Effect of the energy dependence of the carrier scattering time on the thermoelectric power factor of quantum wells and nanowires

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 24, 2012, Pages

  Cornett, Jane E ^a   Rabin, Oded ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK-LIKE; CARRIER ENERGY; CARRIER SCATTERING; ENERGY DEPENDENCE; ENERGY DEPENDENT; FUNCTIONAL FORMS; LOW ENERGIES; LOW-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES; POWER FACTORS; PREFERENTIAL SCATTERING; QUANTUM LIMIT; SCATTERING RATES; SCATTERING TIME; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOSTRUCTURES; SIZE-DEPENDENCE; THERMOELECTRIC PERFORMANCE; THERMOELECTRIC POWER FACTORS;

ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; NANOWIRES; THERMOELECTRIC POWER; THERMOELECTRICITY;

ELECTRON SCATTERING;

EID: 84863329218     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4729381     Document Type: Article

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