Anomalously high thermoelectric power factor in epitaxial ScN thin films

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 23, 2011, Pages

  Kerdsongpanya, Sit ^a   Van Nong, Ngo ^b   Pryds, Nini ^b   Žukauskaite, Agne ^a   Jensen, Jens ^a   Birch, Jens ^a   Lu, Jun ^a   Hultman, Lars ^a   Wingqvist, Gunilla ^a   Eklund, Per ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC RECOIL DETECTION ANALYSIS; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; POWER FACTORS; REACTIVE MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; THERMOELECTRIC POWER FACTORS; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES; TRACE AMOUNTS; TRANSITION METAL NITRIDES;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; NITRIDES; STOICHIOMETRY; THERMOELECTRIC POWER; TRANSITION METALS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

EPITAXIAL FILMS;

EID: 83455258026     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3665945     Document Type: Article

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