Author(s):  
Issei Suzuki ◽  
Zexin Lin ◽  
Sakiko Kawanishi ◽  
Kiyohisa Tanaka ◽  
Yoshitaro Nose ◽  
...  

Valence band dispersions of single-crystalline SnS1-xSex solid solutions were observed by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES). The hole effective masses, crucial factors in determining thermoelectric properties, were directly evaluated. They decrease...


2017 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 010301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takanobu Nagayama ◽  
Kensei Terashima ◽  
Takanori Wakita ◽  
Hirokazu Fujiwara ◽  
Tetsushi Fukura ◽  
...  

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Zhang Chao ◽  
Xu Da-Qing ◽  
Liu Shu-Lin ◽  
Liu Ning-Zhuang

Uniaxial strain technology is an effective way to improve the performance of the small size CMOS devices, by which carrier mobility can be enhanced. TheE-krelation of the valence band in uniaxially strained Si is the theoretical basis for understanding and enhancing hole mobility. The solving procedure of the relation and its analytic expression were still lacking, and the compressive results of the valence band parameters in uniaxially strained Si were not found in the references. So, theE-krelation has been derived by taking strained Hamiltonian perturbation into account. And then the valence band parameters were obtained, including the energy levels at Γ point, the splitting energy, and hole effective masses. Our analytic models and quantized results will provide significant theoretical references for the understanding of the strained materials physics and its design.


2009 ◽  
Vol 1166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dmitri Volja ◽  
Marco Fornari ◽  
Boris Kozinsky ◽  
Nicola Marzari

AbstractElectronic properties of ternary skutterudites AX3/2Y3/2 (A=Co, X=Ge, Sn and Y=S, Te) are investigated using first principles calculations to clarify recent experimental results. Band derivatives are computed accurately within an approach based on Maximally Localized Wannier Functions (MLWFs). Band structures exhibit larger effective masses compared to parental binary CoSb3. Our results also indicate a more parabolic dispersion near the top of the valence band and a multivalley character in both conduction and valence band. Despite the improved thermopower these skutterudites has relatively low power factor due to increased resistivity. The fundamental cause of such large resistivity seems to be associated with the ionicity of the bonding.


1995 ◽  
Vol 51 (19) ◽  
pp. 13162-13173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Zhang ◽  
A. Mascarenhas

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