Enhanced thermoelectric performance in PbTe-based superlattice structures from reduction of lattice thermal conductivity

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Caylor, J C ^a   Coonley, K ^a   Stuart, J ^a   Colpitts, T ^a   Venkatasubramanian, R ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS; SUPERLATTICE STRUCTURE; ZERO DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EVAPORATION; LEAD COMPOUNDS; SUPERLATTICES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THIN FILMS;

THERMOELECTRICITY;

EID: 24144482696     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1992662     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. R. Venkatasubramanian, E. Siivola, T. Colpitts, and B. O'Quinn, Nature (London) 413, 597 (2001).
2. T. C. Harman, P. J. Taylor, M. P. Walsh, and B. E. LaForge, Science 297, 2229 (2002).
3. K. F. Hsu, S. Loo, F. Guo, W. Chen, J. S. Dyck, C. Uher, T. Hogan, E. K. Polychroniadis, and M. G. Kanatzidis, Science 303, 818 (2004).
4. Thermoelectric Materials 2003-Research & Applications, Proc. of MRS, edited by, G. S. Nolas, J. Yang, T. P. Hogan, and, D. C. Johnson, (Materials Research Society, Pittsburgh, 2003), Vol. 793.
5. R. Venkatasubramanian, Phys. Rev. B 61, 3091 (2000).
6. G. C. Chen, C. L. Tien, X. Wu, and J. S. Smith, Heat Transfer Eng. 116, 325 (1994).
7. S. M. Lee, D. G. Cahill, and R. Venkatasubramanian, Appl. Phys. Lett. 70, 2957 (1997).
8. L. J. van der Pauw, Philips Res. Rep. 13, 1 (1958).
9. M. Pinczolits, G. Springholz, and G. Bauer, Appl. Phys. Lett. 73, 250 (1998).
10. A. G. Fedorov, I. A. Shneiderman, A. Yu. Sipatov, and E. V. Kaidalova, J. Cryst. Growth 198-199, 1211 (1999).
11. R. Venkatasubramanian, T. Colpitts, B. O'Quinn, S. Liu, N. El-Masry, and M. Lamvik, Appl. Phys. Lett. 75, 1104 (1999).
12. H. Beyer, J. Nurnus, H. Bottner, A. Lambrecht, T. Roch, and G. Bauer, Appl. Phys. Lett. 80, 1216 (2002).
13. T. C. Harman, P. J. Taylor, D. L. Spears, and M. P. Walsh, 18th International Conference on Thermoelectrics, Proceedings ICT'99, Baltimore, MD, 29 August-2 September 1999, p. 280.