Simultaneous increase in electrical conductivity and Seebeck coefficient in highly boron-doped nanocrystalline Si

Nanotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 20, 2013, Pages

  Neophytou, Neophytos ^a   Zianni, Xanthippi ^b,c   Kosina, Hans ^a   Frabboni, Stefano ^d   Lorenzi, Bruno ^e   Narducci, Dario ^e,f  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MICROELECTRONICS   (Austria)

^b Technological Educational Institution of Chalkida   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^f Consorzio DeltaTi Research ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY SCATTERING; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON AND PHONON TRANSPORTS; GRAIN BOUNDARY REGIONS; NANOCRYSTALLINE SI; NANOCRYSTALLINITY; THEORETICAL MODELS; THERMOELECTRIC POWER FACTORS;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; SILICON; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOELECTRIC POWER;

SEEBECK COEFFICIENT;

EID: 84876932710     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/24/20/205402     Document Type: Article

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