Article: Film material and structure modification concepts for thermoelectric transformers

V.N. Vigdorovich
Institute of Chemical Problems for Microelectronics, Moscow, Russia

M.A. Karimbekov
Moscow Power Engineering Institute (Technical University), Moscow, Russia

Film material and structure concepts have been considered. Classical recommendations of efficiency increasing of thermoelectric materials in compact are added and applied to thermoelectric materials in film type: doping, field and contact modification, and also contact modification of film surfaces and film surface decoration by metal condensation on them.