Annealing effects on the structural and electrical transport properties of n-type Bi 2 Te 2.7 Se 0.3 thin films deposited by flash evaporation

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 256, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 7365-7370

  Duan, Xingkai ^a   Jiang, Yuezhen ^a  

^a JIUJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Annealing; Electrical transport properties; Flash evaporation; Thin film

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; EVAPORATION; HALL MOBILITY; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEEBECK COEFFICIENT; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SUBSTRATES; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRIC POWER; THERMOELECTRICITY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; ELECTRICAL TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; FLASH EVAPORATION; THERMOELECTRIC POWER FACTORS; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES; THERMOELECTRIC THIN FILMS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 77955413185     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2010.05.069     Document Type: Article

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