We study the thermopower of a junction between a metal and a strongly correlated semiconductor. Both in the electronic ferroelectric regime and in the Kondo insulator regime the thermoelectric figures of merit, ZT, of these junctions are compared with that of the ordinary semiconductor. By inserting at the interface one or two monolayers of atoms different from the bulk, with a suitable choice of rare-earth elements, very high values of thermopower may be reached at low temperatures.
Thermoelectric Properties of Junctions Between Metal and Models of Strongly Correlated Semiconductors
Rontani M;
2009
Abstract
We study the thermopower of a junction between a metal and a strongly correlated semiconductor. Both in the electronic ferroelectric regime and in the Kondo insulator regime the thermoelectric figures of merit, ZT, of these junctions are compared with that of the ordinary semiconductor. By inserting at the interface one or two monolayers of atoms different from the bulk, with a suitable choice of rare-earth elements, very high values of thermopower may be reached at low temperatures.File in questo prodotto:
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