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Epitaxial Growth and Thermoelectric Properties of Bi2Te3 Based Low Dimensional Structures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Joachim Nurnus ,
Harald Beyer ,
Armin Lambrecht  and
Harald Böttner
Joachim Nurnus
Affiliation:
Fraunhofer Institut Physikalische Messtechnik, Heidenhofstr. 8 D-79110 Freiburg i. Br., Germany
Harald Beyer
Affiliation:
Fraunhofer Institut Physikalische Messtechnik, Heidenhofstr. 8 D-79110 Freiburg i. Br., Germany
Armin Lambrecht
Affiliation:
Fraunhofer Institut Physikalische Messtechnik, Heidenhofstr. 8 D-79110 Freiburg i. Br., Germany
Harald Böttner
Affiliation:
Fraunhofer Institut Physikalische Messtechnik, Heidenhofstr. 8 D-79110 Freiburg i. Br., Germany
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Abstract

Bi2Te3 based low dimensional structures are interesting material systems to increase the thermoelectric figure of merit ZT by either the expected reduction of the thermal conductivity or by a possible power factor enhancement due to quantum confinement. Due to low lattice mismatch Bi2(Te1-xSex)3, PbSe1-xTex, as well as Pb1-xSrxTe, and BaF2 are suitable for Bi2Te3 based low dimensional structures. Especially due to their significantly enhanced band gap lead chalcogenide compounds like Pb1-xSrxTe (Pb0.87Sr0.13Te: 0.6 eV) are well-suited barrier materials in MQW structures. Alternatively the insulator BaF2 can be used for that purpose.

Here we report mainly on results of different superlattice structures mentioned above grown by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) on BaF2(111). The structural properties of these layers were investigated by X-ray diffractometry (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and secondary ion mass spectroscopy (SIMS). Structural performance and thermoelectric properties of different Bi2Te3 based superlattices were reported and compared with regard to their superlattice parameters.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 626: Symposium Z – Thermoelectric Materials 2000 - The Next Generation Materials for Small-Scale Refrigeration and Power Generation Applications , 2000 , Z2.1
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000

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