Abstract

We have fabricated bilayer-graphene double layers separated by a thin (similar to 20 nm) boron nitride layer and performed Coulomb drag and counterflow thermoelectric transport measurements. The measured Coulomb drag resistivity is nearly three orders smaller in magnitude than the intralayer resistivities. The counterflow Seebeck coefficient is found to be well approximated by the difference between Seebeck coefficients of individual layers and exhibit a peak in the regime where two layers have opposite sign of charge carriers. The measured maximum counterflow power factor is similar to 700 mu W/K(2)cm at room temperature, promising high power output per mass for lightweight thermoelectric applications. Our devices open a possibility for exploring the novel regime of thermoelectrics with tunable interactions between n-type and p-type channels based on graphene and other two-dimensional materials and their heterostructures.

Publication Details
Publication Type
Journal Article
Year of Publication
2017
Volume
40
Number of Pages
42-48
DOI
10.1016/j.nanoen.2017.07.035
Journal
Nano Energy
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