Mechanism behind the high thermoelectric power factor of SrTiO3 by calculating the transport coefficients

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Shirai, Koun ^a   Yamanaka, Kazunori ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUJITSU LABORATORIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND ENGINEERING; BRILLOUIN ZONES; CLASSICAL LIMITS; COULOMB SCATTERING; DIELECTRIC SCREENING; EFFECTIVE MASS; HEAVY ELECTRONS; HIGH CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH MOBILITY; HIGH POWER FACTOR; IONIZED IMPURITIES; NARROW BAND GAP; POWER FACTORS; SRTIO; THERMO-ELECTRIC MATERIALS; THERMOELECTRIC POWER FACTORS; THERMOELECTRICS; TRANSPORT COEFFICIENT; TRANSPORT PHENOMENA;

ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; ELECTRONS; ENERGY GAP; STRONTIUM TITANATES; THERMOELECTRICITY;

THERMOELECTRIC POWER;

EID: 84873643493     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4788809     Document Type: Article

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