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15565700

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Systems and methods of manufacturing thermoelectric devices comprising at least one electrical contact fabricated using hot-pressing to increase the bonding strength at the contact interface(s) and reducing the contact resistance. The hot pressed component may include a first and a second metallic layer each in contact with a thermoelectric layer, and where a contact resistance between the first metallic layer and the thermoelectric layer or between the second metallic layer and the thermoelectric layer is less than about 10 μΩ cm2. When interlayers are employed in a thermoelectric device, first hot pressed contact interface is formed between the thermoelectric layer and the first interlayer and a second hot pressed contact interface is formed between the thermoelectric layer and the second interlayer, and at least one of the first and the second hot pressed contact interfaces comprises a bonding strength of at least 16 MPa.

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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM4800 CALHOUN ROAD HOUSTON TX 77004

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Liu, Weishu Houston, US 3 4
Ren, Zhifeng Pearland, US 102 1982

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