Combinatorial Technologies in the Fabrication of Thermoelectric Films

Combinatorial technology is a powerful tool for new material exploration.Some new combinatorial technologies,such as combinatorial laser molecular beam epitaxy(CLMBE) and combinatorial pulsed laser deposition(CPLD),are introduced in this paper.La_1-xCe_xVO₃(0≤x≤1) composition-spread films were fabricated successfully by CPLD,while their thermoelectric properties and structures were evaluated by multi-channel thermoelectric measurement system and concurrent X-ray analysis respectively.Combinatorial technologies are proving to be an efficient,low-cost tool in synthesis and characterization of thermoelectric composition-spread films.