Chapter 2 Thermoelectric transport in quantum well and quantum wire superlattices

Semiconductors and Semimetals

Volumn 71, Issue C, 2001, Pages 123-155

  Broido, D A ^a   Reinecke, T L ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; ELECTRON SCATTERING; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WIRES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

CARRIER SCATTERING; ELECTRONIC CONTRIBUTIONS; LATTICE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; QUANTITATIVE PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE RESULT; RELAXATION TIME APPROXIMATION; THEORETICAL TREATMENTS; THERMOELECTRIC TRANSPORT;

QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

EID: 0141551564     PISSN: 00808784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0080-8784(01)80127-7     Document Type: Chapter

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