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A study of size and crystal orientation dependence of thermoelectric properties for miniaturization

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K15382
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 28020:Nanostructural physics-related
Research InstitutionShibaura Institute of Technology

Principal Investigator

Zhang Xiaobin  芝浦工業大学, SIT総合研究所, 准教授 (40647111)

Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Keywords透過型電子顕微鏡その場計測法 / 熱電性能 / ポイントコンタクト / サイズ依存性 / 結晶方位 / TEM試料ホルダー開発 / 試料ホルダー開発 / 透過型電子顕微鏡 / その場観察 / 熱電性能測定 / 熱電材料 / 透過型電子顕微鏡その場計測
Outline of Research at the Start

これまでに、電子状態に比べフォノン状態に大きな異方性がある材料や、フォノンの平均自由行程より小さいサイズの材料で高い熱電性能が得られることが指摘されている。しかしながら、電極間に熱電材料の薄膜やワイヤーを担持して熱電性能を測定する従来の方法は、熱リークや熱電材料と電極の接触状態などに課題があると言われている。本研究では、局所的な熱起電力を測定できる走査型熱電顕微鏡をヒントに、透過型電子顕微鏡その場計測法を用いて、熱電材料のポイントコンタクトを形成し、I-V計測からそのサイズや結晶方位による熱電性能の違いを明らかにする。熱やフォノンを利用したナノスイッチング素子の開発にもつながる。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research, we have developed a transmission electron microscope (TEM) specimen holder for in-situ observation that can simultaneously realize structural observation and I-V measurement by forming a point contact between the thermoelectric material and the electrode. A flaky thermoelectric material can be placed on a holder and heated from room temperature to about 200 °C., and the local thermo-electromotive force due to the temperature gradient can be measured. Since contact is made at a point contact of about 100 nm from the atomic scale, thermal leakage between the sample and the electrode is almost negligible, and differences in thermoelectric performance depending on the size and crystal orientation of the material can be clarified from I-V measurements. This research will lead to the development of materials with high thermoelectric performance and the development of nanoswitching elements using heat and phonons.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

小型の走査型熱電顕微鏡を組み込んだTEM試料ホルダーを設計・作製することで、試料と探針の形状や位置関係や得られたポイントコンタクトのサイズなどを把握しながら、熱電性能を計測することができた。本研究は、より正確に熱電性能のサイズおよび結晶方位の依存性について明らかにしようとしている点に学術的な意義があり、独創性がある。そして、熱電性能に影響を与える要素のメカニズムを解明することでより高い性能を持つ材料の開発やその他の応用に繋ぐ。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2021 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (18 results)

All 2022 2021 2020 2019

All Journal Article (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 5 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (13 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Invited: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Current effect on suspended graphene nanoribbon studied using in?situ transmission electron microscopy2022

    • Author(s)
      Liu Chunmeng、Zhang Jiaqi、Ganesh Ramaraj Sankar、Zhang Xiaobin、Muruganathan Manoharan、Mizuta Hiroshi、Oshima Yoshifumi
    • Journal Title

      Applied Surface Science

      Volume: 573 Pages: 151563-151563

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.apsusc.2021.151563

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Origin of nonlinear current-voltage curves for suspended zigzag edge graphene nanoribbons2020

    • Author(s)
      Liu Chunmeng、Zhang Jiaqi、Muruganathan Manoharan、Mizuta Hiroshi、Oshima Yoshifumi、Zhang Xiaobin
    • Journal Title

      Carbon

      Volume: 165 Pages: 476-483

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.carbon.2020.05.010

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report 2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] In-situ electrical conductance measurement of suspended ultra-narrow graphene nanoribbons observed via transmission electron microscopy2020

    • Author(s)
      Liu Chunmeng、Zhang Jiaqi、Zhang Xiaobin、Muruganathan Manoharan、Mizuta Hiroshi、Oshima Yoshifumi
    • Journal Title

      Nanotechnology

      Volume: 32 Issue: 2 Pages: 025710-025710

    • DOI

      10.1088/1361-6528/abbca7

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Ordering of Intercalated Fe Atoms in FexTiS2 Structures Clarified Using Transmission Electron Microscopy2020

