Origin of coexisting large Seebeck coefficient and metallic conductivity in the electron doped SrTiO3 and KTaO3

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 20, 2010, Pages

  Usui, Hidetomo ^a   Shibata, Shinsuke ^a,b   Kuroki, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 77955722228     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.205121     Document Type: Article

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