Field-effect modulation of thermoelectric properties in multigated silicon nanowires

Nano Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 5503-5508

  Curtin, Benjamin M ^a   Codecido, Emilio A ^a   Krämer, Stephan ^a   Bowers, John E ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

field effect; power factor; Seebeck coefficient; Silicon nanowires; thermoelectrics

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FIELD-EFFECT; FIELD-EFFECT DOPING; POWER FACTORS; SILICON NANOWIRES; THERMOELECTRIC POWER FACTORS; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES; THERMOELECTRICS;

CHARGE CARRIERS; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; MODULATION; NANOWIRES; SEEBECK COEFFICIENT; THERMOELECTRIC POWER;

SILICON;

GERMANIUM; NANOMATERIAL; NANOWIRE; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GERMANIUM; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOWIRES; PARTICLE SIZE; SILICON; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84887831256     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl403079a     Document Type: Article

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