium lignosulfonate) have been used and the pH was adjusted to optimize the morphology of tellurium films.
Note
Research Report (M.A.) – Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaya, 2023.
Recommended Citation
Yang, Fan, "Controllable growth of tellurium-based films by electrochemical deposition technique / Yang Fan" (2023). Student Works (2020-2029). 1559.
https://knova.um.edu.my/student_works_2020s/1559