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Investigation of the Mechanism of the Enhanced Z3DT in PbTe Based Superlattices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

T. Koga ,
T. C. Harman ,
X. Sun ,
S. B. Cronin  and
M. S. Dresselhaus
T. Koga
Affiliation:
Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138
T. C. Harman
Affiliation:
Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lexington, MA 02420
X. Sun
Affiliation:
Department of PhysicsCambridge, MA 02139
S. B. Cronin
Affiliation:
Department of PhysicsCambridge, MA 02139
M. S. Dresselhaus
Affiliation:
Department of PhysicsCambridge, MA 02139 Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
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Abstract

Various possible mechanisms for the recently discovered enhanced Seebeck coefficient S in PbTe/Te superlattices relative to the corresponding PbTe bulk are investigated. Among the various mechanisms which can account for the enhanced S, the energy dependent τ model (τ ∼ ɛr) seems the most plausible. Here the effective scattering parameter r is preferably increased due to the extra scattering by the periodic Te layers introduced in the superlattice. Other transport properties including the longitudinal magnetoresistance are also discussed.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 545: Symposium Z – Thermoelectric Materials 1998 - The Next Generation… , 1998 , 479
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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