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Neophytou, Neophytos, Karamitaheri, Hossein and Kosina, Hans (2013) Atomistic calculations of the electronic, thermal, and thermoelectric properties of ultra-thin Si layers. Journal of Computational Electronics, Volume 12 (Number 4). pp. 611-622. doi:10.1007/s10825-013-0522-3 ISSN 1569-8025.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10825-013-0522-3
Abstract
Low-dimensional semiconductors are considered promising candidates for thermoelectric applications with enhanced performance because of a drastic reduction in their thermal conductivity, κ l , and possibilities of enhanced power factors. This is also the case for traditionally poor thermoelectric materials such as silicon. This work presents atomistic simulations for the electronic, thermal, and thermoelectric properties of ultra-thin Si layers of thicknesses below 10 nm. The Linearized Boltzmann theory is coupled: (i) to the atomistic sp3d5s∗ tight-binding (TB) model for the electronic properties of the thin layers, and (ii) to the modified valence-force-field method (MVFF) for the calculation of the thermal conductivity of the thin layers. We calculate the room temperature electrical conductivity, Seebeck coefficient, power factor, thermal conductivity, and ZT figure of merit of ultra-thin p-type Si layers (UTLs). We describe the numerical formulation of coupling TB and MVFF to the linearized Boltzmann transport formalism. The properties of UTLs are highly anisotropic, and optimized thermoelectric properties can be achieved by the choice of the appropriate transport and confinement orientations, as well as layer thickness.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > Engineering | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Computational Electronics | ||||
| Publisher: | Springer New York LLC | ||||
| ISSN: | 1569-8025 | ||||
| Official Date: | 2013 | ||||
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| Volume: | Volume 12 | ||||
| Number: | Number 4 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 611-622 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10825-013-0522-3 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
| Funder: | Seventh Framework Programme (European Commission) (FP7/2007-2013), Austrian Science Fund (FWF) | ||||
| Grant number: | FP7-263306 ; P25368-N30 |
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