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Peltier Effect on Sn/Co Interfacial Reactions

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It is observed that the interfacial reactions in Sn/Co couples are different at the anode and cathode sides as a result of temperature differences caused by the Peltier effect. The Sn/Co interfacial reactions were examined at 180°C with the passage of an electric current of 5000 A/cm2. The reaction phase was CoSn3. The reaction layer at the Co/Sn anode interface in which the electrons moved from Co to Sn was thicker than that at the Sn/Co cathode interface, but this phenomenon could not be reasonably accounted for using the electromigration effect. The temperature of Sn at the Co/Sn anode interface was 4.5°C higher than that at the Sn/Co cathode interface with the passage of 5000 A/cm2 electric current at 180°C. Temperature differences were determined with a carefully designed cathode–anode switching experiment using thermocouples, and the results were confirmed with thermal infrared microscope measurements and calculated results based on heat transfer models.

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Wang, Ch., Chen, Sw. Peltier Effect on Sn/Co Interfacial Reactions. J. Electron. Mater. 38, 655–662 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-009-0720-8

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