    • Author(s)
      Chiew Yi Ling、Miyata Masanobu、Koyano Mikio、Oshima Yoshifumi
    • Journal Title

      Journal of the Physical Society of Japan

      Volume: 89 Issue: 7 Pages: 074601-074601

    • DOI

      10.7566/jpsj.89.074601

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Mechanical analysis of gold nanocontacts during stretching using an in-situ transmission electron microscope equipped with a force sensor2020

    • Author(s)
      Ishizuka Keisuke、Tomitori Masahiko、Arai Toyoko、Oshima Yoshifumi
    • Journal Title

      Applied Physics Express

      Volume: 13 Issue: 2 Pages: 025001-025001

    • DOI

      10.35848/1882-0786/ab6936

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] ポリテトラフルオロエチレン(PTFE)分子の高分解能TEM観察2022

    • Author(s)
      秋山 知史,張 暁賓,北川 仁美,島谷 俊一,江頭 厳,下条 雅幸
    • Organizer
      日本顕微鏡学会 第78回学術講演会
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 電子線照射を用いたクレーズ作製方法における電子線照射条件の検証2022

    • Author(s)
      横田大介,下条雅幸,Zhang Xiaobin
    • Organizer
      表面技術協会 第 145 回講演大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Position control of crazing in polyethylene using electron beams2021

    • Author(s)
      Daisuke Yokota, Xiaobin Zhang, Masayuki Shimojo
    • Organizer
      Interfinish2020 20th world congress
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Clean Direct Transfer and Electron Beam Nanofabrication of Graphene2021

    • Author(s)
      Takuya Ohe, Xinyu Wei, Tomoya Iida, Xiaobin Zhang, Yoshifumi Oshima, Masayuki Shimojo
    • Organizer
      Interfinish2020 20th world congress
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Nanoprocessing to Graphene through Electron Beam Irradiation2021

    • Author(s)
      Xiaobin Zhang, Tomoya Iida, Xinyu Wei, Takuya Ohe, Yoshifumi Oshima and Masayuki Shimojo
    • Organizer
      ISPlasma2021/IC-PLANTS2021
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report 2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Current annealing of suspended graphene nanoribbon by in-situ TEM observation2021

    • Author(s)
      Chunmeng Liu, Jiaqi Zhang, Sankar Ganesh Ramaraj, Xiaobin Zhang, Muruganathan Manoharan, Hiroshi Mizuta and Yoshifumi Oshima
    • Organizer
      日本顕微鏡学会 第77回学術講演会
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 電子線照射による単層グラフェンへの孔の配列2020

    • Author(s)
      飯田 兼矢,張 暁賓,大島 義文,Manoharan Muruganathan,水田 博,下条 雅幸
    • Organizer
      日本顕微鏡学会第76回学術講演会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] ポリテトラフルオロエチレン(PTFE)粒子にお ける分子鎖の配向2020

    • Author(s)
      岡野 瑛飛,北川 仁美,島谷 俊一,江頭 厳,張 暁 賓,下条 雅幸
    • Organizer
      日本顕微鏡学会第76回学術講演会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Atomically controlled processing of graphene by electron beam2019

    • Author(s)
      Xiaobin Zhang
    • Organizer
      10th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Fabrication of nanopores in graphene using electron beam2019

    • Author(s)
      Xiaobin Zhang
    • Organizer
      2019年 日本表面真空学会学術講演会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Fabrication and electrical properties measurement of suspended graphene nanoribbon2019

    • Author(s)
      Xiaobin Zhang
    • Organizer
      2019 Annual Meeting of the Chinese Electron Microscopy Society
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Fabrication of Suspended Graphene Nanoribbon for in-situ TEM2019

    • Author(s)
      Xiaobin Zhang
    • Organizer
      日本顕微鏡学会 第75回学術講演会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Fabrication and electrical properties measurement of suspended graphene nanoribbon2019

    • Author(s)
      Xiaobin Zhang
    • Organizer
      第66回 応用物理学会春学術講演会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report

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Published: 2019-04-18   Modified: 2023-01-30  

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