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Effect of electron-phonon interaction on the thermoelectric properties of superlattices

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The electron relaxation time on acoustical phonons, the electrical conductivity, and the phonon-drag thermopower of a semiconductor superlattice with quasi-two-dimensional quantum wells are calculated. The inelasticity of the scattering of charge carriers is taken into account. It is shown that the phonon-drag thermopower of a superlattice can be an order of magnitude greater than the corresponding thermopower of a bulk semiconductor.

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  1. A. F. Ioffe Physicotechnical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 194021, St. Petersburg, Russia

    Yu. V. Ivanov & M. V. Vedernikov

  2. St. Petersburg State Technical University, 195251, St. Petersburg, Russia

    Yu. I. Ravich

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  1. Yu. V. Ivanov
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Pis’ma Zh. Éksp. Teor. Fiz. 69, No. 4, 290–295 (25 February 1999)

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Ivanov, Y.V., Vedernikov, M.V. & Ravich, Y.I. Effect of electron-phonon interaction on the thermoelectric properties of superlattices. Jetp Lett. 69, 317–323 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.568030

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