Enhanced energy filtering and thermopower from synergetic scatterings of electrons at interface potential barriers (or wells) in semiconductor-based nanocomposites dispersed with metallic particles

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 110, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Yang, X H ^a,b   Qin, X Y ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS   (China)

^b YULIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE MECHANISMS; ENERGY DEPENDENCE; ENERGY DISPERSIONS; ENERGY FILTERING; INTERFACE POTENTIAL BARRIER; INTERFACE POTENTIALS; IONIZED IMPURITIES; MESOSCOPICS; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; METALLIC PARTICLES; PERTURBATION THEORY; POTENTIAL BARRIERS; SCATTERING PROBABILITIES; SINGLE SCATTERING; TEMPERATURE RANGE;

ELECTRON SCATTERING; ELECTRONS; NANOPARTICLES; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SCATTERING PARAMETERS; THERMOELECTRIC POWER; WELLS;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 84855313446     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3669447     Document Type: Article

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