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Pressure-dependent thermopower of individual Bi nanowires

Year: 2005

Type: article

Abstract: The 240–620nm diameter nanowires were freely suspended and thermopower measurements were carried out over the temperature range 4–300K and for stresses as high as 1GPa. The peaks of up to 80μV∕K that are observed around 40K are interpreted in terms of a model of diffusion thermopower under strong electron and hole-boundary scattering. The partial Seebeck coefficients are calculated from the stress-dependent carrier Fermi energies obtained from magnetoresistance measurements. The prospect of Bi nanowire arrays achieving high thermoelectric figure of merit is discussed.

Source: Applied Physics Letters

DOI: 10.1063/1.1873045

Authors: D. Gitsu, L. Konopko, A. Nikolaeva, T. E. Huber

Institutions: Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Institute of Applied Physics, Howard University

Language: English

Topic: Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices

Subfield: Materials Chemistry

Field: Materials Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2010075240

FWCI: 1.826

Cites: 11

Cited by: 44

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