Nextreme Thermal Solutions, Inc.

Washington University

Joseph Robert Williamson

Robert P Vaudo

Philip A Deane

Thomas Peter Schneider

Christopher D Holzworth

Ronald Gene Tilton

Michael Lynn Mcdaniel

John Andrew Corbett

A method of fabricating a thermoelectric device includes providing a substrate having a plurality of inclined growth surfaces protruding from a surface thereof. Respective thermoelectric material layers are grown on the inclined growth surfaces, and the respective thermoelectric material layers coalesce to collectively define a continuous thermoelectric film. A surface of the thermoelectric film opposite the surface of the substrate may be substantially planar, and a crystallographic orientation of the thermoelectric film may be tilted at an angle of about 45 degrees or less relative to a direction along a thickness thereof. Related devices and fabrication methods are also discussed.

Thin film thermoelectric devices having favorable crystal tilt

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Apex, NC, United States of America

Joseph Robert Williamson