Thermoelectric Characteristics of Bismuth Selenide Thin Films Prepared by Vacuum Thermal Evaporation of Bismuth Selenide Nanoparticles Synthesized by Hot Injection
Claudia Patricia Villamizar Caballero, Angélica Lizbeth Espinosa Santana, Santhamma Maileppallil Thankamma Nair, Padmanabhan Karunakaran Nair · 2026
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Claudia Patricia Villamizar Caballero and co-authors report a 2026 study of thin films of bismuth selenide, a material that can turn heat into electricity. The films were made by evaporating tiny sheets of the material, produced by a hot injection chemical method, onto glass in a vacuum. Heating the films afterwards changed their properties.
Films heated with extra selenium became better ordered and conducted electricity far better than untreated films. Their heat-to-voltage response also rose several-fold. Such improvements matter for small generators and cooling devices that use temperature differences. The study links each heating condition to crystal texture and electrical behaviour, giving makers a recipe to tune the films.
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| CREATOR | Claudia Patricia Villamizar Caballero, Angélica Lizbeth Espinosa Santana, Santhamma Maileppallil Thankamma Nair, Padmanabhan Karunakaran Nair |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 47280 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |