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APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
Volume 82, Issue 3, Pages 415-417Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.1539905
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We propose a mechanism for enhancement of the thermoelectric figure-of-merit in regimented quantum dot superlattices. A proof-of-concept calculation has been carried out for p-type regimented superlattice of Ge dots on Si. It is shown that when conditions for miniband formations are satisfied, carrier transport in such structures can be tuned in a favorable way leading to large carrier mobility, Seebeck coefficient, and, as a result, to the thermoelectric figure-of-merit enhancement. To maximize the improvement, one has to tune the parameters of quantum dot superlattice in such a way that electrical current is mostly through the well-separated minibands of relatively large width (at least several k(B)T, where k(B) is Boltzmann's constant and T is temperature). (C) 2003 American Institute of Physics.
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